Ratios of B and D meson decay constants in relativistic quark model

We calculate the ratios of B and D meson decay constants by applying the variational method to the relativistic Hamiltonian of the heavy meson. We adopt the Gaussian and hydrogen-type trial wave functions, and use six different potentials of the potential model. We obtain reliable results for the ratios, which are similar for different trial wave functions and different potentials. The obtained ratios show the deviation from the nonrelativistic scaling law, and they are in pretty good agreement with the results of the lattice calculations. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society