Predictions with Lattice QCD

Abstract

In recent years, we used lattice QCD to calculate some 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 leptonic decay constants of the $D^{+}$ and $D_s$ mesons, and the mass of the $B_c$ meson. In this paper, we summarize these calculations, with emphasis on their (subsequent) confirmation by measurements in $e^{+}{e}^{-}$, $\gamma p$ and $\bar{p}p$ collisions.

5 pages; update of hep-lat/0509169, with experimental confirmation of form factors from Belle and fDs from BaBar; presented at SciDAC 2006 for the Fermilab Lattice, MILC, and HPQCD Collaborations

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• Measurement of B(Ds -> munu)
• Visualization of semileptonic form factors from lattice QCD