The B*Bpi coupling using relativistic heavy quarks
Abstract
We report on a calculation of the B*Bpi coupling in lattice QCD. The strong matrix element for a B* to Bpi transition is directly related to the leading order low-energy constant in heavy meson chiral perturbation theory (HMChPT) for B mesons. We carry out our calculation directly at the b-quark mass using a non-perturbatively tuned clover action that controls discretization effects of order pa and (ma)^n for all n. Our analysis is performed on RBC/UKQCD gauge configurations using domain-wall fermions and the Iwasaki gauge action at two lattice spacings of ainverse = 1.729(25) GeV, ainverse = 2.281(28) GeV, and unitary pion masses down to 290 MeV. We achieve good statistical precision and control all systematic uncertainties, giving a final result for the HMChPT coupling g_b = 0.56(3)stat(7)sys in the continuum and at the physical light-quark masses. This is the first calculation performed directly at the physical b-quark mass and lies in the region one would expect from carrying out an interpolation between previous results at the charm mass and at the static point.
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@article{arxiv.1506.06413,
title = {The B*Bpi coupling using relativistic heavy quarks},
author = {J. M. Flynn and P. Fritzsch and T. Kawanai and C. Lehner and B. Samways and C. T. Sachrajda and R. S. Van de Water and O. Witzel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.06413},
year = {2019}
}
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Postprint: version accepted for publication