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We study theoretically the decay $\tau^- \to \nu_\tau P^- A$, with $P^-$ a $\pi^-$ or $K^-$ and $A$ an axial-vector resonance $b_1(1235)$, $h_1(1170)$, $h_1(1380)$, $a_1(1260)$, $f_1(1285)$ or any of the two poles of the $K_1(1270)$. The…
The branching fractions of $\tau \to \pi^+ \pi^-\pi^- \nu_\tau$ and $\tau \to \pi^- 2\pi^0\nu_\tau$ are calculated within the chiral NJL model. Features of the axial-vector $a_1$ meson which plays an important role in describing the $\tau$…
The decays of $\tau \to 3\pi \nu $ and $\tau \to \pi K^{*} \nu, K\rho \nu $ are calculated using the hard pion and kaon current algebra and assuming the Axial-Vector meson dominance of the hadronic axial currents. Using the experimental…
Branching ratios observed for $D$ and B decays to final states $a_1(1260)^{\pm} X$ are comparable to those for corresponding decays to $\pi^{\pm} X$ and $\rho^{\pm} X$ and much larger than those for all other decays. Implications are…
Light tensor mesons (T = a_2, f_2 and K_2^*) can be produced in decays of tau leptons. In this paper we compute the branching ratios of tau --> T pi nu decays by assuming the dominance of intermediate virtual states to model the form…
We study the $\tau \to \nu_\tau A$ decay, with $A$ an axial-vector meson. We produce the $a_1(1260)$ and $b_1(1235)$ resonances in the Cabibbo favored mode and two $K_1(1270)$ states in the Cabibbo suppressed mode. We take advantage of…
In the $U(3) \times U(3)$ quark NJL model, $\tau$ lepton decays with the production of scalar mesons $f_0(\pi,K])$ and neutrinos are studied, where $f_0=f_0(500), f_0(980)$. It is shown that these decays mainly occur via contact channels…
Branching fractions of decays $\tau \to K^0 \pi^- \eta\nu_\tau$, $\tau \to K^- \pi^0 \eta\nu_\tau$, $\tau \to K^-K^0 \eta\nu_\tau$ and $\tau \to K^- \eta \eta \nu_\tau$ are calculated in the $U(3)\times U(3)$ chiral NJL quark model. The…
In this work we explore the semileptonic $\tau$ decays into the axion-like particle ($a$)-meson final states within chiral effective field theory. The next-to-leading-order mixing matrix for the $\pi^0$-$\eta$-$\eta'$-$a$ system with the…
The nature of strange axial-vector mesons are not well understood and can be investigated in $D$ meson decays. In this work, it is found that the experimental data of $D^0\rightarrow K^\pm K^\mp_1(1270)(\to \rho K…
We carry out the joint study of the semileptonic tau decays into the two-meson and axion-meson channels, viz. $\tau^-\to (P_1P_2)^-\nu_\tau$ and $\tau^-\to \pi^-(K^-) a\nu_\tau$ within the framework of resonance chiral theory by including…
We present a systematic study of exclusive charmless nonleptonic two-body B decays including axial-vector mesons in the final state. We calculate branching ratios of B\to PA, VA and AA decays, where A, V and P denote an axial-vector, a…
The full LEP-1 data set collected with the ALEPH detector at the $Z$ pole during 1991-1995 is analysed in order to measure the $\tau$ decay branching fractions. Extensive systematic studies are performed, in order to match the large…
The branching fractions of the decays $\tau^- \to K^- \pi^+ \pi^- \nu_\tau$, $\tau^- \to K^- \pi^0 \pi^0 \nu_\tau$ and $\tau^- \to \bar{K}^0 \pi^- \pi^0\nu_\tau$ are calculated in the $U(3)\times U(3)$ Nambu--Jona-Lasinio type chiral model.…
We analyse the decay $\tau\to\pi\pi\pi\nu$ based on the recently developed techniques to generate axial-vector resonances dynamically. Under the assumption that the a1 is a coupled-channel meson-molecule, the spectral function is described…
Two body nonleptonic weak decays of bottom mesons to a pseudoscalar meson and an axial-vector meson involving charmed states are studied using the non-relativistic quark model. We calculate the branching ratios of these decays by employing…
We propose a phenomenological Lagrangian for the decay of the SU(3) nonets of the axial-vector mesons of $J^{PC}=1^{+-},1^{++}$ into a vector meson and a pseudoscalar constructed with tensor fields for the vector and axial-vector mesons.…
Using $e^+e^-$ data taken at the center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb$^{-1}$, we report the first measurement of the decay dynamics of the semileptonic decays…
Full LEP-I data collected by the ALEPH detector during 1991-1995 running are analyzed in order to measure the $\tau$ decay branching fractions. The analysis follows the global method used in the published study based on 1991-1993 data, with…
Within the context of an extended Nambu - Jona-Lasinio model, we analyze the role of the axial-vector $a_1(1260)$ and $a_1(1640)$ mesons in the decay $\tau\to\nu_\tau \rho^0\pi^-$. The contributions of pseudoscalar $\pi$ and $\pi (1300)$…