Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-10-15
Phys.Rev.D81:034503,2010
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
33 pages, 12 figures, references added, discussion slightly expanded, updated values of alpha, Vcb inclusive, and Vub inclusiv
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.034503
We perform a global fit to the CKM unitarity triangle using the latest experimental and theoretical constraints. Our emphasis is on the hadronic weak matrix elements that enter the analysis, which must be computed using lattice QCD or other nonperturbative methods. Realistic lattice QCD calculations which include the effects of the dynamical up, down, and strange quarks are now available for all of the standard inputs to the global fit. We therefore present lattice averages for all of the necessary hadronic weak matrix elements. We attempt to account for correlations between lattice QCD results in a reasonable but conservative manner: whenever there are reasons to believe that an error is correlated between two lattice calculations, we take the degree of correlation to be 100%. These averages are suitable for use as inputs both in the global CKM unitarity triangle fit and other phenomenological analyses. In order to illustrate the impact of the lattice averages, we make Standard Model predictions for the parameters BK, |Vcb|, and |Vub|/|Vcb|. We find a (2-3) sigma tension in the unitarity triangle, depending upon whether we use the inclusive or exclusive determination of |Vcb|. If we interpret the tension as a sign of new physics in either neutral kaon or B mixing, we find that the scenario with new physics in kaon-mixing is preferred by present data.
de Water Ruth S. Van
Laiho Jack
Lunghi Enrico
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