Semileptonic $B to D^{(ast)} ell u$ Decay Form Factors using the Oktay-Kronfeld Action

We report recent progress in calculating semileptonic form factors for the $bar{B} to D^ast ell bar{ u}$ and $bar{B} to D ell bar{ u}$ decays using the Oktay-Kronfeld (OK) action for bottom and charm quarks. We use the second order in heavy quark effective power counting $mathcal{O}(lambda^2)$ improved currents in this work. The HISQ action is used for the light spectator quarks. We analyzed four $2+1+1$-flavor MILC HISQ ensembles with $aapprox 0.09,mathrm{fm}$, $0.12,mathrm{fm}$ and $M_pi approx 220,mathrm{MeV}$, $310,mathrm{MeV}$: $a09m220$, $a09m310$, $a12m220$, $a12m310$. Preliminary results for $Bto D^astell u$ decays form factor $h_{A_1}(w)$ at zero recoil ($w=1$) are reported. Preliminary results for $B to D,ell u$ decays form factors $h_pm(w)$ over a kinematic range $1<w<1.3$ are reported as well.