Heavy Quark Theory
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These lectures describe the most important theoretical methods in b-physics. We discuss the formalism of effective weak Hamiltonians, heavy quark effective theory, the heavy quark expansion for inclusive decays of b-hadrons and, finally, the more recent ideas of QCD factorization for exclusive nonleptonic B decays. While the main emphasis is put on introducing the basic theoretical concepts, some key applications in phenomenology are also presented for illustration.
50 pages, Lectures given at the 55th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, 7-23 August 2001, St. Andrews, Scotland
50 pages, Lectures given at the 55th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, 7-23 August 2001, St. Andrews, Scotland