Model-Independent Determination of $B_c^{+}\to {\eta }_c{\ell }^{+}\nu$ Form Factors

Abstract

We derive model-independent bounds on the form factors for the decay $B_c^{+}\to {\eta }_c{\ell }^{+}\nu$ including full mass effects, i.e. $\ell =e,\mu ,\text{ and }\tau$. The bounds are obtained by using the BGL parameterization for the form factors, and fitting to the preliminary lattice data of the HPQCD Collaboration. Our main result after bounding the form factors is the Standard Model (SM) prediction for the ratio of branching fractions $R({\eta }_c)=\mathcal{B}(B_c^{+}\to {\eta }_c{\tau }^{+}{\nu }_{\tau })/\mathcal{B}(B_c^{+}\to {\eta }_c{\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu })$. We find $R({\eta }_c){|}_{\text{SM}}=0.31_{-0.02}^{+0.04}$, and argue that a measurement of $R({\eta }_c)$ is within the reach of LHCb during the high luminosity run of the LHC. In addition, using the heavy-quark spin symmetry of the $B_c$ meson we relate our results for $B_c^{+}\to {\eta }_c{\ell }^{+}\nu$ to those for $B_c^{+}\to J/\psi {\ell }^{+}\nu$ yielding the estimate $R(J/\psi ){|}_{\text{SM}}=0.26\pm 0.02$ in good agreement with other determinations.

arXiv commentv3: 9 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, journal version

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