Chiral Structure of the $b\rightarrow c$ Charged Current and the Semileptonic $\Lambda_b$ Decay

Abstract

Using the heavy quark effective theory, chiral structure of the $b\rightarrow c$ charged current can be determined by the semileptonic $\Lambda_b$ decay with satisfactory theoretical accuracy. We define an asymmetry which is sensitive to the chirality of the $b\rightarrow c$ charged current. We show that this asymmetry has no theoretical uncertainty in the heavy quark limit. It is also shown that $1/m_c$ correction to this asymmetry is small and disappears at the kinematical point of zero momentum transfer.