Joint workshop on |Vub| & |Vcb| at the B-Factories

from Friday 14 December 2007 (08:30) to Sunday 16 December 2007 (12:30)
Physikalisches Institut Heidelberg

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
14 Dec 2007
15 Dec 2007
16 Dec 2007
AM
08:30
Welcome (until 08:40)
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08:40
|Vcb| from exclusive semileptonic decays (until 12:30)
08:40 Overview of experimental results on B -> D/D* l nu (15') - Marcello Rotondo (Universita' di Padova)  
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09:10 Overview and Recent developments in Form-Factor calculations on the lattice for B -> D(*) l nu decays (20') - Jack Laiho (FNAL)  
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09:45 Overview of experimental results on B -> D** l nu (15') - Dmitri Liventsev (ITEP Moscow)  
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10:15 --- Coffee ---
10:35 Theoretical Overview on B -> D** l nu decays (20') - Olivier Pene (Paris Sud)  
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11:10 Discussion (chairs: David Lopes Pegna, Christoph Schwanda, etc.)  
(a) Questions
(b) Recent References
(c) Lattice QCD workshop 2006 References
(d) b → c l ν Exclusive References (Vxb workshop 2003)
08:30
|Vcb| from inclusive decays and quark mass determination (until 12:50)
08:30 Theoretical basis for the extraction of Vcb from inclusive B to Xc l nu decays and the uncertainties (20') - Thomas Mannel (Siegen)  
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09:10 b->c moments in the kinetic scheme (10') - Paolo Giordano (Universita' di Torino)  
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09:30 Overview of measurements of inclusive spectra and moments in b to s gamma decays (10') - Henning Flaecher (CERN)  
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09:50 Overview of measurements of inclusive distributions and moments in B to Xc l nu Decays, Results of OPE fits in different schemes (15') - Mihikiko Nakao (KEK)  
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10:20 --- Coffee ---
10:40 Definition and extraction of b- and c- quark masses (15') - Andre Hoang (MPI Munich)  
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11:10 Measurements of b- and c-quark masses (15') - Robert Kowalewski (U. Victoria)  
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11:40 Discussion (chairs: Vera Luth, Thomas Mannel, Phillip Urquijo)  
(a) Questions
(b) Recent References
(c) Vxb workshop 2004 References
(d) b → c l ν Inclusive References (Vxb workshop 2003)
mb translation and influence of b->sg moments
12:30 Vxb at Y(5S) - Toru Iijima (Nagoya University)  
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08:30
|Vub| from inclusive semileptonic decays (until 10:20)
08:30 Leading Shape Function (20') - Frank Tackmann (LBNL & UC Berkeley)  
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09:10 Subleading Shape Function (10') - Gil Paz (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)  
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09:30 Improved determination of |Vub| in inclusive untagged analyses at the B-Factories (15') - Kerstin Tackmann (LBNL & UC Berkeley)  
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10:00 --- Coffee ---
10:20
Discussion: How do we arrive to a credible |Vxb| determination, i.e. with credible uncertainties, from multiple measurements and multiple theoretical calculations? (until 12:25)
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
|Vub| from exclusive semileptonic decays (until 18:40)
14:00 Progress in form factors for charmless semileptonic decays from Lattice QCD (20') - Paul Mackenzie (FNAL)  
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14:35 Overview of non-lattice approaches for form factors in exclusive B -> Xu l nu decays (20') - Alexander Khodjamirian (Siegen)  
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15:10 Overview of B -> scalar(pi/eta/eta') l nu Measurements: Branching Fractions and Form Factors (15') - Benoit Viaud (Orsay)  
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15:40 --- Coffee ---
16:00 Overview of B -> vector(rho/omega) l nu Measurements: Branching Fractions and Form Factors (15') - Matt Shepherd (Indiana)  
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16:30 Computer package for exclusive determinations (15') - Christopher Arnesen (Carnegie Mellon University)  
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17:00 Discussion (chairs: Paul Mackenzie, Jochen Dingfelder, Christoph Schwanda)  
(a) Questions
(b) Recent References
(c) Lattice QCD workshop 2006 References
(d) b → u l ν Exclusive References (Vxb workshop 2003)
19:30 --- Social Dinner at the Restaurant Perkeo in the old town http://www.perkeo.info/mvr/eingang.htm ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
|Vub| from inclusive semileptonic decays (until 19:00)
14:00 Measurement of partial Branching Fractions and Extraction of |Vub| using Tagged Analyses (10') - Philip Urquijo (University of Geneva)  
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14:20 Measurement of partial Branching Fractions and Extraction of |Vub| using Untagged Analyses (10') - Heiko Lacker (Berlin University)  
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14:40 Studies of Weak Annihilation (10') - Franco Simonetto (Universita' di Padova)  
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15:00 Determination of |Vub| in the Kinetic scheme and Weak Annihilation (20') - Paolo Gambino (Universita' di Torino)  
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15:40 --- break ---
16:00 Determination of |Vub| with the Analytic Coupling Method (20') - Giancarlo Ferrera (Universita' di Firenze)  
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16:40 Perspectives on |Vub| and B->Xs gamma (20') - Matthias Neubert (Mainz University)  
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17:20 Determination of |Vub| with the Gluon Dressed Exponentiation method (15') - Einan Gardi (University of Edinburgh)  
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17:50 Discussion (chairs: Elisabetta Barberio, Francesca Di Lodovico, Gil Paz)  
(a) Questions
(b) Recent References
(c) Vxb workshop 2004 References
(d) References on the Shape Function (Vxb workshop 2003)
(e) References on b → u l ν, b → s γ inclusive (Vxb workshop 2003)
12:25
Adjour (until 12:30)