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We test the parton model approach to inclusive $B \ra \gamma X_s$ and $B \ra e \bar{\nu} X_u$ processes by calculating a few moments of the distribution function. The $1/m_Q$ expansion of $b$-quark distribution function is discussed. We…
The study of inclusive semileptonic decays of $B$ mesons is analyzed from the viewpoint of probing hadron structure and strong interactions. General formulas for the differential decay rates are given in terms of the structure functions in…
The parton model for semileptonic B meson decays is studied with special attention to the decay distributions. We find that the spectra show dramatic variations when we introduce cuts on the hadronic energy or invariant mass of hadrons.…
A generalization of the parton-like formula is used for the first time to find the differential distributions in the inclusive semileptonic weak decays of the B meson. The main features of this new approach are the treatment of the b-quark…
We study the inclusive semileptonic B decays in the parton model. The model gives a decay spectrum which is in excellent agreement with experiment and makes several predictions to be tested in the forseeable future.
The parton model as developed for semileptonic B decays is applied to the inclusive decay B to J/Psi+X. We calculate the momentum spectrum of the J/Psi using a one-parameter distribution function for the heavy quark, taken from production…
We explore the perturbative QCD corrections to the inclusive semileptonic decays of $B$ mesons. In inclusive $B$ decay processes the parton picture works well and the scaling feature manifests because the mass of $b$ quark is larger than…
The aim of this text to present the covariant confined quark model (CCQM) and review its applications to the decays of $B$ mesons. We do so in the context of existing experimental measurements and theoretical results of other authors, which…
In order to study the end-point spectrum of inclusive semileptonic $b \rightarrow u$ decays, we investigate the parton model motivated by deep inelastic scattering process. The reliability of the model is carefully examined by comparing the…
A relativistic constituent quark model, formulated on the light-front, is used to derive a new parton approximation for the inclusive semileptonic decay width of the B-meson. A simple connection between the decay rate of a free heavy-quark…
The ACCMM model predicts the lepton spectrum from $B$ meson decay by assuming the meson disintegrates into a spectator quark of definite mass and momentum distribution and an off shell $b$ quark whose decay leptons (boosted into the rest…
We develop the perturbative QCD formalism for inclusive semileptonic $B$ meson decays, which includes Sudakov suppression from the resummation of large radiative corrections near the high end of charged lepton energy. Transverse degrees of…
Exclusive and inclusive, semileptonic and non-leptonic, charmed decays of the B-meson are investigated in the context of a phenomenological quark model. Bound-state effects are taken care of by adopting a single (model-dependent)…
We address the non-perturbative calculation of the decay rate of inclusive semi-leptonic $B_{(s)}$ mesons decays from lattice QCD. Precise theoretical Standard Model predictions are key ingredients in searches for new physics. This type of…
We report updates on two analyses of inclusive semileptonic B decays based on a dataset of 89 million BB events recorded with the BABAR detector at the Y(4S) resonance. Events are selected by fully reconstructing the decay of one B meson…
We have developed a new technique for inclusive reconstruction of the energy of B hadrons. The excellent efficiency and resolution of this technique allow us to make the most precise determination of the b-quark fragmentation function,…
The form factors of the semileptonic $B$, $B_s$ and $B_c$ meson decays are calculated in the framework of the relativistic quark model based on the quasipotential approach in QCD. They are expressed through the overlap integrals of the…
We present a study of various $B_{s}$ meson decays, including hadronic and semileptonic final states with different spins and diagram topologies. The covariant confined quark model is employed to describe hadronic effects, and our analysis…
We derive a new parton-like formula, which establishes a simple connection between the electroweak decay rate $\Gamma (\bar B \to X_s\gamma$) and the rate of a free b-quark decay. The main features of our approach are the treatment of the…
We derive a new parton formula for the inclusive B decays and briefly discuss its applications to semileptonic and weak radiative decays of the B-meson.