Related papers: Recent Developments in the Theory of Quarkonium

We give an introduction to the heavy-quark effective theory and the $1/m_Q$ expansion, which provide the modern framework for a systematic, model-independent description of the properties and decays of hadrons containing a heavy quark. We…

We discuss properties of heavy quarkonium states at high temperatures based on lattice QCD and potential models. We review recent progress made in lattice calculations of spatial static quark anti-quark correlators as well as quarkonium…

Baryons made of two or three heavy quarks can be described in the modern language of non-relativistic effective field theories. These, besides allowing a rigorous treatment of the systems, provide new insight in the nature of the three-body…

I report on recent theoretical developments at Quark Matter 2006.

A short review of a few selected topics in Heavy Quark Effective Theory is given. Applications to exclusive decays are discussed.

An effective theory approach to heavy quarkonia decays based on the $1/m_Q$ expansion is introduced. Its application to decays in which the two heavy quarks annihilate is discussed.

I give a brief outline of the theoretical framework for the modern treatment of the strong interaction effects in heavy quark decays, based on first principles of QCD. This model-independent approach is required to meet the precision of…

Within an effective field theory framework we study heavy-quark--antiquark systems with a typical distance between the heavy quark and the antiquark smaller than $1/\Lambda_{\rm QCD}$. A suitable definition of the potential is given within…

Some recent developments in the heavy quark theory are briefly reviewed. The main emphasis is put on interrelation between HQET and OPE. The notion of duality and deviations from duality are discussed in detail.

I review the current status of the application of effective field theory to nuclear physics, and its present implications for nuclear astrophysics.

In this talk, I address some recent developments in chiral perturbation theory at unphysical and physical quark masses.

In this talk we review recent perturbative and non-perturbative developments in Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET).

I discuss results and applications of QCD nonrelativistic effective field theories for systems with two heavy quarks.

I review recent progress in studying in-medium modification of inter-quark forces at finite temperature in lattice QCD. Some applications to the problem of quarkonium binding in potential models is also discussed.

I review recent progress made on heavy quark physics on the lattice.

The effective field theory approach allows a rigorous disentangling of high and low energy effects in the heavy quarkonium dynamics. Focusing in particular on the spectrum, we describe the nature of the non-perturbative effects and discuss…

I briefly summarized some recent work which uses the techniques of effective field theory to make quantum predictions in general relativity. In contrast to conventional expectations, these are in fact well behaved. The leading quantum…

Recent progress in the theory of hadrons containing a single heavy quark is reviewed. Particular attention is paid to those aspects that bear on the determination of the magnitudes of the Cabibbo--Kobayashi--Maskawa matrix elements $V_{cb}$…

Some recent developments in the theory of quantum spin systems are reviewed.

We review some recent theoretical progresses towards the determination of the top-quark couplings beyond the standard model. We briefly introduce the global effective field theory approach to the top-quark production and decay processes,…