Heavy quark effective theory computation of the mass of the bottom quark
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We present a fully non-perturbative computation of the mass of the b-quark in the quenched approximation. Our strategy starts from the matching of HQET to QCD in a finite volume and finally relates the quark mass to the spin averaged mass of the Bs meson in HQET. All steps include the terms of order Λ2/mb. Expanding on [1], we discuss the computation and renormalization of correlation functions at order 1/mb. With the strange quark mass fixed from the Kaon mass and the QCD scale set through r0 = 0.5 fm, we obtain a renormalization group invariant mass Mb = 6.758(86) GeV or b(b) = 4.347(48)GeV in the scheme. The uncertainty in the computed Λ2/mb terms contributes little to the total error and Λ3/mb2 terms are negligible. The strategy is promising for full QCD as well as for other B-physics observables.
Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics