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Title: Λ c Λl+ ν l Form Factors and Decay Rates from Lattice QCD with Physical Quark Masses

Abstract

The first lattice QCD calculation of the form factors governing $$Λ_c→Λℓ+ν_ℓ$$ decays is reported. The calculation was performed with two different lattice spacings and includes one ensemble with a pion mass of 139(2) MeV. The resulting predictions for the $$Λ_c→Λe+ν_e$$ and $$Λc→Λμ+ν_μ$$ decay rates divided by $$|V_{cs}|$$2 are 0.2007(71)(74) and $$0.1945(69)(72)ps^{-1}$$, respectively, where the two uncertainties are statistical and systematic. Taking the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element $$|V_{cs}|$$ from a global fit and the $$Λ_c$$ lifetime from experiments, this translates to branching fractions of $$\mathscr{B} (Λ_c→Λe+ν_e)=0.0380(19)_{LQCD}(11)_{τ_{Λ_c}}$$ and $$\mathscr{B}(Λc→Λμ+ν_μ)=0.0369(19)_{LQCD}(11)_{τ_{Λ_c}}$$. These results are consistent with, and two times more precise than, the measurements performed recently by the BESIII Collaboration. Using instead the measured branching fractions together with the lattice calculation to determine the CKM matrix element gives $$|V_{cs}|=0.949(24)_{LQCD}(14)_{τ_{Λ_c}}(49)_{\mathscr{B}}$$.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Physics; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1544403
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1344436
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 118; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Meinel, Stefan. Λc→Λl+νl Form Factors and Decay Rates from Lattice QCD with Physical Quark Masses. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.082001.
Meinel, Stefan. Λc→Λl+νl Form Factors and Decay Rates from Lattice QCD with Physical Quark Masses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.082001
Meinel, Stefan. Tue . "Λc→Λl+νl Form Factors and Decay Rates from Lattice QCD with Physical Quark Masses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.082001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1544403.
@article{osti_1544403,
title = {Λc→Λl+νl Form Factors and Decay Rates from Lattice QCD with Physical Quark Masses},
author = {Meinel, Stefan},
abstractNote = {The first lattice QCD calculation of the form factors governing $Λ_c→Λℓ+ν_ℓ$ decays is reported. The calculation was performed with two different lattice spacings and includes one ensemble with a pion mass of 139(2) MeV. The resulting predictions for the $Λ_c→Λe+ν_e$ and $Λc→Λμ+ν_μ$ decay rates divided by $|V_{cs}|$2 are 0.2007(71)(74) and $0.1945(69)(72)ps^{-1}$, respectively, where the two uncertainties are statistical and systematic. Taking the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element $|V_{cs}|$ from a global fit and the $Λ_c$ lifetime from experiments, this translates to branching fractions of $\mathscr{B} (Λ_c→Λe+ν_e)=0.0380(19)_{LQCD}(11)_{τ_{Λ_c}}$ and $\mathscr{B}(Λc→Λμ+ν_μ)=0.0369(19)_{LQCD}(11)_{τ_{Λ_c}}$. These results are consistent with, and two times more precise than, the measurements performed recently by the BESIII Collaboration. Using instead the measured branching fractions together with the lattice calculation to determine the CKM matrix element gives $|V_{cs}|=0.949(24)_{LQCD}(14)_{τ_{Λ_c}}(49)_{\mathscr{B}}$.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.082001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 118,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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TABLE I TABLE I: Parameters of the lattice gauge eld ensembles andmore » $u, d, s$ quark propagators [30, 31]. The lattice spacings given here were determined using the $Υ (2S) - Υ(1S)$ splitting [32]. The $η_s$ is an artificial pseudoscalar $s$$\bar{s}$ meson used to tune the strange-quark mass [33]; at the physical point, one has $m_{ns}^{(phys)}$ = 689.3(1.2) MeV [34]. On the CP ensemble, all-mode-averaging [35] with 64 sloppy (sl) and 2 exact (ex) samples per gauge con guration was used for the computation of the quark propagators.« less

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