B → πlΝ form factors calculated on the light-front

A consistent treatment of B → πlν decay is given on the light-front. The B to π transition form factors are calculated in the entire physical range of momentum transfer for the first time. The valence-quark contribution is obtained using relativistic light-front wave functions. Higher quark-antiquark Fock-state of the B-meson bound state is represented effectively by the ¦B*π〉 configuration, and its effect is calculated in the chiral perturbation theory. Wave function renormalization is taken into account consistently. The ¦B*π〉 contribution dominates near the zero-recoil point (q ² ? 25 GeV²), and decreases rapidly as the recoil momentum increases. The calculated form factor ?+(q ²) follows approximately a dipole q ²-dependence in the entire range of momentum transfer. We estimate that ¦V _ub¦=0.003.