SU(3)-breaking effects in kaon and hyperon semileptonic decays from lattice QCD
Abstract
We discuss the result of a recent quenched lattice calculation of the K -> pi vector form factor at zero-momentum transfer, relevant for the determination of |V_us| from K-> pi l nu decays. Using suitable double ratios of three-point correlation functions, we show that it is possible to calculate this quantity at the percent-level precision. The leading quenched effects are corrected for by means of quenched chiral perturbation theory. The final result, f+(0) = 0.960 +- 0.005_stat +- 0.007_syst, turns out to be in good agreement with the old quark model estimate made by Leutwyler and Roos. In this paper, we discuss the phenomenological impact of the lattice result for the extraction of |V_us|, by updating the analysis of K -> pi l nu decays with the most recent experimental data. We also present a preliminary lattice study of hyperon Sigma -> n l nu decays, based on a similar strategy.
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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0411016,
title = {SU(3)-breaking effects in kaon and hyperon semileptonic decays from lattice QCD},
author = {D. Becirevic and D. Guadagnoli and G. Isidori and V. Lubicz and G. Martinelli and F. Mescia and M. Papinutto and S. Simula and C. Tarantino and G. Villadoro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0411016},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, 8 figures. Based on talks given at: DAFNE 2004: Physics at meson factories, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Italy), June 7-11, 2004; VIII International Conference on "Electron-Nucleus Scattering", Marciana Marina (Italy), June 21-25, 2004; Lattice 2004, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois (USA), June 21-26, 2004; ICHEP 2004, Beijing (China), August 16-22, 2004