Heavy quark systems in anisotropic lattice QCD Original Research Article

We examine whether the O(a) improved quark action on anisotropic lattices can be used as a framework for the heavy quark, which enables precision computation of matrix elements of heavy-light mesons. To this end, it is crucial to verify that a mass independent and nonperturbative tuning of the parameters is possible. As a first step, we observe the dispersion relation of heavy-light mesons on a quenched lattice using the action which is nonperturbatively tuned only for the leading terms. We also apply the action to a calculation of heavy-light decay constants in the charm quark mass region.