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We have analyzed the $B\to \pi $ and $B_{s}\to K$ semileptonic form factors and $B\to V\gamma (V=K^*,\rho,\omega)$ processes in the light-cone QCD sum rules. In order to enhance the predictivity and reliability of numerical results the…
A varying external field approach in QCD sum rules is formulated in a systematic way to treat the weak decay form factors and their $q^2$ dependence in the process of $B \to \rho \ell \bar\nu_\ell$. From the form factor sum rules, we can…
We use three-point function QCD sum rules to calculate the form factor $A_0(q^2)$ appearing in the matrix element of the flavour-changing axial current between the $D (B)$ state and a vector meson state. We describe the role of this form…
We present an improved calculation of $B\to$ light vector form factors from light-cone sum rules, including one-loop radiative corrections to twist-2 and twist-3 contributions, and leading order twist-4 corrections. The total theoretical…
We compute the form factors parametrizing radiative leptonic decays of heavy mesons B^+\to\gamma e^+\nu for photon energies much larger than \Lambda_{QCD}, where perturbative QCD methods for exclusive processes can be combined with the…
We calculate the form factors for weak decays of $B_{(s)}$ and $D_{(s)}$ mesons to light pseudoscalar and vector mesons. To reveal the intimate connection between different decay modes and to be able to perform the calculations in the full…
We introduce a factorization formula for semi-leptonic $b \to u$ transitions in the exclusive decay mode $B^- \to \pi^+\pi^-\ell^-\bar\nu_\ell$ in the limit of large pion energies and large dipion invariant mass. One contribution can be…
I consider a model for heavy meson decays based on an effective quark-meson Lagrangian. The model is constrained by the known symmetries of QCD in the m_Q -> infinity limit for the heavy quarks, and chiral symmetry in the light quark…
The transition form factors of the radiative decays of the heavy tensor mesons to heavy pseudoscalar and heavy vector mesons are calculated in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules method at the point $Q^2=0$. Using the obtained…
The method of calculating electroweak decay matrix elements between heavy-heavy and heavy-light meson states is developed in the framework of relativistic quark model based on the quasipotential approach in quantum field theory. This method…
We discuss preliminaries of a calculation of the form factors for the semileptonic decays B -> pi lv, B_s -> K lv, and B -> K ll. We simulate with NRQCD heavy and HISQ light valence quarks on the MILC 2+1 dynamical asqtad configurations.…
We address the problem of extrapolating the vector form factor $f_{B\pi}^+$, which is relevant to $B\to \pi\ell \nu_\ell$ decays, from the region of small to the region of large momentum transfer. As input, we use the QCD light-cone sum…
We report a comprehensive set of results for B-meson heavy-to-light transition form factors calculated using a truncation of, and expression for, the transition amplitudes in which all elements are motivated by the study of Dyson-Schwinger…
The Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V_ub| can be extracted from the rate for the semi-leptonic decay B -> pi + l + antineutrino_l, with little theoretical uncertainty, provided the hadronic form factor for the B -> pi transition…
Form factors of the rare $\Lambda_{b}(\Lambda_{b}^*)\to N\ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ decays are calculated in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules by taking into account of the contributions from the negative parity baryons. Using the…
The rare decay $B\to\pi\ell^+\ell^-$ arises from $b\to d$ flavor-changing neutral currents and could be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard Model. Here, we present the first $ab$-$initio$ QCD calculation of the $B\to\pi$ tensor form…
New (preliminary) results for the form factors relevant for the semileptonic decays of heavy pseudoscalar to a light vector meson are presented. In particular, we discuss the form factors for D --> K* and B --> rho modes.
In the heavy quark limit, the form factors for semileptonic and rare radiative B decays into light mesons are related by heavy quark spin symmetry. Here we compute the leading corrections of order \Lambda/m_Q to these symmetry relations,…
The $B_{l4}$ decays offer an independent method for determining the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $\vert V_{ub} \vert$, with a QCD analysis of the underlying $B \to \pi\pi$ form factors serving as a crucial component. We present…
We present a quenched calculation of the form factors of the semileptonic weak decay $B \to \pi l \bar{\nu}$ with $O(1/m_Q)$ NRQCD heavy quark and Wilson light quark on a $16^3 \times 32$ lattice at $\beta=5.8$. The form factors are…