New results on<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>B</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:math>decay form factors from light-cone sum rules

Abstract

We present an improved calculation of $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}$ light pseudoscalar form factors from light-cone sum rules, including one-loop radiative corrections to twist-2 and twist-3 contributions, and leading-order twist-4 corrections. The total theoretical uncertainty of our results at zero momentum transfer is 10 to 13% and can be improved, at least in part, by reducing the uncertainty of hadronic input parameters, in particular, those describing the twist-2 distribution amplitudes of the $\ensuremath{\pi}$, $K$, and $\ensuremath{\eta}$. We present our results in a way which details the dependence of the form factors on these parameters and facilitates the incorporation of future updates of their values from, e.g., lattice calculations.