Non-factorizable terms, heavy quark masses, and semileptonic decays of D and B mesons

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2002-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0202028v2

Mod.Phys.Lett. A17 (2002) 245-251

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

7 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217732302006461

The non-factorizable terms in the operator product expansion have been recognized as one of theoretical obstacles for precision determination of the mixing parameter $V_{ub}$ from semileptonic B decays. It is pointed out here that the recent CLEO data on the parameters of the heavy quark expansion $\lambda_1$ and ${\bar \Lambda}$, combined with a theoretical bound on $\lambda_1$ strongly favor the existence of a sizeable contribution of non-factorizable terms in semileptonic decays of $D$ mesons. Thus these terms are likely to solve the long-standing problem of the deficit of semileptonic decay rate of the $D$ mesons, and with better data their magnitude can be determined and used in studies of the parameter $V_{ub}$.

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