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Phenomenology and symmetries in heavy meson physics
Abstract
Several applications of the Heavy Quark Symmetry are studied. They concern the extraction of the quark mixing parameter $V\sb{cb}$, the Standard Model prediction for the branching ratio of $B \to K\sp{*}\gamma$ and the extraction of the quark mixing parameter $V\sb{ub}$ from $B \to \pi e\nu\sb{e}$ decays. An effective theory incorporating both Heavy Quark and Chiral Symmetries is presented and some of its applications are discussed.
Subject Area
Particle physics
Recommended Citation
Burdman, Gustavo Alberto, "Phenomenology and symmetries in heavy meson physics" (1993). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI9408259.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9408259