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AUTHOR
Y.l. Wu
WEAK TRANSITION FORM FACTORS IN RARE HEAVY MESON DECAYS
The transition form factors required for the rare heavy meson decays are evaluated. The model-independent absolutely normalized form factors, written in a compact form, among heavy to light and heavy to heavy meson transitions in the states such as 0−+→0−+, 1−, 0++, 1++ are given. A set of general relations among the form factors is obtained. The form factors involved in the rare B-meson decays are given as a direct application.
CORRELATIONS BETWEEN ε′/ε AND HEAVY TOP
The paper reviews new theoretical developments for the CP-parameter ε′/ε and its intimate connection with the mass of a heavy top quark. It presents an extensive list of results and their implications for experiments.
Unified QCD determination of all pseudoscalar leptonic decay constants
Leptonic decay constants of all pseudoscalar mesons are determined in QCD by means of a new QCD sum-rule method. In the light meson and heavy quark limit the results are very similar and also agree with the well-known PCAC and scaling predictions respectively. The corrections to light meson pole dominance are generally small while those to the heavy quark limit are found to be sensitive to the binding energy (i.e. meson and quark mass differences). For standard values of quark masses we obtainfπ=132 MeV,fk=161 MeV,fB=128±28 MeV,fD=175±13 MeV,fBs=144±30 MeV andfDs=193±12 MeV.
A QCD calculation of the pion scalar form factor (σ-term)
Abstract The scalar pion form factor (also known as σ-term) is calculated from the QCD Green function approach. The result at q 2 = 0 is in excellent agreement with the PCAC prediction. We also present the q 2 -dependence of the form factor which allows us to obtain the scalar radius of the pion as 〈 r 2 〉 π s = 12.6 ± 1.3 GeV −2 .
The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
AbstractThe IASLC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee has collected a new database of 94,708 cases donated from 35 sources in 16 countries around the globe. This has now been analysed by our statistical partners at Cancer Research And Biostatistics and, in close collaboration with the members of the committee proposals have been developed for the T, N, and M categories of the 8th edition of the TNM Classification for lung cancer due to be published late 2016. In this publication we describe the methods used to evaluate the resultant Stage groupings and the proposals put forward for the 8th edition.
correction to ƒB
Abstract The 1/m corrections to the B-meson decay constant ƒB (and the D-meson decay constant ƒD) of the heavy quark effective theory are calculated in the Green function approach. The corrections are found to be sensitive to the difference of the meson mass mB and the heavy quark mass mb. For mb=4.81 GeV we obtain a 100% correction to the heavy quark limit mb=mB. The scaling law of the ratio ƒB/ƒD is, however, quite well satisfied because of cancellations. For reasonable values of quark masses we obtain ƒ B = (130±20) MeV and ƒ D = (170±10) MeV .
T-odd andCP-odd triple momentum correlations in the exclusive semi-leptonic charm meson decayD→K *(Kπ)lv l
We studyT-odd andCP-odd triple momentum correlations in exclusive semi-leptonic charm meson decaysD→K*(Kπ)lvl. We define asymmetry ratios that measure the trueCP-violating effects, andT-odd triple momentum correlation effects from unitarity contributions. Possible newCP-violating contributions are parametrized in terms of an effective four-fermion Hamiltonian whereCP-violating effects should come from new non-standard sources. A detailed analysis of the left-right model and the Weinberg Higgs-boson model ofCP-violation is carried out.
T-odd and CP-odd triple momentum correlations in the exclusive semi-leptonic bottom meson decay
Abstract We study T-odd triple momentum correlations in exclusive semi-leptonic (S l ) bottom meson decays B → D ∗ (→ D π)+ l +ν l . We define asymmetry ratios that measure these T-odd triple momentum correlation effects. We provide a careful discussion of possible unitarity contributions to the asymmetry ratios. The conclusion is that strong interaction unitarity contributions are small or, in the case of one particular T-odd observable, absent. CP-violating contributions to the asymmetry ratios would have to come from new non-standard sources as there are no standard model contributions. Possible new CP-violating contributions are parametrized in terms of an effective four-fermion hamilto…