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We study the transition form factors of the light vector to pseudoscalar mesons as functions of the momentum transfer $q^2$ within the light-front quark model. With these form factors, we calculate the decay branching ratios of all possible…
We analyze the semileptonic $ B_{s} \rightarrow D_{s2}^{*}(2573)\ell\bar{\nu }_{\ell}$ transition, where $\ell=\tau,~\mu$ or $e$, within the standard model. We apply the QCD sum rule approach to calculate the transition form factors…
We calculate the form factors $F_{V}(q^2,q'^2)$ and $F_{TV}(q^2,q'^2)$ describing the $B_s\to \gamma^*$ transition induced by the vector and tensor weak currents in a broad range of values of $q^2$ and $q'^2$ far below the quark thresholds…
We extend our recent work and study implications of the Standard Model with four generations (SM4) for rare B and K decays. We again take seriously the several 2-3 $\sigma$ anomalies seen in B, $B_s$ decays and interpret them in the context…
In the heavy quark limit, the form factors for semileptonic and rare radiative B decays into light mesons are related by heavy quark spin symmetry. Here we compute the leading corrections of order \Lambda/m_Q to these symmetry relations,…
Taking into account the gluon condensate contributions, the form factors of the semileptonic $B_c^- \to D^{*0}\ell\nu$ transition with $l=\tau, e$ are calculated in the framework of the three point QCD sum rules. The heavy quark effective…
We investigate the radiative process of the $\Lambda_b\rightarrow \Lambda \gamma$ in the standard model as well as models with one or two compact universal extra dimensions. Using the form factors entered to the low energy matrix elements,…
The Lambda_b to Lambda_c semileptonic decay is analyzed in the framework of heavy quark effective theory to the order of 1/m_c and 1/m_b. The QCD sum rule and large N_c predictions to the decay form factors are applied. It argues that the…
First order power corrections to current matrix elements between heavy meson or $\Lambda_\Q$ baryon states are shown to vanish at the zero recoil point to all orders in QCD. Five relations among the six form factors that parametrize the…
We perform a global fit of the parameters of the Standard Model with a sequential fourth generation (SM4) to LHC and Tevatron Higgs data and electroweak precision data. Using several likelihood ratio tests we compare the performance of the…
The branching fractions of the decays $B^{+} \to \eta \ell^{+} \nu_{\ell}$ and $B^{+} \to \eta^{\prime} \ell^{+} \nu_{\ell}$ are measured, where $\ell$ is either an electron or a muon, using a data sample of $711\,{\rm fb}^{-1}$ containing…
Studying the semileptonic decays of charmed particles is prominent in testing the standard model of particle physics. Motivated by recent experimental progress in weak decays of the charm baryon sector, we study the form factors of…
We calculate the differential branching fraction, lepton forward-backward asymmetry and direct CP asymmetry for $B_{d,s}\to\gamma\ell\bar{\ell}$ decays with an energetic photon. We employ factorization methods, which result in rigorous…
In this paper we first calculate the form factors of $B \to (\pi,K)$ and $B_s \to K $ transitions by employing the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach with the inclusion of the next-to-leading-order(NLO) corrections, and then we…
The $B\rightarrow K_{2}^{\ast}(1430)l^{+}l^{-}$ $(l=\mu,\tau)$ decays are analyzed in the Standard Model extended to fourth generation of quarks (SM4). The decay rate, forward-backward asymmetry, lepton polarization asymmetries and the…
Heavy quark expansion can nicely explain the lifetime of $\Lambda_{b}$. However, there still exist sizable uncertainties from the four-quark operator matrix elements of $\Lambda_{b}$ in $1/m_{b}^{3}$ corrections, which describe the…
We present the Non-Relativistic QCD (NRQCD) calculations at the next-to-leading order (NLO) of $\alpha_s$ for $B_c^*\to \eta_c$ vector, axial-vector, tensor and axial-tensor form factors, and obtain complete analytical expressions for the…
We present a systematic study of $\Lambda_c^+ \to {\cal B}_q \ell^+ \nu_\ell $ with ${\cal B}_q = (\Lambda, n)$ and $\ell =( e, \mu)$, examining all the possible decay observables based on the homogeneous bag model (HBM) and lattice QCD…
The exclusive process $e^+e^-\rightarrow\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}$, with $\Lambda \to p\pi^-$ and $\bar{\Lambda} \to \bar{p}\pi^+$, has been studied at $\sqrt{s} =$ 2.396 GeV for measurement of the $\Lambda$ electric and magnetic form factors,…
We present the first lattice-QCD calculation of the form factors governing the charm-baryon semileptonic decays $\Lambda_c \to \Lambda^*(1520)\ell^+\nu_\ell$. As in our previous calculation of the $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda^*(1520)$ form…