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The decays $\tau^-\to K^-\eta\nu_\tau$ and $K^-\eta^\prime\nu_\tau$ are studied in the context of Chiral Perturbation Theory supplemented with the explicit inclusion of resonances. For the required vector-form factors we have explored three…
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We explore the potential of a combined analysis of the decays $\tau^{-}\to\pi^{-}\pi^{0}\nu_{\tau}$ and $\tau^{-}\to K^{-}K_{S}\nu_{\tau}$ in the determination of the $\rho(1450)$ and $\rho(1700)$ resonance properties in the frame of…
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Using 347.5 fb-1 of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II electron-positron collider, 244*10^3 signal events for the D+ --> K- pi+ e+ nu_e decay channel are analyzed. This decay mode is dominated by the \bar{K}^*(892)^0…
Semileptonic three-body $D \to M\ell^+\nu_\ell$ decays, non-leptonic $M \to VP$ decays, and semileptonic four-body $D \to M(M \to VP)\ell^+\nu_\ell$ decays are analyzed using the SU(3) flavor symmetry/breaking approach, where $\ell=e/\mu$,…
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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…
In this paper we study two kinds of tau decays: (a) tau- --> (rho pi-,omega pi-, phi pi-, K*0 K-) nu(tau), which belong to Delta S=0 processes and (b) Delta S = 1 processes, like tau- --> (rho K-, omega K-, phi K-, \bar{K*0} pi-) nu(tau),…
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We analyze theoretically the $D^+\to \nu e^+ \rho \bar K$ and $D^+\to \nu e^+ \bar K^* \pi$ decays to see the feasibility to check the double pole nature of the axial-vector resonance $K_1(1270)$ predicted by the unitary extensions of…
We consider the scalar form factor in $\tau \to K\pi \nu_\tau$ decays. It receives contributions both from the scalar resonance $K_0^*(1430)$ and from the scalar projection of off-shell vector resonances. We construct a model for the…
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Here we review the main results of LFV in the semileptonic tau decays $\tau \to \mu PP$ ($PP = \pi^+ \pi^-, \pi^0 \pi^0, K^+ K^-, K^0 \bar{K}^0$), $\tau \to \mu P$ ($P = \pi, \eta, \eta^{\prime}$), and $\tau \to \mu V$ ($V = \rho, \phi$) as…
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