Semileptonic $B_c$ decays from full lattice QCD

TL;DR

This paper reports the first lattice QCD calculations of semileptonic form factors for $B_c$ decays to $$ mesons, covering the full momentum transfer range, using both NRQCD and relativistic formalisms, providing essential inputs for $b o c$ transition studies.

Contribution

It introduces the first lattice QCD results for $B_c$ semileptonic decays with full $q^2$ coverage, utilizing both improved NRQCD and relativistic methods to calibrate current normalizations.

Findings

First lattice QCD results for $B_c o $ semileptonic form factors.

Full $q^2$ range coverage in the calculations.

Relativistic results used to calibrate NRQCD current normalizations.

Abstract

We present first lattice QCD results for semileptonic form factors for the decays $B_c \to \eta_c l \nu$ and $B_c \to J/\psi l \nu$ over the full $q^2$ range, using both improved non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) and fully relativistic (HISQ) formalisms. These can be viewed as prototype calculations for pseudoscalar to pseudoscalar and pseudoscalar to vector decays involving a $b \to c$ transition. In particular we can use information from the relativistic computations to fix the NRQCD current normalisations, which can then be used in improved computations of decays such as $B \to D l \nu$ and $B \to D^* l \nu$.