Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

The approximate symmetries of Quantum ChromoDynamics in the infinite heavy quark (Q=
c, b) mass limit (mQ→∞) and in the chiral limit for the light quarks (mq→ 0, q= u, d, s) can be …

A bstract Stringent relations between the B (∗)→ D (∗) form factors exist in the heavy quark
limit and the leading symmetry breaking corrections are known. We reconsider their …

We reexamine the determination of| V cb| from B→ D l ν in view of recent experimental and
theoretical progress, discussing the parameterization of the form factors and studying the …

The inspiration for this book came from François le Diberder. During his term as
spokesperson for B 八 B 八 R he laid down a vision for the two B Factory detector …

In this paper we describe Herwig++ version 2.3, a general-purpose Monte Carlo event
generator for the simulation of hard lepton-lepton, lepton-hadron and hadron-hadron …

In this paper we describe Herwig++ version 2.2, a general-purpose Monte Carlo event
generator for the simulation of hard lepton-lepton and hadron-hadron collisions. A number of …

One of the triumphs of modern particle physics has been the extent to which Quantum
Chromodynamics (QCD) has successfully accounted for the strong interaction processes …

We use recent Belle results on B¯ 0→ D⁎+ l− ν¯ l decays to extract the CKM element| V cb|
with two different but well-founded parameterizations of the form factors. We show that the …

Dispersive constraints on the shape of the form factors which describe the exclusive decays
B→ D (∗) lv are derived fully exploiting spin symmetry in the ground-state doublet of heavy …