Lattice QCD calculation of the D s radiative decay with ( 2 + 1 )-flavor Wilson-clover ensembles

• Published in: Physical review. D 2024-04, Vol.109 (7), Article 074511
• Main Authors: Meng, Yu, Dang, Jin-Long, Liu, Chuan, Liu, Zhaofeng, Shen, Tinghong, Yan, Haobo, Zhang, Ke-Long
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2470-0010; 2470-0029
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.074511

We perform a lattice calculation on the radiative decay of D s * using the ( 2 + 1 )-flavor Wilson-clover gauge ensembles generated by CLQCD collaboration. A method allowing us to calculate the form factor with zero transfer momentum is proposed and applied to the radiative transition D s * → D s γ and the Dalitz decay D s * → D s e + e − . After a continuum extrapolation using three lattice spacings, we obtain Γ ( D s * → D s γ ) = 0.0549 ( 54 ) keV , where the error is purely statistical. The result is consistent with previous lattice calculations but with a error reduced to only a fifth of the before. The Dalitz decay rate is also calculated for the first time and the ratio with the radiative transition is found to be R e e = 0.624 ( 3 ) % . A total decay width of D s * can then be determined as 0.0587(54) keV taking into account the experimental branching fraction. Combining with the most recent experimental measurement on the branching fraction of the purely leptonic decay D s + , * → e + ν e , we obtain the quantity f D s * | V c s | = ( 190.5 − 41 . 7 stat + 55.1 ± 12.6 syst ) MeV , where the stat. is only the statistical error from the experiment, and syst. results from the experimental systematic uncertainty and the lattice statistical error. Our result leads to an improved systematic uncertainty compared to 42.7 syst obtained using previous lattice prediction of total decay width 0.070(28) keV as the input.