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Radiative corrections to both perturbative and non-perturbative contributions are added to existing calculations of the Isgur-Wise function $\xi_{IW}$. To this end, we develop a method for calculating two-loop integrals in the heavy quark…
We calculate the contributions arising at order $\alpha_s$ in the QCD sum rule for the spin-symmetry violating universal function $\chi_3(v\cdot v')$, which appears at order $1/m_Q$ in the heavy quark expansion of meson form factors. In…
We present an analytical calculation of the two-loop QCD corrections to the electromagnetic form factor of heavy quarks. The two-loop contributions to the form factor are reduced to linear combinations of master integrals, which are…
We compute the two-loop QCD corrections to the heavy quark form factors in case of the vector, axial-vector, scalar and pseudo-scalar currents up to second order in the dimensional parameter $\epsilon = (4-D)/2$. These terms are required in…
We compute the leading mass corrections to the high-energy behavior of the massive quark vector form factor to three loops in QCD in the double-logarithmic approximation.
We present a QCD sum rule calculation of the Isgur-Wise form-factor tau_1(v.v') and tau_2(v.v') for the semileptonic decays B->D_1(2420)l\bar\nu and B->D_2^*(2460)l\bar\nu in the framework of heavy quark effective theory. These two…
We present the results for heavy quark form factors at two-loop order in perturbative QCD for different currents, namely vector, axial-vector, scalar and pseudo-scalar currents, up to second order in the dimensional regularization…
Higher order calculations in perturbative Quantum Field Theories often produce coupled linear systems of differential equations which factorize to first order. Here we present an algorithm to solve such systems in terms of iterated…
We present a QCD sum rule calculation of the spin-symmetry violating universal function $\chi_2(v\cdot v')$, which appears at order $1/m_Q$ in the heavy quark expansion of meson form factors. This function vanishes in the standard…
We discuss an application of QCD sum rules to the heavy baryons $\Lambda_Q$ and $\Sigma_Q$. The predictions for the masses of heavy baryons, residues and Isgur-Wise function are presented. The new results on two loop anomalous dimensions of…
In this contribution we provide further details to the recent calculation of QCD corrections to massive three-loop form factors presented in Ref. [1].
The leading Isgur-Wise form factor $\xi(y)$ parametrizing the semileptonic transitions $\Lambda_b\to\Lambda^{1/2}_{c1}\ell\bar\nu$ and $\Lambda_b\to\Lambda^{3/2}_{c1}\ell\bar\nu$ is calculated by using the QCD sum rules in the framework of…
We use QCD sum rules, in the framework of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory, to calculate the universal form factor $\tau_{1/2}(y)$ parameterizing the semileptonic transitions $B \to D_0 \ell \bar \nu$, $B \to D_1^* \ell \bar \nu$, where…
We present the analytic expressions for the color-planar contributions to the heavy-light form factors at three loops in perturbative QCD. These form factors play an important role in the precision predictions of various observables in top…
Isgur-Wise functions parametrise the leading behaviour of weak decay form factors of mesons and baryons containing a single heavy quark. The form factors for the quark mass operator are calculated in strong coupling lattice QCD, and…
Upon introducing an heavy quark in the perturbative regime of the QCD conformal window we precisely determine the associated heavy meson spectrum and wave functions in terms of the number of light flavours and mass. We then compute the…
We compute the two-loop corrections to the massless quark form factor $\gamma^* \to q\bar q$ and gluon form factor $H\to gg$ to all orders in the dimensional regularisation parameter $\epsilon=(4-d)/2$. The two-loop contributions to the…
With the increasing experimental precision available at colliders, higher-order perturbative calculations are required to reduce the theory uncertainty in order to extract crucial QCD parameters, such as the strong coupling constant, to the…
The off-shell two-loop correction to the massive quark propagator in an arbitrary covariant gauge is calculated and results for the bare and renormalized propagator are presented. The calculations were performed by means of a set of new…
We review the electromagnetic form factor of heavy quarks with emphasis on the QCD radiative corrections at two-loop order in the perturbative expansion. We discuss important properties of the heavy-quark form factor such as its…