On the study of inclusive semileptonic decays of $B_s$-meson from lattice QCD

TL;DR

This paper presents a lattice QCD approach to calculating inclusive semileptonic decay rates of B_s mesons, demonstrating promising agreement with theoretical predictions and paving the way for comprehensive future studies.

Contribution

It introduces a novel lattice QCD method for inclusive decay rate calculations of heavy mesons using four-point correlators and spectral density extraction techniques.

Findings

Results agree with operator-product expansion predictions

First lattice QCD calculation of B_s inclusive semileptonic decays

Method demonstrates potential for full decay analysis

Abstract

In this contribution we describe a recent study focused on the lattice calculation of inclusive decay rates of heavy mesons. We show how the inclusive calculation can be achieved starting from four-point lattice correlation functions normalised appropriately. The correlators used in this project come from gauge ensembles provided by the JLQCD and ETM collaborations. An essential point of this method is the extraction of spectral densities from lattice correlators which is obtained using two of the most recent approaches in the literature. Our results are in remarkable agreement with analytical predictions from the operator-product expansion. This study represents the first step towards a full lattice QCD study of heavy mesons inclusive semileptonic decays.