Related papers: $\chi_{cJ}\rightarrow e^{+}e^{-}$ decays revisited

The applicability of the quasi-static approximation for calculating the two-photon annihilation rate of the scalar f_0(980) meson envisaged as a K\bar K molecule is critically re-examined. It is shown that the validity of this approximation…

The widths of the decays $\tau \to K^- K^+ K^- \nu_\tau$ and $\tau \to K^- K^0 \bar{K}^0 \nu_\tau$ are calculated in the $U(3)\times U(3)$ chiral quark NJL model. Four channels are considered: contact, axial vector, vector and pseudoscalar…

We calculate the contributions from QED processes involving two virtual photons to the cross sections for e^+ e^- annihilation into two charmonium states with the same C-parity. Generically, the cross sections are three orders of magnitude…

Using the helicity formalism of Jacob and Wick we derive spin density matrices of baryon antibaryon pairs produced in $e^+e^-$ annihilation. We consider the production of pairs with spins $1/2+\overline{1/2}$, $1/2+\overline{3/2}$ (+c.c.)…

We calculate the order-v^2 relativistic correction of J/\psi, including electromagnetic correction, to \chi_{bJ}-> J/\psi J/\psi, in the framework of NRQCD factorization formula. The relativistic order-v^2 effect is found to increase the…

In this paper, decay widths of the doubly heavy baryons ($\Xi_{cc} ~\text{and} ~\Xi_{bc}$) production are theoritically calculated in the whole phase space through $W^+ \to \Xi_{cc}+ \bar{c}+\bar{s}$ and $W^+ \to \Xi_{bc}+ \bar{b}+\bar{s}$,…

Based on a data sample of 106 M $\psi^{\prime}$ events collected with the BESIII detector, the decays $\psi^{\prime}\ar\gamma\chi_{c0, 2}$,$\chi_{c0, 2}\ar\gamma\gamma$ are studied to determine the two-photon widths of the $\chi_{c0, 2}$…

Strong decay probabilities are calculated using the Lorentz contracted wave functions of decay products, determined in the arbitrary dynamical scheme with the instantaneous interaction. It is shown that the decay width obtains an additional…

We study the decay $D^0\rightarrow \bar K^{*0} \pi^- e^+ \nu_e$, using $SU(2)_L \otimes SU(2)_R$ chiral perturbation theory for heavy charmed mesons and vector mesons, in the kinematic regime where $p_M \cdot p_\pi/m_M$ (here $M = D^0$ or…

We compare the effects of different quark diagram topologies on the weak hadronic width of heavy-light mesons in the large N_c limit. We enumerate the various topologies and show that the only one dominant (or even comparable) in powers of…

Using the CLEO-II detector at the CESR $e^+e^-$ storage ring running at the center-of-mass energy around 10.6 GeV, we have studied exclusive production of charmonium states in two-photon collisions. Employing a dataset comprising 3.0 ${\rm…

I present one-loop level calculations of the Isgur-Wise functions for B -> D^{(*)} + e + nu, of the matrix elements of isovector twist-2 operators in B and D mesons, and the matrix elements for the radiative decays D^* -> D + gamma in…

The 1/N_c expansion of QCD provides a valuable semiquantitative tool to study baryon scattering amplitudes and the short-lived baryon resonances embedded within them. A generalization of methods originally applied in chiral soliton models…

Within the frameworks of the light-front quark model (LFQM) and chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) of $O(p^6)$, we reevaluate the form factors of the $K^+ \to \gamma$ transition. We use these form factors to study the decay of $K^+ \to e^+…

We calculate the one-loop QCD corrections to $t\rightarrow \tilde t_1 \tilde \chi^0_j$ using dimensional reduction scheme, including QCD and supersymmetric QCD corrections. The analytic expressions for the corrections to the decay width are…

We present a calculation of the $K\to\pi\pi$ decay amplitudes from the $K\to\pi$ matrix elements using leading order relations derived in chiral perturbation theory. Numerical simulations are carried out in quenched QCD with the domain-wall…

We present the complete calculation of the top-quark decay width at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD, including next-to-leading electroweak corrections as well as finite bottom quark mass and $W$ boson width effects. In particular, we…

This paper studies the leading chiral corrections to heavy quark-diquark symmetry predictions for doubly heavy baryon semileptonic decay form factors. We derive the coupling between heavy diquarks and weak current in the limit of heavy…

If, as recently reported by the Super-Kamiokande collaboration, the neutrinos are massive, the heaviest one would not be stable and, though chargeless, could in particular decay into a lighter neutrino and a photon by quantum loop effects.…

We present the results of our lattice QCD computation of the electric ($E_{1}$) and magnetic $(M_{2})$ form factors relevant to the $\chi_{c1}\to J/\psi\,\gamma$ decay by using the gauge field configurations produced by the Extended Twisted…