Hadronic matrix elements for B-mixing in the Standard Model and beyond

We use lattice QCD to calculate the B-mixing hadronic matrix elements for a basis of effective four-quark operators that spans the space of all possible contributions in, and beyond, the Standard Model. We present results for the SU(3)-breaking ratio and discuss our ongoing calculation of the mixing matrix elements, including the first calculation of the beyond the Standard Model matrix elements from unquenched lattice QCD.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure. Proceedings for CIPANP 2012 - Eleventh Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, St. Petersburg FL, May 29 - June 3 201

Measurement of B(D+ -> mu+ nu) and the pseudoscalar decay constant f_D at CLEO

The analysis of 60 1/pb data collected on the psi(3770) resonance with the CLEO-c detector has produced the first statistically significant signal for D+ -> mu+ nu decay and led to the measurement of the decay branching fraction B(D+ -> mu+ nu) = (3.5 +- 1.4 +- 0.6) x 10-4 and the pseudoscalar decay constant f_D = (202 +- 41 +- 17) MeV.Comment: Talk presented at the 1st Meeting of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics (Fermilab, Oct. 24-26, 2004). LaTeX 4 pages, 2 figure

Mass of the B_c Meson in Three-Flavor Lattice QCD

We use lattice QCD to predict the mass of the $B_c$ meson. We use the MILC Collaboration's ensembles of lattice gauge fields, which have a quark sea with two flavors much lighter than a third. Our final result is $m_{B_c}=6304\pm12^{+18}_{- 0} MeV$. The first error bar is a sum in quadrature of statistical and systematic uncertainties, and the second is an estimate of heavy-quark discretization effects.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures; shorten to fit in PRL; published versio

Heavy-Quark Masses from the Fermilab Method in Three-Flavor Lattice QCD

We report on heavy quark mass calculations using Fermilab heavy quarks. Lattice calculations of heavy-strange meson masses are combined with one-loop (automated) lattice perturbation theory to arrive at the quark mass. Mesons are constructed from Fermilab heavy quarks and staggered light quarks. We use the MILC ensembles at three lattice spacings and sea quark mass ratios of $m_{\rm u,d} / m_{\rm s} = 0.1$ to 0.4. Preliminary results for the bottom quark are given in the potential subtracted scheme

B Mixing in the Standard Model and Beyond: Lattice QCD

We give a brief overview and progress report on our lattice QCD calculation of neutral B mixing hadronic matrix elements needed for Standard Model and Beyond the Standard Model physics. Reference [1] contains more details and results.Comment: 3 pages, 0 figures, Proceedings of the 19th Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC11), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., July 201

Quantum chromodynamics with advanced computing

We survey results in lattice quantum chromodynamics from groups in the USQCD Collaboration. The main focus is on physics, but many aspects of the discussion are aimed at an audience of computational physicists.Comment: 17 pp. Featured presentation at Scientific Discovery with Advanced Computing, July 13-17, Seattl

Light-quark connected intermediate-window contributions to the muon g − 2 hadronic vacuum polarization from lattice QCD

We present a lattice-QCD calculation of the light-quark connected contribution to window observables associated with the leading-order hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, aHVP;LO μ . We employ the MILC Collaboration’s isospin-symmetric QCD gauge-field ensembles, which contain four flavors of dynamical highly improved staggered quarks with four lattice spacings between a ≈ 0.06–0.15 fm and close-to-physical quark masses. We consider several effectivefield- theory-based schemes for finite volume and other lattice corrections and combine the results via Bayesian model averaging to obtain robust estimates of the associated systematic uncertainties. After unblinding, our final results for the intermediate and “W2” windows are all;W μ ðconnÞ ¼ 206.6ð1.0Þ × 10−10 and all;W2 μ ðconnÞ ¼ 100.7ð3.2Þ × 10−10, respectivelyUnited States Department of Energy (DOE)National Science Foundation (NSF) ACI-1548562 CNS-0521433 ACI-1532235 ACI-1532236 OCI-0725070 ACI-1238993 PHY17-19626 PHY20-13064 DGE 2040434Lilly Endowment, Inc.University of Colorado BoulderColorado State UniversityState of IllinoisBEISUK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ST/P002307/1 ST/R002452/1 ST/R00689X/1United States Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0010005 DE-SC0010120 DE-SC0011090 DE-SC0021006 DE-SC0015655Funding Opportunity Announcement Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing: High Energy Physics LAB 22-2580Simons Foundation under their Simons Fellows in Theoretical Physics programUniversities Research Association Visiting Scholarship Awards 20-S-12 21-S-05SRA (Spain) PID2019-106087 GB-C21Junta de Andalucia FQM-101 A-FQM-467-UGR18 P18-FR-4314Spanish Government RYC2020-030244-IUK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ST/T000945/1Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA) DE-AC02-07CH1135

Semileptonic form factors for B -> D*lv at nonzero recoil from 2+1-flavor lattice QCD

We present the first unquenched lattice-QCD calculation of the form factors for the decay B -> D*t nu at nonzero recoil. Our analysis includes 15 MILC ensembles with N-f = 2 + 1 flavors of asqtad sea quarks, with a strange quark mass close to its physical mass. The lattice spacings range from a asymptotic to 0.15 fm down to 0.045 fm, while the ratio between the light-and the strange-quark masses ranges from 0.05 to 0.4. The valence b and c quarks are treated using the Wilson-clover action with the Fermilab interpretation, whereas the light sector employs asqtad staggered fermions. We extrapolate our results to the physical point in the continuum limit using rooted staggered heavy-light meson chiral perturbation theory. Then we apply a model independent parametrization to extend the form factors to the full kinematic range. With this parametrization we perform a joint lattice-QCD/experiment fit using several experimental datasets to determine the CKM matrix element |V-cb|. We obtain |V-cb| = (38.40 +/- 0.68(th) +/- 0.34(exp) +/- 0.18(EM)) x 10(-3). The first error is theoretical, the second comes from experiment and the last one includes electromagnetic and electroweak uncertainties, with an overall chi(2)/dof = 126/84, which illustrates the tensions between the experimental data sets, and between theory and experiment. This result is in agreement with previous exclusive determinations, but the tension with the inclusive determination remains. Finally, we integrate the differential decay rate obtained solely from lattice data to predict R(D*) = 0.265 +/- 0.013, which confirms the current tension between theory and experiment.United States Department of Energy (DOE)National Science Foundation's Teragrid/XSEDE ProgramUnited States Department of Energy (DOE) DE-FG02-13ER41976 DE-SC0009998 DE-SC0010120 DE-SC0015655National Science Foundation (NSF) PHY17-19626 PHY14-17805 SRA (Spain) P18-FR-4314Consejeria de Economia, Innovacion, Ciencia y Empleo, Junta de Andalucia (Spain) P18-FR-4314 A-FQM-467-UGR18Fermilab Distinguished Scholars Progra

Predictions from Lattice QCD

In the past year, we calculated with lattice QCD three quantities that were unknown or poorly known. They are the $q^2$ dependence of the form factor in semileptonic $D\to Kl\nu$ decay, the decay constant of the $D$ meson, and the mass of the $B_c$ meson. In this talk, we summarize these calculations, with emphasis on their (subsequent) confirmation by experiments.Comment: v1: talk given at the International Conference on QCD and Hadronic Physics, Beijing, June 16-20, 2005; v2: poster presented at the XXIIIrd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Dublin, July 25-3