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In the framework of a QCD inspired relativistic potential model, we evaluate radiative decay rates of heavy mesons and their coupling with soft pions. The agreement with the existing experimental data is satisfactory. In the limit $m_Q \to…
We estimate the resonance coupling strength $f_{RN\omega}$ and $f_{RN\rho}$ from a Vector Meson Dominance (VMD) analysis. The isoscalar and isovector part of the photon coupling are obtained separately from helicity amplitudes. The…
We calculate the coupling constants between the light vector mesons and heavy mesons within the framework of the light-cone QCD sum rule in the leading order of heavy quark effective theory. The sum rules are very stable with the variations…
The strong g-coupling characterizes the interaction of heavy mesons with pions in typical vertices $H^*H\pi$, $H^*H^*\pi$, where $(H^*;H)$ stands for vector and pseudoscalar $(B^*;B)$ or $(D^*;D)$ heavy mesons. Its estimation by different…
Motivated by the continuous advances in modern experimental facilities, we investigate the radially excited F-wave bottom and bottom-strange mesons that have not yet been observed experimentally. By combining theoretical inputs with…
A new qualitative stringlike picture for mesons is proposed which leads to a simple and intuitively clear generalization of linear radial Regge trajectories to the case of massive quarks. The obtained universal relation is successfully…
In this article, we analyze the electromagnetic form factors of the vector heavy-light mesons to the pseudoscalar heavy-light mesons in the framework of three-point QCD sum rules, where the contributions of vacuum condensate terms…
The current situation for vector meson spectroscopy is outlined, and it is shown that the data are inconsistent with the generally-accepted model for meson decay. A possible resolution in terms of exotic (hybrid) mesons is given. Although…
Electroweak Precision Measurements are stringent tests of the Standard Model and sensitive probes to New Physics. Accurate studies of the $Z$-boson couplings to the first-generation quarks, which are currently constrained from LEP data to a…
QCD sum rules are commonly used to predict the characteristics of ground-state hadrons. We demonstrate that two-point sum rules for the decay constants of charmed ($D^{(*)},D_s^{(*)}$) and bottom ($B^{(*)},B_s^{(*)}$) mesons can also be…
In this article, we assume that the $(0^+,1^+)$ strange-bottom mesons are the conventional $b\bar{s}$ mesons, and calculate the electromagnetic coupling constants $d$, $g_1$, $g_2$ and $g_3$ using the light-cone QCD sum rules. Then we study…
The framework of phenomenological quark-antiquark potential (Coulomb plus linear confinement) model with the Gaussian wave function is used for detailed study of masses of the ground, orbitally and radially excited states of heavy-light…
In this paper, Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) is employed to investigate experimentally missing radially excited bottom-meson states. It is an extension of our previous work, in which we had applied HQET for the calculation of charm…
We analyze strong decays of excited charmed and beauty mesons into a light vector meson, exploiting the effective field theory based on heavy quark (HQ) symmetries for heavy mesons, and on the hidden gauge symmetry to incorporate light…
In this study, the strong coupling constants of the unobserved heavy axial tensor mesons to the heavy vector and pseudoscalar $\pi$ and $K$ mesons, $D_2 D^* \pi$, $D_{s2} D^* K$, $B_2 B^* \pi$, $B_{s2} B^* K$ as well as a heavy axial tensor…
We apply the method of QCD sum rules in the presence of external electromagnetic fields $F_{\mu\nu}$ to the problem of the electromagnetic decays of various vector mesons, such as $\rho\to\pi\gamma$, $K^\ast\to K\gamma$ and…
Correlation functions provide information on the properties of mesons in vacuum and of hot nuclear matter. In this Letter, we present a new method to derive a well-defined spectral representation for correlation functions. Combining this…
We calculate the coupling constants between the light vector mesons and heavy baryons within the framework of the light-cone QCD sum rule in the leading order of heavy quark effective theory. Most resulting sum rules are stable with the…
Electromagnetic interactions are introduced in the effective chiral Lagrangian for heavy mesons which includes light vector particles. A suitable notion of vector meson dominance is formulated. The constraints on the heavy meson -light…
The on-shell matrix elements, or couplings $g_{H H^*(H_1)\gamma}$, describing the $B(D)_q^* \to B(D)_q \gamma$ and $B_{1 q} \to B_q \gamma$ ($q = u,d,s$) radiative decays, are determined from light-cone sum rules at next-to-leading order…