Related papers: A novel route to V_us
In this talk I discuss three different methods, using B_d to J/psi K_S, J/psi K_s pi^o, B_d to K^- pi^+, pi^+ pi^- and B_u to K^- pi^0, bar K^0 pi^- pi^- pi^0, to extract hadronic model independent information about new physics.
In this note radiative corrections to the total hadronic decay rate of the $\tau$-lepton are studied employing perturbative QCD and the operator product expansion. We calculate quadratic quark mass corrections to the decay rate ration…
The following is an overview of the measurements of the CKM matrix elements V_cb and V_ub that are based on detailed studies of semileptonic B decays by the BABAR and Belle Collaborations and recent advances in QCD calculations. In…
The spin distributions, weak decay matrix elements for strange baryon octets with SU(3) breaking effects is studied. We systematically apply operator formalism along with statistical method to study JP= strange baryon octets for their low…
We propose to measure the $\tau^-\to K_1^-\nu_\tau \to (K^-\omega) \nu_\tau\to (K^- \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0)\nu_\tau $ decay in order to determine the $K_1$ axial vector mixing angle $\theta_{K_1}$. We derive, for the first time, the differential…
We consider the effects of a non-vanishing strange-quark mass in the determination of the full basis of dimension six matrix elements for $B_{s}$ mixing, in particular we get for the ratio of the $V-A$ Bag parameter in the $B_s$ and $B_d$…
A new determination of the strange-quark mass is discussed, based on the two-point function involving the axial-vector current divergences. This Green function is known in perturbative QCD up to order O(alpha_s^3), and up to dimension-six…
The total $\tau$ hadronic width can be accurately calculated using analyticity and the operator product expansion. The theoretical analysis of this observable is updated to include all available perturbative and non-perturbative…
Recent sum rule determinations of |V_us|, employing flavor-breaking combinations of hadronic tau decay data, are significantly lower than either expectations based on 3-family unitarity or determinations from K_ell3 and…
We explore the sensitivity of the flavour changing neutral currents among c and u quarks in the context of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. The standard model rate for c->u gamma can be enhanced by up to two orders of magnitudes…
We point out that current experimental data for partial B --> pi l nu branching fractions reduce the theoretical input required for a precise extraction of |V_ub| to the form factor normalization at a single value of the pion energy. We…
Precision tests of the CKM mechanism and searches for new physics in the flavour sector require dedicated QCD calculations of decay widths and spectra. Significant progress has been achieved in recent years in computing inclusive B decay…
In the two body hadronic tau decays, such as tau->to K pi (eta)nu, vector mesons play important role. Belle and Babar measured hadronic invariant mass spectrum of tau -> K pi nu decay. To compare the spectrum with theoretical prediction, we…
We derive precise standard model predictions for the dilepton invariant mass and the tau energy distributions in inclusive B -> Xc tau nu decay. We include Lambda_QCD^2/m_b^2 and alpha_s corrections using the 1S short-distance mass scheme,…
The hadronic invariant mass spectrum for the inclusive charmless semileptonic decay $B\to X_u e \bar\nu_e$ is studied. Particular attention is paid to the region $s_H<m_D^2$, which may be useful for extracting the value of $|V_{ub}|$. The…
We present a new method for the experimental determination of the top quark mass that is based upon the mean distance of travel of b hadrons in top quark events. The dominant systematic uncertainties of this method are not correlated with…
We study the available data on exclusive leptonic and semileptonic $c\to s\ell^+\nu$ decays within the Standard Model and beyond. Our analysis accounts for theory correlations between the relevant hadronic matrix elements through…
We use a recent formalism of the weak hadronic reactions $\tau^- \to \nu_{\tau} M_1 M_2$ to study the helicity amplitudes in $\tau^- \to \nu_{\tau} V P$ decay. This recent formalism maps the transition matrix elements at the quark level…
A previous work establishing a connection between a quark model, with relativistic kinematics and a $Y$-confinement plus one gluon exchange, and the $1/N_c$ expansion mass formula is extended to strange baryons. Both methods predict values…
The difference of tau partial decay widths into even and odd number of pions may be considered as another important constraint on the hadronic spectral function, in addition to four classic sum rules of current algebra. Within certain…