Heavy-light decay constants from the step scaling method

TL;DR

This paper presents a lattice QCD study of heavy-light decay constants using a step scaling method to control different energy scales, providing precise continuum limit results for f_{Bs} and f_{Ds}.

Contribution

It introduces a finite size scaling technique to accurately compute heavy-light decay constants in quenched lattice QCD, improving previous methods.

Findings

f_{Bs} = 192(6)(4) MeV

f_{Ds} = 240(5)(5) MeV

Method effectively disentangles multiple energy scales.

Abstract

We discuss results for the heavy-light decay constants in the continuum limit of quenched lattice QCD from finite size scaling techniques. We disentangle the simultaneous presence of the different energy scales characterizing heavy-light physics by first performing simulations at the unphysical volume L_0=0.4 fm, and then evolving the results towards the infinite volume. We find f_{Bs}= 192(6)(4) MeV and f_{Ds}=240(5)(5) MeV. The approach has been developed by the APE group at the University of Rome ``Tor Vergata''.