Asymptotics of heavy meson form-factors
Jul, 199634 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 55 (1997) 272-290
e-Print:
- hep-ph/9607366 [hep-ph]
Report number:
- BUDKER-INP-1996-45,
- BINP-96-45,
- CERN-TH-96-144
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Abstract:
Using methods developed for hard exclusive QCD processes, we calculate the asymptotic behaviour of heavy-meson form factors at large recoil. It is determined by the leading- and subleading-twist meson wave functions. For , the form factors are dominated by the Isgur--Wise function, which is determined by the interference between the wave functions of leading and subleading twist. At , they are dominated by two functions arising at order in the heavy-quark expansion, which are determined by the leading-twist wave function alone. The sum of these contributions describes the form factors in the whole region . As a consequence, there is an exact zero in the form factor for the scattering of longitudinally polarized mesons at some value , and an approximate zero in the form factor of mesons in the timelike region (). We obtain the evolution equations and sum rules for the wave functions of leading and subleading twist as well as for their moments. We briefly discuss applications to heavy-meson pair production in collisions.- 13.40.Gp
- 12.38.Bx
- 12.39.Hg
- 14.40.Nd
- charmed meson: form factor
- bottom meson: form factor
- form factor: asymptotic behavior
- quantum chromodynamics: sum rule
- wave function
- Isgur-Wise function
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