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Heavy-to-light weak form factor is calculated using the light-cone sum rule (LCSR)in the framework of soft-collinear effective theory (SCET). There are spin-symmetric and spin-nonsymmetric contributions. Leading order spin-symmetric…
In this work we use the heavy-quark-light-diquark picture to study the semileptonic decay $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda_c+l+\bar{\nu}_l$ in the so-called hybrid scheme. Namely, we apply the heavy quark effective theory (HQET) for larger $q^2$…
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…
Exclusive semileptonic B decays into $D_1$ and $D_2^*$ mesons are investigated including order $\Lambda_{QCD}/m_{c,b}$ corrections using the heavy quark effective theory. At zero recoil, the $\Lambda_{QCD}/m_{c,b}$ corrections can be…
The heavy quark effective theory is developed on the light-front. Based on this effective theory, a light-front heavy meson bound state with definite spin and parity is constructed. Within the effective theory, the Isgur-Wise function is…
The semileptonic transition of $\Lambda_b$ baryon is studied using the Hypercentral constituent quark model. The six-dimensional hyperradial $Schr\ddot{o}dinger$ equation is solved in the variational approach to get masses and wavefunctions…
In this work, we analyze the semileptonic decay processes of $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda_c$ in the light-cone sum rule approach. In order to calculate the form factors of the $\Lambda_b$ baryon transition matrix element, we use the light-cone…
In this work, we calculate the transition form factors of $\Lambda_b$ decaying into $\Lambda_c$ within the framework of light-cone sum rules with the distribution amplitudes (DAs) of $\Lambda_b$-baryon. In the hadronic representation of the…
Using the OPE, we formulate new sum rules in the heavy quark limit of QCD. These sum rules imply that the elastic Isgur-Wise function $\xi (w)$ is an alternate series in powers of $(w-1)$. Moreover, one gets that the $n$-th derivative of…
We derive the $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda_c$ form factors for the Standard Model and beyond at second order in Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET), applying the recently-proposed Residual Chiral Expansion (RCE) to reduce the set of unknown…
We consider the dominant $c\bar{c}$ contribution to $\Delta \Gamma$ for the $B_s^0$-$\bar{B}_s^0$ system in the heavy quark limit for both $b$ and $c$ quarks. In analogy with the Bjorken-Isgur-Wise sum rule in semileptonic heavy hadron…
Light-cone sum rules for the $\Lambda_b \to p, \Lambda$ transition form factors are derived from the correlation functions expanded by the twist of the distribution amplitudes of $\Lambda_b$ baryon. In terms of the $\Lambda_b$ three-quark…
From the experimental branching ratios for $B^- --> \rho^0 l^-\bar\nu_l$ and $D^+ --> {\overl K}^{*0}({\overl K}^0) e^+ \nu_e$ one finds, in the Heavy Quark Limit of $HQET$, $ |V_{bu}|=(8.1\pm 1.7) x 10^{-3}$, larger but consistent with the…
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 $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda$…
We review the role of the universal Isgur-Wise functions parameterizing the $B$ meson semileptonic matrix elements to charm states in the infinite heavy quark mass limit. We also discuss the determination of one of such form factors by QCD…