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The correspondence between theories in anti-de Sitter space and field theories in physical space-time leads to an analytic, semiclassical model for strongly-coupled QCD which has scale invariance at short distances and color confinement at…
The strong coupling constants of spin-3/2 to spin-1/2 doubly heavy baryon transitions with light vector mesons are estimated within the light-cone QCD sum rules method. Moreover, using the vector-meson dominance ans\"atz, the widths of…
We study the exclusive rare decay B -> K l(bar) l. We calculate the relevant form factors within a relativistic constituent quark model, for the first time without employing the impulse approximation. The calculated form factors are used to…
The radiative decays $ B^{*} (D^{*})\to B(D) \gamma$ are investigated in the framework of light cone QCD sum rules. The transition amplitude and decay rates are estimated.It is shown that our results on branching ratios of D meson decays…
In the covariant light-front quark model, we investigate the $B_c\to h_c, \chi_{c0,1,2}$ form factors. The form factors are evaluated in space-like kinematic region and are recasted to the physical region by adopting the exponential…
After a pedagogical introduction to the calculation of weak matrix elements on the lattice, I review some of the lattice's most recent predictions concerning the weak decays of $B$-mesons. Amongst the topics covered are the determinations…
We study the exclusive decays of $B$ meson into P-wave charmonium states $\chi_{cJ}(J=0,1)$ in the QCD factorization approach with light-cone distribution functions describing the mesons in the processes. For $B \to \chi_{c1} K$ decay, we…
The rare baryonic decays $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda \mu^+ \mu^-$ and $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda \gamma$ can complement rare $B$ meson decays in constraining models of new physics. In this work, we calculate the relevant $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda$…
Working in a perturbative QCD model approach, we obtain the essential form factor of the radiative transition $B \rightarrow V^{*} \gamma$ and estimate the branching ratio $BR(B \rightarrow K^{*} \gamma)$. The results are determined by a…
The rare decay B --> K* mu+ mu- is considered to be a golden channel for LHCb, as the polarization of the K* allows a precise angular reconstruction resulting in many observables that offer new important tests of the Standard Model and its…
In this article, we study the rare decays corresponding to $b \to d$ transition in the framework of the covariant confined quark model. The transition form factors for the channels $B^{+(0)} \to (\pi^{+(0)}, \rho^{+(0)},\omega)$ and $B_s^0…
In this paper, we study the $B \to K^*$ transition form factors (TFFs) within the QCD light-cone sum rules (LCSR) approach. Two correlators, i.e. the usual one and the right-handed one, are adopted in the LCSR calculation. The resultant…
We compute the branching ratios for the radiative rare decays of B into K-Meson states and compare them to the experimentally determined branching ratio for inclusive decay b -> s gamma using non relativistic quark model, and form factor…
The formulation of NRQCD discretized in a reference frame boosted relative to the B rest frame will enable calculation of B form factors over a larger range of momentum transfer. We have initiated a program to calculate form factors…
We use three-point function QCD sum rules to calculate the form factor $A_0(q^2)$ appearing in the matrix element of the flavour-changing axial current between the $D (B)$ state and a vector meson state. We describe the role of this form…
The radiative decays $ B^{*} (D^{*})\rightarrow B(D) \gamma$ are investigated in the framework of light cone QCD sum rules. The transition amplitude and decay rates are estimated.It is shown that our results on branching ratios of D meson…
We suggest to use operator product expansion and QCD sum rule techniques to estimate the long-distance contribution to the amplitude of the exclusive rare decay $B\to K^* \gamma$. In contrast to a phenomenological description in terms of…
We present a detailed theoretical analysis of very rare, exclusive hadronic decays of the electroweak gauge bosons V=W, Z from first principles of QCD. Our main focus is on the radiative decays V->M+gamma, in which M is a pseudoscalar or…
We describe a light-cone QCD sum rule calculation of the $B_s\to f_0(980)$ transition form factors useful to predict the branching ratios of the rare decays $B_s \to f_0 \ell^+ \ell^-$, $B_s \to f_0 \nu \bar \nu$ and of $B_s\to J/\psi f_0$…
We evaluate $B \rightarrow \rho$ transition form factors in the full kinematical region within the covariant confined quark model. We compare the obtained results with the results from light-cone sum rules. The calculated form factors can…