A lattice measurement of the B*B? coupling using DWF light quarks and the Relativistic Heavy Quark action
A lattice measurement of the B*B? coupling using DWF light quarks and the Relativistic Heavy Quark action
I describe a calculation of the B*B? coupling in lattice QCD. The B*B? coupling is directly related to gb, the leading order low-energy interaction constant of heavy meson chiral perturbation theory. Knowledge of the coupling will help decrease systematic uncertainties in lattice QCD B-physics studies, which are important to constrain the CKM matrix and probe the Standard Model. This calculation is performed with 2+1 flavours of dynamic quarks using the domain wall fermion action. To simulate the heavy b-quark I use a non-perturbatively tuned relativistic heavy quark action which keeps discretisation effects under good control. This allows me to make the first calculation of the
B*B? coupling directly at the physical b-quark mass. I conduct a chiral and continuum extrapolation to the physical point and consider all sources of systematic error. The final result including both statistical and sytematic errors is gb = 0.567(52)stat(58)sys.
Samways, Benjamin
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November 2013
Samways, Benjamin
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Flynn, J.M.
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Samways, Benjamin
(2013)
A lattice measurement of the B*B? coupling using DWF light quarks and the Relativistic Heavy Quark action.
University of Southampton, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Doctoral Thesis, 110pp.
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I describe a calculation of the B*B? coupling in lattice QCD. The B*B? coupling is directly related to gb, the leading order low-energy interaction constant of heavy meson chiral perturbation theory. Knowledge of the coupling will help decrease systematic uncertainties in lattice QCD B-physics studies, which are important to constrain the CKM matrix and probe the Standard Model. This calculation is performed with 2+1 flavours of dynamic quarks using the domain wall fermion action. To simulate the heavy b-quark I use a non-perturbatively tuned relativistic heavy quark action which keeps discretisation effects under good control. This allows me to make the first calculation of the
B*B? coupling directly at the physical b-quark mass. I conduct a chiral and continuum extrapolation to the physical point and consider all sources of systematic error. The final result including both statistical and sytematic errors is gb = 0.567(52)stat(58)sys.
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Published date: November 2013
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University of Southampton, Physics & Astronomy
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