{"paper":{"title":"Model-Independent Prediction of $R(\\eta_c)$","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["hep-ex","hep-lat"],"primary_cat":"hep-ph","authors_text":"Anson Berns, Henry Lamm","submitted_at":"2018-08-22T14:50:28Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present a model-independent prediction for $R(\\eta_c) \\! \\equiv \\! \\mathcal{BR} (B_c \\rightarrow \\eta_c \\, \\tau^+\\nu_\\tau)/ \\mathcal{BR} (B_c \\rightarrow \\eta_c \\, \\mu^+\\nu_\\mu)$. This prediction is obtained from the form factors through a combination of dispersive relations, heavy-quark relations at zero-recoil, and the limited existing determinations from lattice QCD. The resulting prediction, $R(\\eta_c)=0.29(5)$, agrees with the weighted average of previous model predictions, but with reduced uncertainties."},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1808.07360","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}