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We perform a dynamical lattice computation of the Isgur-Wise functions tau_{1/2} and tau_{3/2} at zero recoil. We consider three different light quark masses corresponding to 300 MeV < m_{PS} < 450 MeV, which allow us to extrapolate our…
We propose a method to compute the Isgur-Wise form factors tau_1/2(1) and tau_3/2(1) for the decay of B mesons into orbitally excited (P wave) D** charmed mesons on the lattice in the static limit. We also present the result of an…
The h+, h_A1 form factors for the semi-leptonic B->D and B->D* decays are evaluated in quenched lattice QCD with beta=6.2. The action and the operators are fully O(a) non-perturbatively improved. The Isgur-Wise function is evaluated and…
We calculate the Isgur-Wise function by measuring the elastic scattering amplitude of a $D$ meson in the quenched approximation on a $24^3\times48$ lattice at $\beta=6.2$, using an $O(a)$-improved fermion action. Fitting the resulting…
We give the analytical expressions and numerical values of radiative corrections to the covariant derivative operator on the static quark line, used for the lattice calculation of the Isgur-Wise form factors $\tau_{1/2}(1)$ and…
We calculate the Isgur-Wise function by measuring the elastic scattering amplitude of a $D$ meson in the quenched approximation on a $24^3\times48$ lattice at $\beta=6.2$, using an $O(a)$-improved fermion action. We use this result, in…
The form factors for the semi-leptonic B->D and B->D* decays are evaluated in quenched lattice QCD at two different values of the coupling, beta=6.0 and 6.2. The action and the operators are fully O(a) non-perturbatively improved. The slope…
We present a QCD sum rule calculation of the Isgur-Wise form-factor tau_1(v.v') and tau_2(v.v') for the semileptonic decays B->D_1(2420)l\bar\nu and B->D_2^*(2460)l\bar\nu in the framework of heavy quark effective theory. These two…
We review our method and numerical results for calculation of the Isgur-Wise function on the lattice. We present a discussion of the systematic errors. Using recent experimental results, we find $V_{cb} = 0.044\pm 0.005\pm .007$.…
We obtain form factors relevant for semileptonic $B\to D$ and $B\to D^*$ decays from a quenched lattice QCD calculation. Our results enable us to test Heavy-Quark Symmetry, determine the Isgur-Wise function as well as obtain the…
We compute the Isgur-Wise function using heavy quark effective theory formulated on the lattice. The non-relativistic kinetic energy term of the heavy quark is included to the action as well as terms remaining in the infinite quark mass…
We derive the form factors relevant for decays of pseudo-scalar mesons corresponding to the semi-leptonic decay B->D l nu. The simulations are performed in the quenched approximation at beta=6.0 and beta=6.2 using a non-perturbatively…
We calculate the Isgur-Wise function ($\xi_0$) by measuring the heavy-heavy meson transition matrix element on the lattice in the quenched approximation. The standard Wilson action is used for both the heavy and the light quarks. Our…
We present preliminary results from simulations done on 170 $32^3 \times 64$ lattices at $\beta = 6.0$ using quenched Wilson fermions. This talk focuses on the $Q^2$ behavior of the form-factors, extrapolation in quark masses, dependence on…
We perform a phenomenological analysis of the decays $B \to D^{**}\pi$, where $D^{**}$ is a $P$-wave excited meson with total angular momentum $j = {1 \over 2}$ or ${3 \over 2}$ for the light cloud, recently measured by the Belle…
Understanding the composition of final states in $B \to X_c l \nu$ could help to get a feedback on the persisting disagreement between exclusive and inclusive determinations of $V_{cb}$. In particular the series of orbital excitations…
The Relativistic Flux Tube model is used to calculate of the Isgur-Wise functions describing the exclusive semileptonic decays of $\bar{B}$ and $\bar{B}_{s}$ mesons. The light quark mass dependence is investigated and the predicted…
We present a study of semi-leptonic $\bar B\tp D\ell\bar\nu$ decays in quenched lattice QCD through a calculation of the matrix element $\la D|\bar c\gamma_\mu b|\bar B\ra$ on a $24^3\times 48$ lattice at $\beta=6.2$, using an…
We calculate the Isgur-Wise function on the lattice, simulating the light quark with the Wilson action and the heavy quark with a direct lattice implementation of the heavy-quark effective theory. Improved smearing functions produced by a…
We use QCD sum rules, in the framework of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory, to calculate the universal form factor $\tau_{1/2}(y)$ parameterizing the semileptonic transitions $B \to D_0 \ell \bar \nu$, $B \to D_1^* \ell \bar \nu$, where…