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Testing QCD Sum Rules on the Light-Cone in D->(pi,K) l nu Decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We compare the predictions for the form factors f_+^{D->pi,K}(0) from QCD sum rules on the light-cone with recent experimental results. We find f_+^{D->pi}(0) = 0.63\pm 0.11, f_+^{D->K}(0) = 0.75\pm 0.12 and f_+^{D->pi}(0)/f_+^{D->K}(0)= 0.84\pm 0.04 in very good agreement with experiment. Although the uncertainties of the form factors themselves are larger than the current experimental errors and difficult to reduce, their ratio is determined much more accurately and with an accuracy that matches that of experiment.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0608116,
  title  = {Testing QCD Sum Rules on the Light-Cone in D->(pi,K) l nu Decays},
  author = {Patricia Ball},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0608116},
  year   = {2008}
}

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