Related papers: One meson radiative tau decays
We calculate the ratios $R_{\tau / P}\equiv \Gamma \left( \tau \to P \nu_{\tau}[\gamma] \right) / \Gamma \left(P\to \mu \nu_{\mu}[\gamma]\right)$ ($P=\pi,K$) at one loop following a large-$N_C$ expansion where Chiral Perturbation Theory is…
Predictions for decay rates and distributions for $\tau$ decays into final states with kaons are discussed and compared with recent measurements. Special emphasis is put on new constraints for the vector current contribution in the $KK\pi$…
The polarization effects in the one-meson radiative decay of the polarized $\tau$ lepton, $\tau^-\to\pi^-\gamma\nu_{\tau}$, are investigated. The inner bremsstrahlung and structural amplitudes are taken into account. The asymmetry of the…
The long distance correction to the total decay width of the $\tau^{\pm}\to K^{0}\pi^{\pm}\nu$ decay is calculated in a model independent approach where a discrimination of photons in the Bremmstrahlung process is assumed. This correction…
I consider a model for heavy meson decays based on an effective quark-meson Lagrangian. The model is constrained by the known symmetries of QCD in the m_Q -> infinity limit for the heavy quarks, and chiral symmetry in the light quark…
We present a study for the measurement of of radiative decays, tau -> l gamma nu nu, l=e, mu, and tau -> pi gamma nu using 500 fb-1 of electron-positron annihilations recorded by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric B-factory.
A search for the decay of the tau lepton to five charged and two neutral pions is performed using data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The analysis uses 232 fb-1 of data at center-of-mass…
One-loop contributions to the decay $H\rightarrow \nu_l\bar{\nu}_l\gamma$ with $l=e, \mu, \tau$ within standard model framework are revisited in this paper. We derive two representations for the form factors in this calculation. As a…
We study the $\tau^- \to \nu_{\tau} \pi^{-}\pi^{0}\ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ ($\ell=e,\,\mu$) decays, which are $O(\alpha^2)$-suppressed with respect to the dominant di-pion tau decay channel. Both the inner-bremsstrahlung and the structure- (and…
Experimental studies of B -> D^(*) tau nu decays, are reported. The results are based on large data samples collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEKB and the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric energy…
From an analysis of the ionisation energy loss of charged particles selected from a sample of 147926 e+e- -> tau+tau- candidates recorded in the OPAL detector at e+e- centre-of-mass energies near the Z0 resonance, we determine the branching…
We study selected meson transition processes and associated form factors within a model of QCD based on the Dyson--Schwinger equations truncated to ladder-rainbow level. The infrared structure of the ladder-rainbow kernel is described by…
We present main results of the investigation of the rare decay mode D^0 -->gamma gamma, in which the long distance contributions are expected to be dominant. Using the Heavy Quark Chiral Lagrangian we have considered the anomaly…
We present herein new results from Belle on the $\tau^- \rightarrow \pi^- \nu_{\rm \tau} \ell^+ \ell^- $ branching fraction and from BABAR on the $\tau^- \rightarrow K^- (0,1,2,3) \pi^0 \nu_{\rm \tau}$, $\tau^- \rightarrow \pi^- (3,4) \pi^0…
We re-investigate the radiative charged kaon decay K+- --> pi0 e+- nu_e gamma in chiral perturbation theory, merging the chiral expansion with Low's theorem. We thoroughly analyze the precision of the predicted branching ratio relative to…
We calculate all of the form factors for the one-photon, $K_L \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^- \gamma^* \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^- e^+e^-$ contribution to the $K_L \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^- e^+e^-$ decay amplitude at leading order in chiral perturbation…
The first searches for $B^0\to K^+\pi^-\tau^+\tau^-$ and $B^0_s\to K^+K^-\tau^+\tau^-$ decays at the LHCb experiment are conducted with $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4\textrm{ fb}^{-1}$. The tau leptons…
The amplitudes of $\pi$-meson decays are calculated in a relativistic nonperturbative quark model which assumes that mesons are made of a quark antiquark pair and of a scalar neutral component representing the contribution of the…
We calculate the charm quark contribution to the rare decay K+ -> pi+ nu anti-nu in the next-to-next-to-leading order of QCD. This new contribution reduces the theoretical uncertainty in the relevant parameter Pc from +/- 10.1% down to +/-…
In view of future plans for accurate measurements of the theoretically clean branching ratios Br(K+ -> pi+ nu nu) and Br(KL -> pi0 nu nu), that should take place in the next decade, we collect the relevant formulae for quantities of…