Heavy Quark Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
These lectures describe the most important theoretical methods in b-physics. We discuss the formalism of effective weak Hamiltonians, heavy quark effective theory, the heavy quark expansion for inclusive decays of b-hadrons and, finally, the more recent ideas of QCD factorization for exclusive nonleptonic B decays. While the main emphasis is put on introducing the basic theoretical concepts, some key applications in phenomenology are also presented for illustration.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0202092,
title = {Heavy Quark Theory},
author = {Gerhard Buchalla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0202092},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
50 pages, Lectures given at the 55th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, 7-23 August 2001, St. Andrews, Scotland