Study of the leptonic decays of pseudoscalar $B, D$ and vector $B^*, D^*$ mesons and of the semileptonic $B\to D$ and $B\to D^*$ decays

Details Study of the leptonic decays of pseudoscalar $B, D$ and vector $B^*, D^*$ mesons and of the semileptonic $B\to D$ and $B\to D^*$ decays Study of the leptonic decays of pseudoscalar $B, D$ and vector $B^*, D^*$ mesons and of the semileptonic $B\to D$ and $B\to D^*$ decays

2005-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0502219v2

Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 113006

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

19 Latex pages,6 figures, references added, corrected typos, content enlarged

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.71.113006

We present results for different observables in weak decays of pseudoscalar and vector mesons with a heavy $c$ or $b$ quark. The calculations are done in a nonrelativistic constituent quark model improved at some instances by heavy quark effective theory constraints. We determine pseudoscalar and vector meson decay constants that within a few per cent satisfy $f_V M_V/f_P M_P=1$, a result expected in heavy quark symmetry when the heavy quark masses tend to infinity. We also analyze the semileptonic $B\to D$ and $B\to D^*$ decays for which we evaluate the different form factors. Here we impose heavy quark effective theory constraints among form factors that are not satisfied by a direct quark model calculation. The value of the form factors at zero recoil allows us to determine, by comparison with experimental data, the value of the $|V_{cb}|$ Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element. From the $B\to D$ semileptonic decay we get $|V_{cb}|=0.040\pm0.006$ in perfect agreement with our previous determination based on the study of the semileptonic $\Lambda_b\to \Lambda_c$ decay and also in excellent agreement with a recent experimental determination by the DELPHI Collaboration. We further make use of the partial conservation of axial current hypothesis to determine the strong coupling constants $g_{B^*B\pi}(0)=60.5\pm 1.1$ and $g_{D^*D\pi}(0)=22.1\pm0.4$. The ratio $R=(g_{B^*B\pi}(0) f_{B^*}\sqrt{M_D})/ (g_{D^*D\pi}(0) f_{D^*}\sqrt{M_B})=1.105\pm0.005$ agrees with the heavy quark symmetry prediction of 1.

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