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Neutrino-Mass Hierarchies and Non-linear Representation of Lepton-Flavour Symmetry
Lepton-flavour symmetry in the Standard Model is broken by small masses for
charged leptons and neutrinos. Introducing neutrino masses via dimension-5
operators associated to lepton-number violation at a very high scale, the
corresponding coupling matrix may still have entries of order 1, resembling the
situation in the quark sector with large top Yukawa coupling. As we have shown
recently, in such a situation one may introduce the coupling matrices between
lepton and Higgs fields as non-linear representations of lepton-flavour
symmetry within an effective-theory framework. This allows us to separate the
effects related to the large mass difference observed in atmospheric neutrino
oscillations from those related to the solar mass difference. We discuss the
cases of normal or inverted hierarchical and almost degenerate neutrino
spectrum, give some examples to illustrate minimal lepton-flavour violation in
radiative and leptonic decays, and also provide a systematic definition of
next-to-minimal lepton-flavour violation within the non-linear framework.Comment: 17 pages, 1 figur
Form Factors from Light-Cone Sum Rules with B-Meson Distribution Amplitudes
New sum rules for and form factors are derived
from the correlation functions expanded near the light-cone in terms of B-meson
distribution amplitudes. The contributions of quark-antiquark and
quark-antiquark-gluon components in the B meson are taken into account. Models
for the B-meson three-particle distribution amplitudes are suggested, based on
QCD sum rules in HQET. Employing the new light-cone sum rules we calculate the
form factors at small momentum transfers, including violation
effects. The results agree with the predictions of the conventional light-cone
sum rules.Comment: 32 pages, 7 figures, the discussion of numerical results extended,
two references added, version to be published in Phys.Rev.
The Renormalization Group Evolution of the CKM Matrix
We compute the renormalization of the complete CKM matrix in the MSbar scheme
and perform a renormalization group analysis of the CKM parameters. The
calculation is simplified by studying only the Higgs sector, which for the
\beta-function of the CKM matrix is at one loop the same as in the full
Standard Model. The renormalization group flow including QCD corrections can be
computed analytically using the hierarchy of the CKM parameters and the large
mass differences between the quarks. While the evolution of the Cabibbo angle
is tiny V_{ub} and V_{cb} increase sizably. We compare our results with the
ones in the full Standard Model.Comment: Latex, 31 pages, extensions amsmath, epsfig required The complete
paper, including figures, is also available via anonymous ftp at
ftp://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/, or via www at
http://www-ttp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/preprints
Non-perturbative effects in semi-leptonic B_c decays
We discuss the impact of the soft degrees of freedom inside the B_c meson on
its rate in the semi-leptonic decay B_c -> X l nu_l where X denotes light
hadrons below the D^0 threshold. In particular we identify contributions
involving soft hadrons which are non-vanishing in the limit of massless
leptons. These contributions become relevant for a measurement of the purely
leptonic B_c decay rate, which due to helicity suppression involves a factor
m_l^2 and thus is much smaller than the contributions involving soft hadrons.Comment: LaTeX, 22 pages, 1 figur
Testing the left-handedness of the b \to c transition
We analyse the spin structure of inclusive semileptonic b \to c transitions
and the effects of non-standard model couplings on the rates and the spectra.
The calculation includes the {\cal O} (\alpha_s) corrections as well as the
leading non-perturbative ones.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figure
On the Determination of from Inclusive Semileptonic Decay Spectra
We propose a model independent method to determine from the energy
spectrum of the charged lepton in inclusive semileptonic decays. The method
includes perturbative QCD corrections as well as nonperturbative ones.Comment: LaTeX, 19 pages, 8 figures appended after \end{document} as
uu-encoded and compressed .eps files, uses epsf, Technion-PH-94/9,
CERN-TH.7308/9
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