Alexander Lenz
Lifetimes and Heavy Quark Expansion
Lenz, Alexander
Authors
Contributors
Ikaros Bigi
Editor
Paolo Gambino
Editor
Thomas Mannel
Editor
Abstract
Kolya Uraltsev was one of the inventors of the Heavy Quark Expansion (HQE), that describes inclusive weak decays of hadrons containing heavy quarks and in particular lifetimes. Besides giving a pedagogic introduction into the subject, we review the development and the current status of the HQE, which just recently passed several non-trivial experimental tests with an unprecedented precision. In view of many new experimental results for lifetimes of heavy hadrons, we also update several theory predictions: τ (B+)/τ (Bd) = 1.04+0.05 −0.01 ± 0.02 ± 0.01, τ (Bs)/τ (Bd) = 1.001 ± 0.002, τ (b)/τ (Bd) = 0.935 ± 0.054 and ¯τ (0b )/¯τ (+ b ) = 0.95 ± 0.06. The theoretical precision is currently strongly limited by the unknown size of the nonperturbative matrix elements of four-quark operators, which could be determined with lattice simulations.
Citation
Lenz, A. (2015). Lifetimes and Heavy Quark Expansion. In I. Bigi, P. Gambino, & T. Mannel (Eds.), QCD and heavy quarks : in memoriam Nikolai Uraltsev (63-109). World Scientific Publishing
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2015 |
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Deposit Date | Dec 7, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 28, 2016 |
Publisher | World Scientific Publishing |
Pages | 63-109 |
Book Title | QCD and heavy quarks : in memoriam Nikolai Uraltsev. |
Publisher URL | http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9157 |
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Lifetimes and heavy quark expansion, Alexander Lenz, in QCD and heavy quarks : in memoriam Nikolai Uraltsev, ed. by Ikaros I Bigi, Paolo Gambino, Thomas Mannel Copyright @ 2015 with permission from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
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