0000000001212759
AUTHOR
José María Verde Velasco
Study of the leptonic decays of pseudoscalar B,D and vector B-*,D-* mesons and of the semileptonic B -> D and B -> D-* decays
We present results for different observables in weak decays of pseudoscalar and vector mesons with a heavy c or b quark. The calculations are done in a nonrelativistic constituent quark model improved at some instances by heavy quark effective theory constraints. We determine pseudoscalar and vector meson decay constants that within a few percent satisfy f(V)M(V)/f(P)M(P)=1, a result expected in heavy quark symmetry when the heavy quark masses tend to infinity. We also analyze the semileptonic B -> D and B -> D-* decays for which we evaluate the different form factors. Here we impose heavy quark effective theory constraints among form factors that are not satisfied by a direct quark model c…
Study of the strong Sigma(c)->Lambda(c)pi,Sigma(*)(c)->Lambda(c)pi and Xi(*)(c)->Xi(c)pi decays in a nonrelativistic quark model
We present results for the strong widths corresponding to the Sigma(c)->Lambda(c)pi, Sigma(c)(*)->Lambda(c)pi and Xi(c)(*)->Xi(c)pi decays. The calculations have been done in a nonrelativistic constituent quark model with wave functions that take advantage of the constraints imposed by heavy quark symmetry. Partial conservation of axial current hypothesis allows us to determine the strong vertices from an analysis of the axial current matrix elements. Our results Gamma(Sigma(c)(++)->Lambda(c)(+)pi(+))=2.41 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.02 MeV, Gamma(Sigma(c)(+)->Lambda(c)(+)pi(0))=2.79 +/- 0.08 +/- 0.02 MeV, Gamma(Sigma(c)(0)->Lambda(c)(+)pi(-))=2.37 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.02 MeV, Gamma(Sigma(c)(*++)->Lambda(c)(+…