Constraining weak annihilation using semileptonic D decays

Details Constraining weak annihilation using semileptonic D decays Constraining weak annihilation using semileptonic D decays

2010-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/1003.1351v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

5 pages, 2 figures, published version

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The recently measured semileptonic D_s decay rate can be used to constrain weak annihilation (WA) effects in semileptonic D and B decays. We revisit the theoretical predictions for inclusive semileptonic D_{(s)} decays using a variety of quark mass schemes. The most reliable results are obtained if the fits to B decay distributions are used to eliminate the charm quark mass dependence, without using any specific charm mass scheme. Our fit to the available data shows that WA is smaller than commonly assumed. There is no indication that the WA octet contribution (which is better constrained than the singlet contribution) dominates. The results constrain an important source of uncertainty in the extraction of |Vub| from inclusive semileptonic B decays.

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