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We analyze charmless two-body non-leptonic B decays $B \to PP, PV$ under the framework of factorization assisted topological amplitude approach, where $P(V)$ denotes a light pseudoscalar (vector) meson. Compared with the conventional flavor…
Charmless 3-body decays of $B$ mesons are studied using a simple model based on the framework of the factorization approach. We have identified a large source of the nonresonant signal in the matrix elements of scalar densities, e.g.…
We present a systematic study of twist-3 light-cone distribution amplitudes of $K^*$ and $\phi$ mesons in QCD. The structure of SU(3)-breaking corrections is studied in detail. Non-perturbative input parameters are estimated from QCD sum…
We study the quasi-two-body $D\to TP$ decays and the three-body $D$ decays proceeding through intermediate tensor resonances, where $T$ and $P$ denote tensor and pseudoscalar mesons, respectively. We employ $D\to T$ transition form factors…
We analyze the two-body charmed $B$ meson decays $B_{u,d,s} \to D^{(*)}P(V)$ in the factorization assisted topological amplitude approach, where $P(V)$ denoting a light pseudoscalar (vector) meson. Different from the conventional…
We study the three-body radiative decays $B\to \phi(\rho) K\gamma$ induced by a flavor-changing neutral current in the perturbative QCD approach. Pseudoscalar-vector ($PV$) distribution amplitudes (DAs) are introduced for the final-state…
We construct an analytical model for two channel, two-body scattering amplitudes, and then apply it in the description of the three-body $J/\psi \to K^+K^-\pi^0$ decay. In the construction of the partial wave amplitudes, we combine the low…
We perform a global analysis of three-body charmless hadronic decays $B\to VP_3\to P_1P_2P_3$ in the perturbative QCD (PQCD) approach, where $V$ denotes an intermediate vector resonance, and $P_i$, $i=1,2,3$, denote final-state pseudoscalar…
The two-body hadronic decays of B mesons into pseudoscalar and axial vector mesons are studied within the framework of QCD factorization. The light-cone distribution amplitudes (LCDAs) for $^3P_1$ and $^1P_1$ axial-vector mesons have been…
Decays of the D mesons to two pseudoscalars, to two vectors, and to pseudoscalar plus vector are discussed in the context of broken flavor SU(3). A few assumptions are used to reduce the number of parameters. Amplitudes are fit to the…
We present a novel framework for analyzing four-body semileptonic weak decays, performing the first high-twist analysis of the $D_s \to \left[ \pi\pi \right]_{\rm S}$ form factors using light-cone distribution amplitudes for the isoscalar…
Charmless 3-body decays of B mesons are studied in the framework of the factorization approach. The nonresonant contributions arising from $B\to P_1P_2$ transitions are evaluated using heavy meson chiral perturbation theory (HMChPT). The…
We have presented a detailed study of twist-2 and twist-3 light-cone distribution amplitudes of $1^3P_1$ and $1^1P_1$ axial-vector mesons, based on QCD conformal partial wave expansion. Applying equations of motion, the twist-three…
Various nonleptonic decay channels mediated by the quark-level subprocess $b\to s\bar{s} s$ show hints of deviation from the Standard Model expectations. We analyse the double-vector decay $B\to\phi K^\ast$ with different generic new…
Based on sum rules, we explore the twist-2 distribution amplitude of the $K_0^*(1430)$ meson, treating it as the ground state of a quark-antiquark system. We posit that the spacetime distance $x$ should be infinitesimally close to the quark…
Based on the flavor structure of four-quark effective operators, we develop an automatic computation program to calculate hadronic two-body $B$ meson decay amplitudes, and apply it to their global analysis in the perturbative QCD (PQCD)…
Two pion effective mass and helicity angle distributions in the charged B-meson decays into three charged pions are studied. The weak decay amplitudes are calculated in the framework of the QCD factorization approximation. The strong…
Considering the $B$ mesonic distribution amplitude ${\phi}_{B2}$, we reinvestigated the $B$ ${\to}$ $PP$ (where $P$ $=$ ${\pi}$ and $K$) decays with the perturbative QCD (pQCD) approach based on the $k_{T}$ factorization for three…
We perform an amplitude analysis of the decays B0->phi K^*_2(1430)0, phi K^*(892)0, and phi(K pi)^0_S-wave with a sample of about 384 million BBbar pairs recorded with the BABAR detector. The fractions of longitudinal polarization f_L of…
A full angular analysis has been performed for the pseudo-scalar to vector-vector decays, B0 --> J/psi K* and B_s --> J/psi phi, to determine the amplitudes for decays with parity-even longitudinal and transverse polarization and parity-odd…