Related papers: Model-Independent Bounds on $R(J/\psi)$
Model-independent bounds on $R(J/\psi) \! \equiv \!\mathcal{BR} (B_c^+ \rightarrow J/\psi \, \tau^+\nu_\tau)/$ $\mathcal{BR} (B_c^+ \rightarrow J/\psi \, \mu^+\nu_\mu)$ are obtained through a combination of dispersive relations, heavy-quark…
We present a model-independent prediction for $R(\eta_c) \! \equiv \! \mathcal{BR} (B_c \rightarrow \eta_c \, \tau^+\nu_\tau)/ \mathcal{BR} (B_c \rightarrow \eta_c \, \mu^+\nu_\mu)$. This prediction is obtained from the form factors through…
We derive model-independent bounds on the form factors for the decay $B_c^+ \to \eta_c\, \ell^+\, \nu$ including full mass effects, i.e. $\ell = e,\, \mu, \text{ and } \tau$. The bounds are obtained by using the BGL parameterization for the…
We present a model-independent global analysis of hadronic form factors for the semileptonic decays $b\rightarrow c\ell\nu$ that exploits lattice-QCD data, dispersion relations, and heavy-quark symmetries. The analysis yields predictions…
Using a systematic, symmetry-preserving continuum approach to the Standard Model strong-interaction bound-state problem, we deliver parameter-free predictions for all semileptonic $B_c \to \eta_c, J/\psi$ transition form factors on the…
I present a recent piece of work on semileptonic $B \to \pi$ decays in which lattice results and kinematical and dispersive constraints are combined to obtain model-independent bounds on the relevant form factors and rates.
We employ QCD sum rules to calculate the $J/\psi DD^*$ form factors and coupling constant by studying the three-point $J/\psi D^*D$ correlation function. We find that the momentum dependence of the form factor depends on the off-shell…
The $J/\psi$ dissociation by $\pi$ and $\rho$ mesons is examined in meson exchange model and compared to the quark interchange model. We found that the main difference between the predictions of the two models could be resolved by the form…
In the wake of the recent measurements of the decays $B_c\to J/\psi\,\pi(K)$ and $B_c\to J/\psi\,\ell\nu_\ell$ reported by the LHCb Collaboration we calculate the form factors for the $B_c\to J/\psi$ and $B_c\to \eta_{c}$ transitions in…
We calculate the bound state properties of $J/\psi$ in a hot and dense QCD plasma using phenomenological potentials augmented by inputs from perturbative QCD. The temperature and density region of study will be relevant in future heavy ion…
Upper and lower bounds are established on the Lambda_b -> Lambda_c semileptonic decay form factors by utilizing inclusive heavy-quark-effective-theory sum rules. These bounds are calculated to leading order in Lambda_QCD/m_Q and alpha_s.…
We obtain model independent bounds for the form factors which arise in semileptonic B -> Pi decays. To this end we derive a theoretical restriction for possible combinations of the value of the form factor and its derivatives at the…
In this work we study the energy dependence of the $J/\psi-K^*$ dissociation cross section, using a meson exchange model based on effective hadronic Lagrangian that includes couplings between pseudoscalar and vector mesons. We also consider…
Lattice results, kinematical constraints and QCD dispersion relations are combined for the first time to derive model-independent bounds for QCD form factors and corresponding rates. To take into account the error bars on the lattice…
We use rigorous QCD dispersion relations to derive model-independent bounds on the B -> pi l nu, D -> pi l nu and D -> K l nu form factors. These bounds are particularly restrictive when the value of the observable form factor at one or…
We present the first lattice QCD determination of the $B_c \rightarrow J/\psi$ vector and axial-vector form factors. These will enable experimental information on the rate for $B_c$ semileptonic decays to $J/\psi$ to be converted into a…
In a hydrodynamic model, we have studied $J/\psi$ production in Au+Au/Cu+Cu collisions at RHIC energy $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV. At the initial time, $J/\psi$'s are randomly distributed in the fluid. As the fluid evolve in time, the free streaming…
We calculate upper and lower bounds on the modulus of the pion electro magnetic form factor on the unitarity cut below the $\omega\pi$ inelastic threshold, using as input the phase in the elastic region known via the Fermi-Watson theorem…
QCD phase diagram is obtained by analysing centrality dependence of $J/\psi$ suppression in $\snn$=17.3 Pb+Pb and $\snn$=200 GeV Au+Au collisions. $J/\psi$'s produced in initial interactions are assumed to dissolve if local temperature…
We employ QCD sum rules to calculate the $J/\psi$ form factors and coupling constants with charmed mesons, by studying three-point correlation functions. In particular we consider the $J/\psi D^*D$ and $J/\psi DD$ vertices. We determine the…