Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2001-01-09
Phys.Rev. D64 (2001) 094001
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
17 pages, LaTeX, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D, revised version, semileptonic $B \to $D spectrum included in fit
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.64.094001
Improved $B$ meson decay data have permitted more incisive tests of factorization predictions. A concurrent benefit is the ability to constrain the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $|V_{cb}|$. Using a simultaneous fit to differential distributions $d \Gamma(\ob \to D^{*+} l^- \bar \nu_l)/ dq^2$ measured by the CLEO and LEP Collaborations, the rates for the color-favored decays $\ob \to D^{(*)+} (\pi^-,\rho^-,a_1^-)$, and the rate for $\ob \to D^+ l^- \bar \nu_l$, we find $|V_{cb}| = 0.0415 \pm 0.0022$. The slope of the universal Isgur-Wise form factor is described by a parameter found to be $\rs = 1.52 \pm 0.11$. Taking the $D_s$ meson decay constant from the world average of direct measurements, we predict satisfactorily the branching ratios for $\ob \to D^{(*)+} D_s^{(*)-}$. Ratios of helicity amplitudes for color-favored processes are also found to be in accord with predictions.
Luo Zumin
Rosner Jonathan L.
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