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Exclusive determinations of $$\vert V_{cb} \vert $$ and $$R(D^{*})$$ through unitarity

G. Martinelli, Silvano Simula, Ludovico Vittorio

2022The European Physical Journal C30 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract In this work we apply the Dispersive Matrix (DM) method of Di Carlo et al. (Phys Rev D 104:054502, 2021) and Martinelli et al. (Phys Rev D 105:034503, 2022) to the lattice computations of the Form Factors (FFs) entering the semileptonic $$B \rightarrow D^* \ell \nu _\ell $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays, recently produced by the FNAL/MILC Collaborations (Fermilab Lattice, MILC collaboration, Semileptonic form factors for $$B \rightarrow D^*\ell \nu $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> at nonzero recoil from 2 + 1-flavor lattice QCD. arXiv:2105.14019 ) at small, but non-vanishing values of the recoil variable ( $$w-1$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>w</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> ). Thanks to the DM method we obtain the FFs in the whole kinematical range accessible to the decay in a completely model-independent and non-perturbative way, implementing exactly both unitarity and kinematical constraints. Using our theoretical bands of the FFs we extract $$\vert V_{cb} \vert $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>cb</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> from the experimental data and compute the theoretical value of $$R(D^*)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Our final result for $$\vert V_{cb} \vert $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>cb</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> reads $$\vert V_{cb} \vert = (41.3 \pm 1.7) \cdot 10^{-3}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>cb</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>41.3</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.7</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>·</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , compatible with the most recent inclusive estimate at the $$0.5\sigma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0.5</mml:mn> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> level. Moreover, we obtain the pure theoretical value $$R(D^*) = 0.275 \pm 0.008$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.275</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.008</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , which is compatible with the experimental world average at the $$\sim 1.3 \sigma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.3</mml:mn> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> level.

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