First ADS analysis of B- -> D0K- decays in hadron collisions

Proceedings of DISCRETE 2010, Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetries, Rome (IT), 6-11 December 2010Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure

Decay constants and form factors of s-wave and p-wave mesons in the covariant light-front quark model

We reanalyze the decay constants of s-wave and p-wave mesons and D, B ->M form factors, where M represents a pseudoscalar meson, a vector meson, a scalar meson, or an axial vector meson within a covariant light-front quark model. The parameter \beta for wave-functions of most of s-wave mesons and of a few axial-vector mesons are fixed with latest experimental information, wherever available or using the lattice calculations. The treatment of masses and mixing angles for strange axial vector mesons is improved for the purpose. We extend our analysis to determine the form factors appearing in the transition of D_s, B_s->M transitions, and to the isoscalar final state mesons. Numerical results of the form factors for transitions between a heavy pseudoscalar meson and an s-wave or p-wave light meson and their momentum dependence are presented in detail. Further, their sensitivity to uncertainties of beta parameters of the initial as well as the final mesons is investigated. Some experimental measurements of the charmed and bottom meson decays are employed to compare the decay constants and transition form factors obtained in this and other works.Comment: 36 pages, 2 figure

Averages of b-hadron, c-hadron, and tau-lepton Properties

This article reports world averages for measurements of b-hadron, c-hadron, and tau-lepton properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFAG) using results available at least through the end of 2009. Some of the world averages presented use data available through the spring of 2010. For the averaging, common input parameters used in the various analyses are adjusted (rescaled) to common values, and known correlations are taken into account. The averages include branching fractions, lifetimes, neutral meson mixing parameters, CP violation parameters, and parameters of semileptonic decays.Comment: version 3: 288 pages, 167 tables, 86 figures, updated b-hadron production fractions, A_sl in Bs decays, and tau chapter result

Experimental prospects forBphysics and discrete symmetries at LHC and future projects

The experimental prospects for B physics (with brief mentions of charm and τ physics) at the Large Hadron Collider experiments are reviewed, with particular attention to the LHCb experiment. The main focus is on CP (a)symmetry, though the usefulness of rare decays to probe the symmetries of nature is also discussed. The need for upgrades and new facilities to continue the investigations beyond the first few years of LHC operations is emphasised