Precision determination of |V_{ub}| from inclusive decays
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-05-28 v1
Abstract
We propose determining |V_{ub}| from inclusive semileptonic B decay using combined cuts on the leptonic and hadronic invariant masses to eliminate the b->c background. Compared to a pure dilepton invariant mass cut, the uncertainty from unknown order (\Lambda_{QCD}/m_b)^3 terms in the OPE is significantly reduced and the fraction of b->u events is roughly doubled. Compared to a pure hadronic invariant mass cut, the uncertainty from the unknown light-cone distribution function of the b quark is significantly reduced. We find that |V_{ub}| can be determined with theoretical uncertainty at the 5-10% level.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0107074,
title = {Precision determination of |V_{ub}| from inclusive decays},
author = {Christian W. Bauer and Zoltan Ligeti and Michael Luke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0107074},
year = {2010}
}
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18 pages, 7 figures