Heavy Quark Physics

Matthias Neubert (auth.), David Blaschke, Mikhal A. Ivanov, Thomas Mannel (eds.)3540219218, 9783540219217

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 researchers alike.

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Table of contents :
Theory of Exclusive Hadronic B Decays….Pages 3-41
B Physics and CP Violation….Pages 42-77
Theory of Rare B Decays: b → s γ and b → s ℓ + ℓ – #8211;….Pages 78-99
Heavy Quarks on the Lattice….Pages 100-128
BaBar Experiment Status and Recent Results….Pages 129-146
Unifying Aspects of Light- and Heavy-Systems….Pages 149-188
An Introduction to 5-Dimensional Extensions of the Standard Model….Pages 189-211
One-Loop Corrections to Polarization Observables….Pages 212-244
Exclusive Rare Decays of B and B c Mesons in a Relativistic Quark Model….Pages 245-263
Spectroscopy of Baryons Containing Two Heavy Quarks….Pages 264-274
Extraction of the Strong Coupling Constant and Strange Quark Mass from Semileptonic τ Decays….Pages 275-286
Exclusive Nonleptonic B Decays from QCD Light-Cone Sum Rules….Pages 287-301
Heavy Flavor Production off Protons and in a Nuclear Environment….Pages 305-365
Heavy Mesons and Impact Ionization of Heavy Quarkonia….Pages 366-375
Deep Inelastic J / ψ Production at HERA in the Colour Singlet Model with k T -Factorization….Pages 376-385
The Structure Functions F 2 c , F L and F L c in the Framework of the k T Factorization….Pages 386-400
J / ψ and D * Mesons Photoproduction at HERA….Pages 401-417
Measurement of the $bbar{b}$ Production Cross Section in 920 GeV Fixed-Target Proton-Nucleus Collisions at the HERA-B Detector….Pages 418-426
Charmonium Production in 920 GeV Proton-Nucleus Interactions….Pages 427-438