B Decays on the Lattice and Results for Phenomenology

Abstract

Lattice Monte Carlo simulations now include the effects of 2 light sea quarks and 1 strange sea quark through the use of an improved staggered fermion action. Consequently, results important to phenomenology are free of the approximate 10% errors inherent in the quenched approximation. This talk reports on calculations of the B and Bs decay constants and B -> pi l nu form factors. Accurate determinations of these quantities will lead to tighter constraints on CKM matrix elements.

arXiv commentContributed to the Proceedings of American Physical Society's 2004 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF2004), Riverside, CA, 26-31 August 2004. 3 pages

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