{
  "id": "hep-ph/9709460",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1997-09-25T19:28:13.000Z",
  "updated": "1997-09-25T19:28:13.000Z",
  "title": "Lattice Calculations of Decay Constants",
  "authors": [
    "C. Bernard"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages, 3 included postscript figures, uses sprocl.sty and epsfig. Review talk presented at the \"Seventh International Symposium on Heavy Flavor Physics,\" Santa Barbara, July 7-11, 1997",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph",
    "hep-lat"
  ],
  "abstract": "Lattice attempts to compute the leptonic decay constants of heavy-light pseudoscalar mesons are described. I give a short historical overview of such attempts and then discuss some current calculations. I focus on three of the most important sources of systematic error: the extrapolation to the continuum, the chiral extrapolation in light quark mass, and the effects of quenching. I briefly discuss the ``bag parameters'' $B_B$ and $B_{B_s}$, and then conclude with my expectations of the precision in decay constants and bag parameters that will be possible in the next few years.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1997-09-25T19:28:13.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "lattice calculations",
      "bag parameters",
      "leptonic decay constants",
      "heavy-light pseudoscalar mesons",
      "light quark mass"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "review article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 448862,
      "adsabs": "1997hep.ph....9460B"
    }
  }
}