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In light of recent precision measurements from BESIII, we reanalyze the $D, D_s \to \eta^{(\prime)}$ transition form factors using QCD light-cone sum rules, incorporating high-twist contributions and well-established next-to-leading-order…
We consider a sum rule for heavy-to-light form factors in soft-collinear effective theory (SCET). Using the correlation function given by the time-ordered product of a heavy-to-light current and its hermitian conjugate, the heavy-to-light…
We estimate the form factors that parametrise the hadronic matrix elements of proton-to-pion transitions with the help of light-cone sum rules. These form factors are relevant for semi-leptonic proton decay channels induced by baryon-number…
The dispersive approach to the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon $g-2$ involves an integral over three virtual photon momenta appearing in the light-by-light tensor. Building upon previous works, we systematically derive…
The correction to the muon anomalous magnetic moment from the pion-pole contribution to the hadronic light-by-light scattering is considered using a description of the pi0 - gamma* - gamma* transition form factor based on the large-Nc and…
The photon transition form factors of $\pi$, $\eta$ and $\eta'$ are discussed in view of recent measurements. It is shown that the exact axial anomaly sum rule allows a precise comparison of all three form factors at high-$Q^2$ independent…
The improved light-cone QCD sum rules by using chiral current correlator is systematically reviewed and applied to the calculation of all the heavy-to-light form factors, including all the semileptonic and penguin ones. By choosing suitable…
The radiative $\Delta \to \gamma N$ transition is examined at the real photon point $Q^2=0$ using the framework of light-cone QCD sum rules. In particular, we determine the sum rules for the transition form factors $G_M(0)$ and $R_{EM}$ up…
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It has been shown, in the case of meson photoproduction, that the power-law falloff of these reactions can be described by lowest order (real) sum rules, at moderate momentum transfer. The phases of these processes, in this regime, are…
QCD sum rules on the light-cone are derived for the sum $f^+ + f^-$ of the $B\to \pi$ and $D\to \pi$ form factors taking into account contributions up to twist four. Combining the results with the corresponding $f^+$ form factors calculated…
A state-of-the-art analysis of the pion-photon transition form factor is presented based on an improved theoretical calculation that includes the effect of a finite virtuality of the quasi-real photon in the method of light-cone sum rules.…
In the framework of the QCD light-cone sum rules (LCSRs) we present the analysis of all $B, B_{s}\to \eta^{(\prime)}$ and $D, D_{s}\to \eta^{(\prime)}$ form factors ($f^+, f^0$ and $f^T$) by including $m_{\eta^{(\prime)}}^2$ corrections in…
We derive light-cone sum rules (LCSRs) for exclusive B-meson decays into light energetic hadrons from correlation functions within soft-collinear effective theory (SCET). In these sum rules the short-distance scale refers to…
By means of QCD sum rules in local-duality limit, we analyze the behaviour of the form factors for the transitions of a real and a virtual photon to some pseudoscalar meson as functions of the involved momentum transfer. Except for the…
In this work, we present an evaluation of subleading effects in the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. Using a recently derived optimized basis, we first study the matching of axial-vector…
Measuring the muon anomalous magnetic moment g-2 and the rare decays of light pseudoscalar mesons into lepton pair P \to l+l- serve as important test of the standard model. To reduce the theoretical uncertainty in the standard model…
Transition form factors of pi^0, eta, eta' mesons are investigated by means of the anomaly sum rule -- an exact nonperturbative relation which follows from the dispersive representation of the axial anomaly. Considering the problem of…
We study the $\gamma^* \gamma^*\to\eta_c$ transition form factor, $F_{\eta_c\gamma\gamma}(Q_1^2,Q_2^2),$ with the local-duality (LD) version of QCD sum rules. We analyse the extraction of this quantity from two different correlators,…
The helicity form factors of the $D_{(s)}\to A \ell^+ \nu$ with $A=a_{1}^{-}, a_{1}^{0}, b_{1}^{-}, b_{1}^{0}, K_{1}(1270)$ and $K_{1}(1400)$ are calculated in the light-cone sum rules approach, up to twist-3 distribution amplitudes of the…