Order alpha_s^2 beta_0 Correction to the Charged Lepton Spectrum in b \to c \ell \bar\nu_\ell decays

Abstract

We compute the \alpha_s^2\beta_0 part of the two-loop QCD corrections to the charged lepton spectrum in b \to c \ell \bar\nu_\ell decays and find them to be about 50\% of the first order corrections at all lepton energies, except those close to the end point. Including these corrections we extract the central values \bar\Lambda=0.33 GeV and \lambda_1=-0.17 GeV^2 for the HQET matrix elements and use them to determine the $\overline{\mathrm{MS}}$ b and c quark masses, and |V_{cb}|.

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