Subleading corrections to the Vub determination from exclusive B decays
Abstract
It has been proposed to determine the CKM matrix element |Vub| in a model-independent way from a combination of rare and semileptonic B and D decays near the zero recoil point. An essential ingredient in such a determination is a heavy quark symmetry relation connecting the form-factors appearing in B -> K* e+e- to semileptonic form factors relevant for B -> rho e. We estimate the leading corrections to this symmetry relation, of order αs(mb) and /mb, pointing out that they can be as large as 20%, depending on the value of the matrix element of a dimension-4 operator. Dimensional analysis estimates of this matrix element give a corresponding uncertainty in |Vub| of the order of a few percent.
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