UPDATE ON F(B)

Authors
BERNARD C BLUM T DEGRAND T DETAR C GOTTLIEB S HELLER UM HETRICK J MCNEILE C RUMMUKAINEN K SONI A SUGAR R TOUSSAINT D WINGATE M
Citation
C. Bernard et al., UPDATE ON F(B), Nuclear physics. B, 1997, pp. 358-361
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
53
Pages
358 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1997):<358:UOF>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We describe the current status of the MILC collaboration computation o f f(B), f(Bs), f(D), f(Ds) and their ratios. Progress over the past ye ar includes: better statistics and plateaus at beta = 6.52 (quenched), beta = 5.6 (N-F = 2) and beta = 5.445 (N-F = 2), new runs with a wide range of dynamical quark masses at beta = 5.5 (N-F = 2), an estimate of the systematic errors due to the chiral extrapolation, and an impro ved analysis which consistently takes into account both the correlatio ns in the data at every stage and the systematic effects due to changi ng fitting ranges.