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The $\Upsilon$ and $\Upsilon^{\prime}$ Leptonic Widths, $a_{\mu}^b$ and $m_b$ from full lattice QCD

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2015-04-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We determine the decay rate to leptons of the ground-state Υ\Upsilon meson and its first radial excitation in lattice QCD for the first time. We use radiatively-improved NRQCD for the bb quarks and include uu, dd, ss and cc quarks in the sea with u/du/d masses down to their physical values. We find Γ(Υe+e)\Gamma(\Upsilon \rightarrow e^+e^-) = 1.19(11) keV and Γ(Υe+e)\Gamma(\Upsilon^{\prime} \rightarrow e^+e^-) = 0.69(9) keV, both in good agreement with experiment. The decay constants we obtain are included in a summary plot of meson decay constants from lattice QCD given in the Conclusions. We also test time-moments of the vector current-current correlator against values determined from the bb quark contribution to σ(e+ehadrons)\sigma(e^+e^- \rightarrow \mathrm{hadrons}) and calculate the bb-quark piece of the hadronic vacuum polarisation contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, aμb=0.271(37)×1010a_{\mu}^b = 0.271(37) \times 10^{-10}. Finally we determine the bb-quark mass, obtaining in the MS\overline{MS} scheme, mb(mb,nf=5)\overline{m}_b(\overline{m}_b, n_f=5) = 4.196(23) GeV, the most accurate result from lattice QCD to date.

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@article{arxiv.1408.5768,
  title  = {The $\Upsilon$ and $\Upsilon^{\prime}$ Leptonic Widths, $a_{\mu}^b$ and $m_b$ from full lattice QCD},
  author = {B. Colquhoun and R. J. Dowdall and C. T. H. Davies and K. Hornbostel and G. P. Lepage},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.5768},
  year   = {2015}
}

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21 pages, 15 figures