B Semileptonic Decays at High Recoil Momentum

Abstract

We explore the possibility of studying $B\toπlν$ semileptonic decays at large recoil momentum. Our methods include the use of a random-wall source for the pion to reduce statistical errors, and different smearing functions are used for the B meson to improve the overlap with the ground state. We observe, in general, a factor of 3-4 improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio in correlation functions if random-wall propagators are used.

7 pages, poster presented at the XXV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, 30 July - 4 August 2007, Regensburg, Germany