Semileptonic decays $B \to D^{(*)} lν$ in the perturbative QCD factorization approach

Abstract

In this paper, we study the $B \to D^{(*)} l^- \barν_{\rm l}$ semileptonic decays and calculate the branching ratios ${\cal B}(B \to D^{(*)} l^- \barν_{\rm l})$ and the ratios $R(D^{(*)})$ and $R_{\rm D}^{\rm l,τ}$ by employing the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach. We find that (a) for $R(D)$ and $R(D^*)$ ratios, the pQCD predictions are $R(D)=0.430^{+0.021}_{-0.026}$, $R(D^*)=0.301 \pm 0.013$ and agree well with BaBar's measurements of $R(D^{(*)})$; (b) for the newly defined $R_{\rm D}^{\rm l}$ and $R_{\rm D}^{\rm τ}$ ratios, the pQCD predictions are $R_{\rm D}^{\rm l} = 0.450^{+0.064}_{-0.051}$ and $R_{\rm D}^{\rm τ} =0.642^{+0.081}_{-0.070}$, which may be more sensitive to the QCD dynamics of the considered semileptonic decays than $R(D^{(*)})$ and should be tested by experimental measurements.

13 pages, 2 ps figures, 3 tables. Final version published in Chinese Science Bulletin