Related papers: Loopy Determinations of $V_{ub}$ and $V_{cb}$
We report new measurements, based on the Run I dataset collected by the LHCb experiment, of the B0 mixing frequency Dm_d and the CKM matrix element |V_ub| using semileptonic b decays. The former is the most precise measurement ever…
The determination of $|V_{cb}|$ using inclusive and exclusive (semi-)leptonic decays exhibits a long-standing tension of varying ${\cal O}(3 \sigma)$ significance. For the inclusive determination the decay rate is expanded in $1/m_b$ using…
BaBar measurements involving semileptonic decays of B mesons are reviewed. Attention is focused on the extraction of |Vub| and |Vcb| elements of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark mixing matrix. Recent results of inclusive and exclusive…
Inclusive bottom hadron decays are analyzed based on the heavy quark effective field theory (HQEFT). Special attentions in this paper are paid to the b\to u transitions and nonspectator effects. As a consequence, the CKM quark mixing matrix…
We review the current status of experimental measurements of the branching fractions for exclusive semileptonic decays of B mesons to charmless hadrons and the determination of the Standard Model CKM parameter |Vub| from these measurements.
In the last ten years there has been great progress in calculations of decays of $B$ and $D$ mesons, and baryons containing a heavy $b$ or $c$ quark. One propelling factor has been the measurement of several anomalies in $b\to s$ and $b\to…
In light of the large amount of new experimental data, we revisit the determination of V_{cb} and m_b from inclusive semileptonic and radiative B decays. We study shape variables to order lqcd^3/m_b^3 and alpha_s^2\beta_0, and include the…
In this talk I update the precision determination of the CKM element $|V_{cb}|$ from the inclusive decay $B\to X_c\ell\nu_{\ell}$.
We propose a model-independent method to determine the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $|V_{ub}|$ from exclusive $B$ and $D$ decays. Combining information obtainable from $B\to \rho\ell\bar\nu_\ell$, $B\to…
The more precise extraction for the CKM matrix element |V_{cb}| in the heavy quark effective field theory (HQEFT) of QCD is studied from both exclusive and inclusive semileptonic B decays. The values of relevant nonperturbative parameters…
In order to determine the ratio of CKM matrix elements |V_{ub}/V_{cb}| (and |V_{ub}|), we propose a new model-independent method based on the heavy quark effective theory, which is theoretically described by the phase space factor and the…
We report studies of semileptonic decays, B --> X_c l nu, based on a sample of 88 million BB events recorded with the BABAR detector. We have measured four moments of the electron energy distribution and four moments of the hadronic mass…
Some theoretical results on V_ub and V_cb determinations from inclusive decays of b hadrons are highlighted.
The principal difficulty in deducing weak interaction properties from experimental measurements of $B$-decays lies in controlling the strong interaction effects. In this talk I review the status of theoretical calculations of the amplitudes…
The present status of the measurement of the semileptonic B decays is reviewed. Emphasis is given on the factors affecting experimental errors of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Masawa matrix element |Vcb | and |Vub |.
We briefly summarize up-to-date results on the determination of the parameters of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix $|V_{cb}|$ and $|V_{ub}|$, which play an important role in the unitarity triangle and in testing the Standard Model, and…
Recent results on inclusive and exclusive semileptonic B decays from B Factories are presented. The status and perspectives of the determination of the CKM matrix elements Vub and Vcb with semileptonic B decays is discussed.
The spectra and form factors of exclusive semi-leptonic decays of B-meson are analyzed, taking account of confined effects of quarks by the Covariant Oscillator Quark Model. The predicted B --> (D*,D)l nubar_l spectra with the conventional…
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…
We report two novel determinations of |Vub| with reduced model dependence, based on measurements of the mass distribution of the hadronic system in semileptonic B decays. Events are selected by fully reconstructing the decay of one B meson…