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The rare decays $B_{s,d}^0 \to \ell^+\ell^-$ are analyzed within the general framework of the aligned two-Higgs doublet model. We present a complete one-loop calculation of the relevant short-distance Wilson coefficients, giving a detailed…
The b to d d s bar transition gives extremely small branching ratios within the standard model, thus providing an appropriate ground for testing new physics. Using renormalization group technique we determine the Wilson coefficients and the…
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In this work, a comprehensive analysis for processes related to $b\to c\bar{u}q~(q=d, s)$ transitions are carried out, including new physics contributions. In light of a recent tension between branching fractions for $B_{(s)}\to…
We study the rare leptonic decays $B_{s,d}^0 \to \ell^+\ell^-$ within the general framework of the aligned two-Higgs doublet model. A complete one-loop calculation of the relevant short-distance Wilson coefficients is presented, with a…
We derive a condition the short distance coefficients governing $b\to (s,d)\ell^+\ell^-$ transitions must satisfy in order for the forward-backward asymmetry to vanish in the exclusive modes $B\to (K^*,\rho)\ell^+\ell^-$. This relation,…
The constraints on the scaling properties of conserved charge densities in the vicinity of a zero temperature ($T$), second-order quantum phase transition are studied. We introduce a generalized Wilson ratio, characterizing the non-linear…
We provide a comprehensive model-independent analysis of rare decays involving the b --> s transition to put constraints on dimension-six Delta(F)=1 effective operators. The constraints are derived from all the available up-to-date…
A method to directly determine the Wilson coefficients for rare $b\to s$ transitions using $B^0\to K^{*0}\mu^+\mu^-$ decays in an unbinned maximum likelihood fit is presented. The method has several advantages compared to the conventional…
In many extensions of the standard model an additional up-like heavy quark appears. Its appearance induces flavour changing neutral current transition in the up-quark region at the tree level. We investigate possible effects of these models…
We derive constraints on Wilson coefficients of dimension-six effective operators probing the b --> s transition, using recent improved measurements of the rare decays Bs --> mu+mu-, B --> K mu+mu- and B --> K* mu+mu- and including all…
Long distance effects are studied in the rare exclusive semileptonic $B_{(d,s)}\to V \ell^+ \ell^-$ decays, where $V$ denotes a $K^*$ or $\phi$ meson. The form factors, which describe the meson transition amplitudes in the effective…
The mass shifts of the $P$-wave $D_s$ and $B_s$ mesons due to coupling to $DK$ and $BK$ channels are calculated in the coupling channel model without fitting parameters. The strong mass shifts down for $0^+$ and ${1^+}'$ states have been…
We study long-distance effects in rare exclusive semileptonic decays B -> (K, K*) (l+ l-, nu bar{nu}) and analyze dilepton spectra and asymmetries within the framework of the Standard Model. The form factors, describing the meson transition…
In the aligned two-Higgs-doublet model, we perform a complete one-loop computation of the short-distance Wilson coefficients $C_{7,9,10}^{(\prime)}$, which are the most relevant ones for $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$ transitions. It is found that,…
To understand the mechanism of Mott transitions in case of no magnetic influence, superfluid-insulator (Mott) transitions in the S=0 Bose Hubbard model at unit filling are studied on the square and triangular lattices, using a variational…
We analyze the rare semileptonic $B_s \to (\eta, \eta') l^+ l^-$, $(l=e, \mu, \tau)$ and $B_s \to (\eta, \eta') \nu \bar{\nu}$ transitions probing the $\bar s s$ content of the $\eta$ and $\eta'$ mesons via three--point QCD sum rules. We…
Semileptonic heavy -> heavy and heavy -> light meson transitions are studied as a phenomenological application of a heavy-quark limit of Dyson-Schwinger equations. Employing two parameters: E, the difference between the mass of the heavy…
The electromagnetic and pionic transitions in mesons with heavy flavor quarks are calculated within the framework of the covariant Blankenbecler-Sugar equation. The M1 transitions in the charmonium system are shown to be sensitive to the…
We study the rare semileptonic decays of $B_c$ mesons within the effective field theoretical framework of covariant confined quark model. The transition form factors corresponding to $B_c^+ \to D^{(*)+}$ and $B_c^+ \to D_s^{(*)+}$ are…