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New Physics Effects and Hadronic Form Factor Uncertainties in B -> K^* l^+ l^-
It is well known that New Physics can contribute to weak decays of heavy
mesons via virtual processes during its decays. The discovery of New Physics,
using such decays is made difficult due to intractable strong interaction
effects needed to describe it. Modes such as B -> K^* l^+ l^- offer an
advantage as they provide a multitude of observables via angular analysis. We
show how the multitude of "related observables" obtained from B -> K^* l^+ l^-,
can provide many new "clean tests" of the Standard Model. The hallmark of these
tests is that several of them are independent of the unknown universal form
factors in heavy quark effective theory. We derive a relation between
observables that is free of form factors and Wilson coefficients, the violation
of which will be an unambiguous signal of New Physics. We also derive relations
between observables and form factors that are independent of Wilson
coefficients and enable verification of hadronic estimates. We show how form
factor ratios can be measured directly from helicity fraction with out any
assumptions what so ever. We find that the allowed parameter space for
observables is very tightly constrained in Standard Model, thereby providing
clean signals of New Physics. We examine both the large-recoil and low-recoil
regions of the K^* meson and point out special features and derive relations
between observables valid in the two limits. In the large-recoil regions
several of the relations are unaffected by corrections to all orders in
\alpha_s. We present yet another new relation involving only observables that
would verify the validity of the relations between form-factors assumed in the
low-recoil region. The several relations and constraints derived will provide
unambiguous signals of New Physics if it contributes to these decays.Comment: 26 pages, 9 figures (20 pdf figure files). Several typos correcte
The leading-twist pion and kaon distribution amplitudes from the QCD instanton vacuum
We investigate the leading-twist light-cone distribution amplitudes for the
pion and kaon, based on the nonlocal chiral quark model from the instanton
vacuum. Effects of explicit flavor SU(3)-symmetry breaking are taken into
account. The Gegenbauer moments are computed, analyzed and compared with those
of other models. The one-loop QCD evolution of the moments is briefly
discussed. The transverse momentum distributions are also discussed for the
pion and kaon light-cone wave functions.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in Physical Review
Mass Spectrum in SQCD and Problems with the Seiberg Duality. Another Scenario
N=1 SQCD with SU(N_c) colors and N_F flavors of light quarks is considered
within the dynamical scenario which assumes that quarks can be in two different
phases only. These are: a) either the HQ (heavy quark) phase where they are
confined, b) or they are higgsed, at the appropriate values of parameters of
the Lagrangian.
The mass spectra of this (direct) theory and its Seiberg's dual are obtained
and compared, for quarks of equal or unequal masses. It is shown that in all
cases when there is the additional small parameter at hand (it is
0<(3N_c-N_F)/N_F << 1 for the direct theory, or its analog 0<(2N_F-3N_c)/N_F <<
1 for the dual one), the mass spectra of the direct and dual theories are
parametrically different. A number of other regimes are also considered.Comment: 30 pages, purely technical improvements for readers convenienc
Pion distribution amplitude from holographic QCD and the electromagnetic form factor F_pi(Q2)
The holographic QCD prediction for the pion distribution amplitude (DA)
is used to compute the pion spacelike electromagnetic form
factor within the QCD light-cone sum rule method. In
calculations the pion's renormalon-based model twist-4 DA, as well as the
asymptotic twist-4 DA are employed. Obtained theoretical predictions are
compared with experimental data and with results of the holographic QCD
Light Cone Sum Rules for gamma* N -> Delta Transition Form Factors
A theoretical framework is suggested for the calculation of gamma* N -> Delta
transition form factors using the light-cone sum rule approach. Leading-order
sum rules are derived and compared with the existing experimental data. We find
that the transition form factors in a several GeV region are dominated by the
``soft'' contributions that can be thought of as overlap integrals of the
valence components of the hadron wave functions. The ``minus'' components of
the quark fields contribute significantly to the result, which can be
reinterpreted as large contributions of the quark orbital angular momentumComment: 38 pages, 10 figures; some typos fixed and references added, to
appear in Phys. Rev.
Two-photon exchange in elastic electron-nucleon scattering
A detailed study of two-photon exchange in unpolarized and polarized elastic
electron--nucleon scattering is presented, taking particular account of nucleon
finite size effects. Contributions from nucleon elastic intermediate states are
found to have a strong angular dependence, which leads to a partial resolution
of the discrepancy between the Rosenbluth and polarization transfer
measurements of the proton electric to magnetic form factor ratio, G_E/G_M. The
two-photon exchange contribution to the longitudinal polarization transfer P_L
is small, whereas the contribution to the transverse polarization transfer P_T
is enhanced at backward angles by several percent, increasing with Q^2. This
gives rise to a small, ~3% suppression of G_E/G_M obtained from the
polarization transfer ratio P_T/P_L at large Q^2. We also compare the
two-photon exchange effects with data on the ratio of e^+ p to e^- p cross
sections, which is predicted to be enhanced at backward angles. Finally, we
evaluate the corrections to the form factors of the neutron, and estimate the
elastic intermediate state contribution to the ^3He form factors
Light Cone Sum Rules for the pi0-gamma*-gamma Form Factor Revisited
We provide a theoretical update of the calculations of the pi0-gamma*-gamma
form factor in the LCSR framework, including up to six polynomials in the
conformal expansion of the pion distribution amplitude and taking into account
twist-six corrections related to the photon emission at large distances. The
results are compared with the calculations of the B-> pi l nu decay and pion
electromagnetic form factors in the same framework. Our conclusion is that the
recent BaBar measurements of the pi0-gamma*-gamma form factor at large momentum
transfers are consistent with QCD, although they do suggest that the pion DA
may have more structure than usually assumed.Comment: 20 pages, 14 figures, 5 table
The Scalar and Form Factors in QCD
QCD sum rules on the light-cone are derived for the sum of the
and form factors taking into account contributions up to
twist four. Combining the results with the corresponding form factors
calculated previously by the same method, we obtain the scalar form factors
. Our sum rule predictions are compared with lattice results,
current-algebra constraints, and quark-model calculations. Furthermore, we
calculate decay distributions and the integrated width for the semileptonic
decay which is sensitive to . Finally, the
dependence of the sum rules on the heavy quark mass and the asymptotic scaling
laws are discussed.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures, Latex, epsfi
Leading-twist pion and kaon distribution amplitudes in the gauge-invariant nonlocal chiral quark model from the instanton vacuum
We investigate the leading-twist light-cone distribution amplitudes for the
pion and kaon based on the gauge-invariant nonlocal chiral quark model from the
instanton vacuum in the presence of external axial-vector currents. We find
that the nonlocal contribution from the gauge invariance has much effects on
the pion distribution amplitudes, while it changes mildly the kaon ones. We
also study the Gegenbauer moments of the distribution amplitudes and compare
them with the empirical analysis of the CLEO data.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figure
The Meson Light-Cone Distribution Amplitudes of Leading Twist Revisited
We give a complete re-analysis of the leading twist quark-antiquark
light-cone distribution amplitudes of longitudinal and transverse
mesons. We derive Wandzura-Wilczek type relations between different
distributions and update the coefficients in their conformal expansion using
QCD sum rules including next-to-leading order radiative corrections. We find
that the distribution amplitudes of quarks inside longitudinally and
transversely polarized mesons have a similar shape, which is in
contradiction to previous analyses.Comment: 21 pages, latex2e, requires a4wide.sty and epsf.sty, 6 PS figures
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