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By globally analyzing all existing measured branching fractions for $D\to \pi e^+\nu_e$ decays, partial decay rates in different four momentum transfer-squared $q^2$ bins, as well as products of the decay form factor $f_+^\pi(q^2)$ and the…

We analyze $K\to \pi \nu\bar \nu$ rates in a model with a TeV-scale leptoquark addressing $B$-meson anomalies, based on the flavor non-universal 4321 gauge group featuring third-generation quark-lepton unification. We show that, together…

Amplitude models are constructed to describe the resonance structure of ${D^{0}\to K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+}\pi^{-}}$ and ${D^{0} \to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}}$ decays using $pp$ collision data collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8…

We present the first constraints on the overlaps between an Axion-like particle (ALP) and the $\pi^0$ and $\eta$ mesons from the analysis of the distortions to the $\langle K|\overline{s}\gamma^\mu u | \pi\rangle$ form factors. We…

A measurement of the vector to pseudoscalar conversion decay $\phi \to \pi^0 e^+e^-$ with the KLOE experiment is presented. A sample of $\sim 9500$ signal events was selected from a data set of 1.7 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collisions at…

We discuss the predictions of the standard model for the scalar form factors of Kl3 decays. Our analysis is based on the results of chiral perturbation theory, large Nc estimates of low-energy couplings and dispersive methods. It includes a…

The transition form factors describing the semileptonic decays of heavy pseudoscalar mesons are investigated within a relativistic constituent quark model formulated on the light-front. For the first time, the form factors are calculated in…

We analyse Belle data on the decay $\tau^- \to \pi^- \pi^0 \nu_\tau$ using a dispersive representation of the vector form factor which is consistent with chiral symmetry and preserves analyticity and unitarity exactly. We fit the unknown…

We report a study of the semileptonic decay $D^0 \rightarrow \bar{K}^0\pi^-\mu^+\nu_{\mu}$ based on a sample of $7.9~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773~GeV with the BESIII detector…

Using a large sample of D0 to K mu nu and pi mu nu decays collected by the FOCUS photoproduction experiment at Fermilab, we present new measurements of the q^2 dependence for the f+(q^2) form factor. These measured f+(q^2) form factors are…

We present a measurement of the unitarity triangle angle phi_3 using a Dalitz plot analysis of the three-body decay of the D0 meson from the B+- -> D(*)K+- process. The method employs the interference between D0 and D0bar to extract both…

The current experimental uncertainty on the CKM unitarity triangle angle $\phi_3$ is significantly larger than that on the standard model prediction. A more precise measurement of $\phi_3$ is crucial for testing the SM description of $CP$…

In this paper, the strong form factors and coupling constants of $D_sDK^*$ and $D_sD^*K^*$ vertices are investigated within the three-point QCD sum rules method with and without the $SU_{f}(3)$ symmetry. In this calculation, the…

The behavior of the $\bpi$ form factors in the entire physical range is examined in a model independent way. Unitarity bounds are further constrained by the lattice results (APE). From this analysis, we obtain $f^{+}(0) = 0.38 \pm .03$ if…

We present the status of our project to calculate $D \to \pi \ell \nu$, $D \to K \ell \nu$ and $D_s \to K \ell \nu$ semileptonic form factors using domain wall fermions for both heavy and light quarks. Our computations are performed using…

We fill up the missing piece in our own re-analysis of the long-distance electromagnetic radiative corrections to semileptonic kaon decays by performing a rigorous study in the $K\rightarrow\pi\mu^+\nu_\mu(\gamma)$ channels. With…

Quantum-correlated measurements of the decay $D^{0} \to K^{0}_{\rm S}\pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{0}$ are performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 818 pb$^{-1}$ collected at the $\psi(3770)$ resonance by the CLEO-c…

In the heavy-quark limit, the hadronic matrix elements entering nonleptonic $B$-meson decays into two light mesons can be calculated from first principles including ``nonfactorizable'' strong-interaction corrections. The $B\to\pi K,\pi\pi$…

We report the measurements of branching fractions and CP violation asymmetries in $B^0 \to \phi K^{*}$ decays obtained in an angular analysis using the full data sample of $772 \times 10^6 B\bar{B}$ pairs collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$…

The experimentally measured rates of the semileptonic decays K -> pi l nu and D -> K(pi) l nu can be combined with lattice calculations of the associated form factors to precisely extract the CKM matrix elements |V_{us}| and |V_{cs(d)}|. We…