Jul 24 – 30, 2016
Highfield Campus, University of Southampton
Europe/London timezone

$B_{(s)}\to D_{(s)}$ semileptonic decays with NRQCD-HISQ valence quarks

Jul 27, 2016, 10:00 AM
20m
Building B2a Room 2065 (Highfield Campus, University of Southampton)

Building B2a Room 2065

Highfield Campus, University of Southampton

Talk Weak Decays and Matrix Elements Weak Decays and Matrix Elements

Speaker

Dr Chris Monahan (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)

Description

We present a calculation of the form factors, $f_0$ and $f_+$, for the $B_{(s)}$ to $D_{(s)}$ semileptonic decays. Our work uses the MILC $n_f=2+1$ asqtad configurations with NRQCD and HISQ valence quarks at four values of the momentum transfer $q^2$. We present preliminary results for our combined chiral-continuum extrapolation.

Primary author

Dr Chris Monahan (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)

Co-authors

Dr Chris Bouchard (William & Mary) Prof. G. Peter Lepage (Cornell University) Dr Heechang Na (Ohio Supercomputer Center) Prof. Junko Shigemitsu (The Ohio State University)

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