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We study the semileptonic decay $\bar{B}_s \to K^{*+} \ell^-\bar\nu_\ell$, which is induced by $b\to u \ell^- \bar\nu_\ell$ transitions at the quark level. We take into account the standard model (SM) operator from $W$-boson exchange as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-08-19 Thorsten Feldmann , Bastian Müller , Danny van Dyk

We study the exclusive semileptonic $B$-meson decays $B\to K(\pi)\ell^+\ell^-$, $B\to K(\pi)\nu\bar\nu$, and $B\to\pi\tau\nu$, computing observables in the Standard model using the recent lattice-QCD results for the underlying form factors…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-02-16 Daping Du , A. X. El-Khadra , Steven Gottlieb , A. S. Kronfeld , J. Laiho , E. Lunghi , R. S. Van de Water , Ran Zhou

We investigate the decays $B_c^- \rightarrow \bar{D}^{(*)0}\ell^-\bar{\nu}_{\ell}$ and $B_c^- \rightarrow D^{(*)-}\ell^+\ell^-$ within the Standard Model (SM), employing perturbative QCD (pQCD) form factors that are sensitive to the wave…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-30 Utsab Dey , Soumitra Nandi

The form factors of the semileptonic $B$, $B_s$ and $B_c$ meson decays are calculated in the framework of the relativistic quark model based on the quasipotential approach in QCD. They are expressed through the overlap integrals of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-27 R. N. Faustov , V. O. Galkin , Xian-Wei Kang

We compute the Standard Model semileptonic vector and axial-vector form factors for $B_s\to D_s^*$ decay across the full $q^2$ range using lattice QCD. We use the Highly Improved Staggered Quark (HISQ) action for all valence quarks,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-06-08 Judd Harrison , Christine T. H. Davies

Semileptonic and nonleptonic decays of the B_c meson to B_s and B mesons, caused by the c\to s,d quark transitions, are studied in the framework of the relativistic quark model. The heavy quark expansion in inverse powers of the active c…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-23 D. Ebert , R. N. Faustov , V. O. Galkin

Semi-leptonic $B_s \to K \ell \nu$ and $B_s \to D_s \ell \nu$ decays provide an alternative $b$-decay channel to determine the CKM matrix elements $|V_{ub}|$ and $|V_{cb}|$ or to obtain $R$-ratios to investigate lepton flavor universality…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-03-07 Jonathan M. Flynn , Ryan C. Hill , Andreas Jüttner , Amarjit Soni , Justus Tobias Tsang , Oliver Witzel

We present recent results in semileptonic and non-leptonic exclusive $B_c$ decays to charmonium states both in $S$-wave, $J/\psi$ and $\eta_c$, and in $P$-wave, $\chi_{cJ}$ and $h_c$. The analysis, based on the heavy quark spin symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-10 Nicola Losacco

In this paper, we studied the semileptonic $B/B_s \to (D^{(*)},D_s^{(*)}) l\nu_l$ decays in the framework of the standard model (SM) , by employing the perturbative QCD (PQCD) factorization formalism combining with the lattice QCD inputs of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-06-24 Xue-Qing Hu , Su-Ping Jin , Zhen-Jun Xiao

Inspired by a series of unexpected measurements of semileptonic decays mediated via $b\rightarrow c $ charged current interactions, we explore semileptonic $B_c$ decays to the four lightest $P$-wave charmonium states, $\chi_{c0}, \chi_{c1},…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-12 Zhou Rui , Jie Zhang , Li-li Zhang

In this work, we derive the form factors and compute the branching fractions for the semitauonic decay modes, $B \to D^{(*)}\,\tau\,\nu_{\tau}$, $B_s \to D_s^{(*)}\,\tau\,\nu_{\tau}$, $B_c \to \eta_c\,(J/\psi)\,\tau\,\nu_{\tau}$, and $B_c…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-08 Sonali Patnaik

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…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-12-04 Judd Harrison , Christine T. H. Davies , Andrew Lytle

Semi-leptonic $B$ decays provide promising channels to test the Standard Model, search for signs of new physics, or determine fundamental parameters like CKM matrix elements. We present an update on our calculation of short distance…

In the covariant light-front quark model, we investigate the form factors of $B_c$ decays into $D, D^*, D_s, D_s^*, \eta_c, J/\psi, B, B^*, B_s, B_s^*$ mesons. The form factors in the spacelike region $q^2<0$ are directly evaluated. To…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-18 Wei Wang , Yue-Long Shen , Cai-Dian Lü

The semileptonic decays of Lambda_c and Lambda_b are treated in the framework of a constituent quark model. Both nonrelativistic and semirelativistic Hamiltonians are used to obtain the baryon wave functions from a fit to the spectra, and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Muslema Pervin , Winston Roberts , Simon Capstick

$B$ processes are a rich source of potential anomalies that could lead to the discovery of BSM physics. The long-standing tension between the inclusive and the exclusive determinations of the CKM matrix elements $|V_{xb}|$, or the current…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-11 Alejandro Vaquero Aviles-Casco

We present results for different observables measured in semileptonic and non-leptonic decays of the $B_c^-$ meson. The calculations have been done within the framework of a nonrelativistic constituent quark model. In order to check the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Hernandez , J. Nieves , J. M. Verde-Velasco

In this article, the vector, axial vector and tensor form factors of $B_c$ to $D$-wave charmonia $\psi_J$ ($J=1,2,3$) and $\eta_{c2}$ are analyzed within the framework of three-point QCD sum rules. With the estimated vector and axial vector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-05 Jie Lu , Dian-Yong Chen , Guo-Liang Yu , Zhi-Gang Wang

We present results for different observables in weak decays of pseudoscalar and vector mesons with a heavy $c$ or $b$ quark. The calculations are done in a nonrelativistic constituent quark model improved at some instances by heavy quark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Albertus , E. Hernández , J. Nieves , J. M. Verde-Velasco

We calculate the $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda_c \ell \nu$ form factors and decay rates for all possible $b\to c \ell\bar\nu$ four-Fermi interactions beyond the Standard Model, including nonzero charged lepton masses and terms up to order…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-27 Florian U. Bernlochner , Zoltan Ligeti , Dean J. Robinson , William L. Sutcliffe