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|Vub| from Exclusive Semileptonic B to pi Decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We use Omnes representations of the form factors f_+ and f_0 for exclusive semileptonic B to pi decays, paying special attention to the treatment of the B* pole and its effect on f_+. We apply them to combine experimental partial branching fraction information with theoretical calculations of both form factors to extract |Vub|. The precision we achieve is competitive with the inclusive determination and we do not find a significant discrepancy between our result, |Vub| =(3.90+/-0.32+/-0.18)10^(-3), and the inclusive world average value, (4.45+/-0.20+/-0.26)10^(-3).

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0703284,
  title  = {|Vub| from Exclusive Semileptonic B to pi Decays},
  author = {Jonathan M Flynn and Juan Nieves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0703284},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, Latex, 2 figures; version accepted for publication