Heavy Quark Physics (Lecture Notes in Physics, 647)

✍ Scribed by David Blaschke (editor), Mikhal A. Ivanov (editor), Thomas Mannel (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 451
• Edition: 2004
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume covers the main topics in heavy flavour physics in a comprehensive yet accessible way. The material is presented as a combination of extensive introductory lectures and more typical contributions. This book will benefit postgraduate students and reseachers alike.

✦ Table of Contents

front-matter
Chapter 1
1 Introduction
2 Statement of the Factorization Formula
2.1 The Idea of Factorization
2.2 The Factorization Formula
2.3 De.nition of Non-perturbative Parameters
3 Arguments for Factorization
3.1 Preliminaries and Power Counting

3.3 Non-leptonic Decay Amplitudes
Lowest-Order Diagram
Factorizable Diagrams
“Non-factorizable” Vertex Corrections
3.4 Remarks on Final-State Interactions

4.1 E.ective Hamiltonian and Decay Topologies
4.2 Soft and Collinear Cancellations at One-Loop Order
4.3 Matrix Elements at Next-to-Leading Order
5 Power-Suppressed Contributions
5.1 Interactions with the Spectator Quark
5.2 Annihilation Topologies
5.3 Non-leading Fock States
Additional Hard Partons
Additional Soft Partons
6 Di.culties with Charm

7.1 Non-leptonic Decay Amplitudes
7.2 Meson Distribution Amplitudes and Predictions for a1
7.3 Tests of Factorization
7.4 Predictions for Class-I Decay Amplitudes
8 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 2
1 Introduction
2 CP Violation in the Standard Model
2.1 Charged-Current Interactions of Quarks
2.2 Wolfenstein Parametrization
2.3 Unitarity Triangles
2.4 Standard Analysis of the Unitarity Triangle
2.5 Quantitative Studies of CP Violation
3 Non-leptonicB Decays
3.1 Classi.cation
3.2 Low-Energy E.ective Hamiltonians
3.3 Factorization of Hadronic Matrix Elements
4 Towards Studies of CP Violation in the B System
4.1 Amplitude Structure and Direct CP Violation
4.2 Classi.cation of the Main Strategies
5 BenchmarkModesfortheB Factories



6 TheBs-Meson System
6.1 General Features
6.2 Benchmark Bs Decays
7 Recent Developments


8 Remarks on the “Usual” Rare B Decays
9 Conclusions and Outlook
References
Chapter 3




3.2 1/mb and 1/mc Corrections
3.3 Non-perturbative Corrections in the Photon Energy Spectrum

4.1 Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (Type II)



6.1 Di.erential Rate and Forward-Backward Asymmetry
6.2 Model Independent Analysis of New Physics E.ects in B . Xs + - and B . Xs.
7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4
1 Introduction
2 A Brief Introduction to Numerical Lattice QCD
2.1 Fermion Actions for Light Quarks
3 The Di.erent Ways of Treating Heavy Quarks on the Lattice
3.1 The Improvement View
3.2 The Static Limit of QCD
3.3 Nonrelativistic QCD
3.4 Anisotropic Lattices
3.5 The Hyper.ne Splitting in Charmonium
4 Case Study: Calculating the Charm Mass from Lattice QCD
4.1 Quark Mass Renormalization Factors
4.2 Evolving the Quark Mass to a Reference Scale
4.3 Comparison of the Results
5 The fB Decay Constant
5.1 Computation of Form Factors from Lattice QCD
6 Nonleptonic Decays
7 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 5
1 Introduction
2 The BaBar Detector
3 Time Dependent CP Asymmetries
3.1 Selection of the CP Sample
3.2 B Flavor Tagging and .t Resolution




6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6
1 Introduction
2 Dyson-Schwinger Equations
2.1 Gap Equation
2.2 Nonperturbative Truncation
2.3 Systematic Procedure
2.4 Selected Model-Independent Results
3 Basis for a Description of Mesons
3.1 Rainbow Gap Equation
3.2 Comparison with Lattice Simulations
3.3 Ab Initio Calculation of Meson Properties
3.4 Heavier Mesons
4 Heavy Quarks
4.1 Features of the Mass Function
4.2 Leptonic Decays
4.3 Heavy-Meson Masses
4.4 Semileptonic Transition Form Factors
4.5 Impulse Approximation
4.6 Additional Decay Processes
4.7 Heavy-Quark Symmetry Limits
4.8 Survey of Results for Light- and Heavy-Meson Observables
5 Epilogue
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 7
1 Introduction
2 5-Dimensional Abelian Models
3 5-Dimensional Extensions of the Standard Model
4 Effects on Electroweak Observables
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 8
1 Introduction
2 Miscellaneous Remarks on Polarization E.ects
2.1 Examples of 100% Polarization
2.2 Examples of Zero Polarization
2.3 Mass E.ects
2.4 Some Polarization Measures Are NLO Effects
2.5 Presentation of NLO Results of Polarization Observables
3 Fierz Transformation
4 Counting Spin Observables
5 Angular Decay Distributions
6 One-Loop Amplitude
7 Tree-Graph Contribution
8 NLO Radiative Corrections to e+e. !’ t ÿãt (g)in the Soft Gluon Approximation
9 Unpolarized Top Decay t !’ b +W+

11 Goldstone Equivalence Theorem

13 Summary and Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 9
1 Introduction
2 E.ective Hamiltonian
3 Form Factors and Di.erential Decay Distributions
4 Helicity Amplitudes and Two-Fold Distributions

6 Model Form Factors
7 Numerical Results
References
Chapter 10
1 Introduction
2 The E.ective Hamiltonian in QCD
3 Solving the Three Quark Equation
3.1 Jacobi Coordinates
3.2 String Junction Point
3.3 Hyper Radial Approximation
3.4 Quasi Classical Solution
3.5 Variational Solution
4 Quark Dynamical Masses
5 Doubly Baryon Masses
6 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 11
1 De.nition of QCD Parameters as and ms

3 PT Analysis in QCD
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 12
1 Exclusive Nonleptonic B Decays and Factorization
1.1 Nonfactorizable Contributions
1.2 Models for the Calculation of Nonfactorizable Contributions
2 Light-Cone Sum Rules
2.1 Light-Cone Sum Rules vs SVZ Sum Rules
3 Nonfactorizable E.ects in the Light-Cone Sum Rules
3.1 De.nitions
3.2 Procedure

4 Nonfactorizable E.ects for B . J/.K
4.1 Light-Cone Sum Rule Calculation
4.2 Results and Implications
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 13
1 Introduction
2 The Foundations of the Color Dipole Approach to High Energy Scattering
3 The Phenomenological Dipole Cross Section
4 Di.ractive Photoproduction of Charmonia o. Protons
4.1 Charmonium Wave Functions
4.2 Comparison with Data
4.3 Importance of Spin E.ects for the . to J/. Ratio
4.4 Charmonium-Nucleon Total Cross Sections
5 Nuclear E.ects in Exclusive Leptoproduction of Charmonia
5.1 Eikonal Shadowing Versus Absorption for c¯c Pairs in Nuclei
5.2 Gluon Shadowing
6 Hadroproduction of Heavy Quarks
6.1 Numerical Results for Hadroproduction of Heavy Quarks
7 Nuclear E.ects in Hadroproduction of Open Charm
7.1 Higher Twist Shadowing for c¯c Production
7.2 Process Dependent Gluon Shadowing
7.3 Numerical Results
8 The Light-Cone Dipole Formalism for Charmonium Production o. a Nucleon
9 Charmonium Hadroproduction o. Nuclei
9.1 Interplay of Formation and Coherence Time Scales and Related Phenomena
9.2 Higher Twist Nuclear E.ects
9.3 Leading Twist Gluon Shadowing
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9.6 Antishadowing of Gluons
9.7 Comparison with Available Data and Predictions for Higher Energies
10 Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 14
1 Introduction
2 Quantum Kinetics for Quarkonium in a Plasma
3 Quarkonium Dissociation Cross Section in a Gluon Gas
3.1 Quarkonia Abundances and Observable Signatures
4 Quark Impact, T > 4 Quark Impact, T >Tc
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgement
References
Chapter 15
1 Introduction
2 Details of the Calculations
3 Numerical Results and Discussion
4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 16
1 Introduction
2 Hard Structure Functions
3 Relations Between FL, F2 and Derivation of F2 in the Case of Collinear Approximation
4 Comparison with Fc 2 and FL Experimental Data and Predictions for Fc L
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 17
1 Hard Processes in the Parton Model and kT -Factorization Approach
2 D Meson Photoproduction in LO QCD
3 D Meson Photoproduction at HERA


References
Chapter 18
1 Introduction
2 The Experimental Setup
3 The Method of Measurement

5 Detached Vertex Analysis
6 Combined Cross Section Measurement
7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 19
1 Introduction
2 Detector, Trigger and Data Sample
3 Monte Carlo Simulation
4 Data Analysis



6 Conclusions
References
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