Publications (84)
Chaos in a system at finite temperature and baryon density
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, N. Losacco
Onset of chaos for the holographic dual of a system at finite temperature and baryon density is studied. We consider a string in the Reissner-Nordstrom background…
On the QCD Sum Rule Determination of the Strange Quark Mass
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli +1
In the QCD Sum Rule determination of using the two-point correlator of divergences of vector currents, the final uncertainty on is mainly due to the hadronic sp…
On the Theoretical Understanding of Inclusive Decays
P. Colangelo
I discuss a QCD sum rule determination of the four-quark operator matrix elements contributing to the inclusive decay rates at the order . The results suggest that…
Using Heavy Quark Spin Symmetry in Semileptonic Decays
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
The form factors parameterizing the B_c semileptonic matrix elements can be related to a few invariant functions if the decoupling of the spin of the heavy quarks in B_c and in the…
B, D and K decays
G. Buchalla, T. K. Komatsubara, F. Muheim +124
With the advent of the LHC, we will be able to probe New Physics (NP) up to energy scales almost one order of magnitude larger than it has been possible with present accelerator fa…
Form Factor , Non Leptonic Transitions and Rare Decays
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, P. Santorelli
We use three-point function QCD sum rules to calculate the form factor appearing in the matrix element of the flavour-changing axial current between the state an…
Investigating AdS/QCD duality through scalar glueball correlators
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Jugeau +1
We investigate AdS/QCD duality for the two-point correlation function of the lowest dimension scalar glueball operator, in the case of the IR soft wall model. We point out the role…
Radiative Leptonic Decays
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We analyze the radiative leptonic decay mode: () using a QCD-inspired constituent quark model. The prediction: ${\cal B}(B_c \to \ell νγ)\si…
Nuclear Shadowing in the Holographic Framework
L. Agozzino, P. Castorina, P. Colangelo
The nucleon structure function computed in a holographic framework can be used to describe nuclear deep inelastic scattering effects provided that a rescaling of the …
Strong coupling of excited heavy mesons
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, N. Di Bartolomeo +2
We compute the strong coupling constant , where () is the wave state, by QCD sum rules and…
Couplings of heavy mesons with soft pions in QCD
P. Colangelo
QCD sum rules are used to calculate the couplings of heavy-light quark pseudoscalar and vector mesons ( and ) with soft pions, both for finite and infinitely heavy…
Investigating thermalization of a strongly interacting non-Abelian plasma
L. Bellantuono, P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio +2
Using gauge/gravity duality methods, we study the relaxation towards equilibrium of strongly interacting non-Abelian matter. We adopt boundary sourcing to drive the system out-of-e…
Relations among form factors
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Loparco +2
We analyze the form factors parametrizing the matrix elements of the operators in a generalized low-energy semileptonic Hamiltonian. We consider an e…
decays and the structure of X(3872)
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, S. Nicotri
It has been suggested that the radiative decay modes are useful to shed light on the structure of the meson X(3872), since the ratio $ R={Î(X \to D^+ D^- γ) \…
On the decay mode
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Loparco
We study the inclusive decay with a beauty baryon, in particular , employing an expansion in the heavy quark mass at at leading…
Rare B \to K^{(*)} ν\barνDecays at B Factories
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, P. Santorelli +1
We compute the branching fraction of the decays and in the Standard Model. We also comment on the experimental difficulties and procedures t…
resonance and the () doublet
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, S. Nicotri
We analyze the recently discovered meson using arguments based on the heavy quark expansion together with the experimental observations. We consider the possible qua…
Universal Isgur-Wise form factors from QCD sum rules in HQET
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, N. Paver
We review the role of the universal Isgur-Wise functions parameterizing the meson semileptonic matrix elements to charm states in the infinite heavy quark mass limit. We also d…
Coupling and the structure of
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We use light-cone QCD sum rules to evaluate the strong coupling which enters in several analyses concerning the scalar meson. The result: $6.2\le g_{f_…
The Physics of the B Factories
A. J. Bevan, B. Golob, Th. Mannel +2003
This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and da…
Bounding effective parameters in the chiral Lagrangian for excited heavy mesons
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes
We use recent experimental data on charmed mesons to constrain three coupling constants in the effective lagrangian describing the interactions of excited heavy-light mesons with l…
Radiative Heavy Meson Transitions
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli
We evaluate the radiative and hadronic decay rates of the mesons using the Heavy Quark Effective Theory and the Vector Meson Dominance hypothesis. We also estimate the width…
Role of in the Standard Model and in the search for BSM signals
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Loparco
The decays and , with and , are studied in the Standard Model (SM) and in…
QCD Sum Rule Analysis of the Decays and
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, P. Santorelli +1
We use QCD sum rules to calculate the hadronic matrix elements governing the rare decays and induced by the flavour changing neutr…
On three-body B decays to charm
P. Colangelo
I briefly describe the use of the three-body decay modes to investigate open issues in charmed meson spectroscopy, and of the time dependent $B^0 (\…
QCD Calculation of Heavy Meson Semileptonic Transitions
P. Colangelo
I review the QCD sum rules calculations of the form factors governing the semileptonic decays of charmed and beauty mesons. In particular, I discuss the predicted dependence of the…
decay from charmed meson rescattering
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, T. N. Pham
We study the process considering intermediate charmed meson rescattering effects. For this decay mode the naive factorization ansatz would predict a vanishing…
Holographic Oddballs
L. Bellantuono, P. Colangelo, F. Giannuzzi
The spectrum of the glueball with is computed using different bottom-up holographic models of QCD. The results indicate a lowest-lying state lighter than in the det…
TESTS OF FACTORIZATION IN COLOR SUPPRESSED NONLEPTONIC B DECAY MODES,
P. Colangelo, C. A. Dominguez, N. Paver
We propose a number of tests of factorization for the color-suppressed nonleptonic decay channels: and . The relevant leptonic…
On the Quark Kinetic Energy in the
P. Colangelo, C. A. Dominguez, G. Nardulli +1
We consider the problem of determining the matrix element of the heavy quark kinetic energy operator between baryonic states by three point function QCD sum rules in the Hea…
Violations of Local Duality in the Heavy Quark Sector
P. Colangelo, C. A. Dominguez, G. Nardulli
We examine the origin of possible failures of the quark-hadron local duality. In particular, we consider a correlator of two currents comprising heavy quark operators, and compare…
Semileptonic and Rare -meson transitions in a QCD relativistic potential model
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, M. Ladisa +3
Using a QCD relativistic potential model, previously applied to the calculation of the heavy meson leptonic constants, we evaluate the form factors governing the exclusive decays $…
On the Decay Mode
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli
A QCD relativistic potential model is employed to compute the decay rate and the photon spectrum of the process . The result ${\cal B}(B^- \to μ^- {\b…
Radiative Decays and Strong Coupling of Heavy Mesons with Soft Pions in a QCD Relativistic Potential Model
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli
In the framework of a QCD inspired relativistic potential model, we evaluate radiative decay rates of heavy mesons and their coupling with soft pions. The agreement with the existi…
Spin effects in rare and decays in a single Universal Extra Dimension scenario
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes +1
We study the branching fractions and the lepton polarization asymmetries of rare and modes within the Standard Model and in the Appe…
QCD Sum Rules and B Decays
P. Colangelo, G. Nardulli, N. Paver
We review some recent applications of QCD sum rules to -decays. These include the determination of the leptonic constant and of the semileptonic transition amplitudes of t…
Excited heavy meson decays to light vector mesons: implications for spectroscopy
S. Campanella, P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We analyze strong decays of excited charmed and beauty mesons into a light vector meson, exploiting the effective field theory based on heavy quark (HQ) symmetries for heavy mesons…
Higgs Search by Neural Networks at LHC
P. Chiappetta, P. Colangelo, P. De Felice +2
We show that neural network classifiers can be used to discriminate Higgs production from background at LHC for GeV. The results compare favourably with ordinary mu…
FCNC and transitions: Standard Model versus a single Universal Extra Dimension scenario
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes +1
We study the FCNC and transitions in the Standard Model and in a scenario with a single Universal Extra Dimension. In parti…
Model independent analysis of a class of decay modes
P. Colangelo, R. Ferrandes
The widths of a class of two-body decays induced by and transitions are determined in a model-independent way, using …
Investigations on CPT Invariance at B-Factories
P. Colangelo, G. Corcella
We study the sensitivity of an asymmetric B-factory to indirect CPT violating effects. We find that both dilepton signals and nonleptonic asymmetries can be used to bound the space…
Puzzles in charm spectroscopy
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes +1
We briefly analyze aspects of open and hidden charm resonances, discussing in particular the mesons and X(3872).
On the coupling of heavy mesons to pions in QCD
P. Colangelo, A. Deandrea, N. Di Bartolomeo +3
We compute the strong coupling constant , with and respectively pseudoscalar and vector heavy mesons by using the QCD sum rules approach. Our computation is…
Radiative transitions of and
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, A. Ozpineci
We study radiative decays of and using light-cone QCD sum rules. In particular, we consider the decay modes and $D_{sJ}…
Electromagnetic Mass Difference of Heavy Mesons
P. Colangelo, M. Ladisa, G. Nardulli +1
Using the Cottingham formula, we give an estimate of the electromagnetic mass splitting of pseudoscalar heavy mesons in the beauty and charm sector. We include in the dispersion re…
Probing New Physics with and
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Loparco
The meson semileptonic modes to and are useful to pin down possible non Standard Model effects. The 4d differential $\bar B \to Ï(ÏÏ) \ell^- \bar ν_\…
decays to and final states: a phenomenological analysis
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We consider the semileptonic and nonleptonic decay modes to final states with and . We use QCD sum rules to determine the form factor , a…
Analysis of the Three-Body Decay
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli +2
The decay process is an interesting channel for the investigation of CP violating effects in the sector. We write down a decay amplitude constrained by a l…
B Meson Transitions into Higher Mass Charmed Resonances
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli
We use QCD sum rules to estimate the universal form factors describing the semileptonic B decays into excited charmed resonances, such as the and states and $…
B decays to excited charm mesons
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, N. Paver
We review several aspects of the phenomenology of P-wave mesons: mass splittings, effective strong couplings and leptonic constants. We also describe a QCD sum rule dete…
Leptonic Constant from B Meson Radiative Decay
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli
We propose a method to determine the leptonic decay constant in the infinite heavy quark mass limit from the analysis of the radiative decay mode $B^- \to \ell^- {\bar ν…
Excited Charmed Mesons: Observations, Analyses and Puzzles
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes
We review the status of recently observed positive parity charmed resonances, both in the non-strange and in the strange sector. We describe the experimental findings, the main the…
On thermalization of a boost-invariant non Abelian plasma
L. Bellantuono, P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio +1
Using a holographic method, we further investigate the relaxation towards the hydrodynamic regime of a boost-invariant non-Abelian plasma taken out-of-equilibrium. In the dual desc…
Dependence of the Form Factors of on the Heavy Quark Mass
P. Colangelo, P. Santorelli
We use QCD sum rules to analyze the semileptonic transition in the limit . We derive the dependence of the form factor on the heavy quark…
Study of the Reactions and
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, G. Nardulli
We evaluate the non leptonic decays and in the limit of infinitely heavy quarks, assuming the dominance of intermediate positive parity charmed re…
Understanding
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We analyze the hadronic and radiative decay modes of the recently observed meson, in the hypothesis that it can be identifield with the scalar $s_\ell^P={1\over 2}^+…
Holographic Approach to Finite Temperature QCD: The Case of Scalar Glueballs and Scalar Mesons
P. Colangelo, F. Giannuzzi, S. Nicotri
We study scalar glueballs and scalar mesons at in the soft wall holographic QCD model. We find that, using the Anti-de Sitter-Black Hole metric for all values of the tem…
Quarkonium dissociation in a far-from-equilibrium holographic setup
L. Bellantuono, P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio +2
The real-time dissociation of the heavy quarkonium in a strongly coupled boost-invariant non-Abelian plasma relaxing towards equilibrium is analyzed in a holographic framework. The…
Background at B-Factories
P. Colangelo, G. Corcella, G. Nardulli
We give an estimate of the -even background coming from the radiative decay at -factories. Our result $B(Î¥(4S)\to B^0\bar B^0γ) \s…
Rare decays to and final states
M. V. Carlucci, P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We study exclusive decays to final states with and , induced by the rare and transitions. Differential decay rates…
Role of Four-Quark Operators in the Inclusive Decays
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We compute by QCD sum rules the matrix elements of the relevant four-quark operators appearing in the expression of the inclusive decay rates at the order . The res…
New open and hidden charm spectroscopy
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes +1
Many new results on open and hidden charm spectroscopy have been obtained recently. We present a short review of the experimental findings in the meson sector, of the theoretical i…
Phenomenology of Decays
P. Blasi, P. Colangelo, G. Nardulli AND N. Paver
Using the QCD sum rules technique we study several aspects of the phenomenology of the b-flavoured strange meson . In particular, we evaluate the mass of the particle, the l…
Configurational Entropy can disentangle conventional hadrons from exotica
P. Colangelo, F. Loparco
We evaluate the Configurational Entropy (CE) for scalar mesons and for baryons in a holographic approach, varying the dimension of boundary theory operators and…
Semileptonic decays to wave charmonium and the nature of
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, N. Losacco +2
The hadronic form factors of semileptonic decays to the wave charmonium 4-plet can be expressed near the zero-recoil point in terms of universal functions, performing a s…
New meson spectroscopy with open charm and beauty
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Giannuzzi +1
All the available experimental information on open charm and beauty mesons is used to classify the observed states in heavy quark doublets. The masses of some of the still unobserv…
Two topics for a discussion on the and systems
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes
The analysis of the system is an important issue in the Physics programs of the hadron colliders. We discuss two different topics: the structure of the orbitally excited…
B decays at the LHC
P. Ball, R. Fleischer, G. F. Tartarelli +67
We review the prospects for B decay studies at the LHC.
Holography, chiral Lagrangian and form factor relations
P. Colangelo, J. J. Sanz-Cillero, F. Zuo
We derive all the O(p^6) Chiral Perturbation Theory low-energy constants from a class of gravity dual models of QCD described by the Yang-Mills and Chern-Simons Lagrangian terms, w…
Anomalous vertex function in the soft-wall holographic model of QCD
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Giannuzzi +2
We consider the vertex function of two vector and one axial-vector currents using the soft-wall holographic model of QCD with the Chern-Simons term. Two structure functions a…
On three-body decays and couplings of heavy mesons to light pseudoscalar mesons
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
We analyze the decay modes and and, using the available experimental data, we find bounds for the constants g and h describing…
On Quark-Hadron Duality in the Heavy Quark Sector
P. Colangelo
I discuss the issue of quark-hadron duality in the system of heavy-light quark mesons. As an example, I consider a correlator of two currents comprising heavy quark operators, and…
Radiative transition in QCD
P. Colangelo, C. A. Dominguez, G. Nardulli +1
We evaluate the branching ratios of the radiative decays , and in the framework of three-point function QCD sum rules. We find: $ Î(B \to K^* γ) / Î…
Light scalar mesons in the soft-wall model of AdS/QCD
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Giannuzzi +2
We study light scalar mesons in the AdS/QCD soft-wall model with a background dilaton field. The masses and decay constants are compatible with experiment and QCD determinations if…
Identifying through its decay modes
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, S. Nicotri +1
We study how to assign the recently observed meson to an appropriate level of the spectrum by the analysis of its decay modes in final states comprising a…
Nuclear Structure Functions at Low- in a Holographic Approach
L. Agozzino, P. Castorina, P. Colangelo
Nuclear effects in deep inelastic scattering at low are phenomenologically described changing the typical dynamical and/or kinematical scales characterizing the free nucleon ca…
Strong Interaction Physics at the Luminosity Frontier with 22 GeV Electrons at Jefferson Lab
A. Accardi, P. Achenbach, D. Adhikari +441
This document presents the initial scientific case for upgrading the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab (JLab) to 22 GeV. It is the result of a…
Nonfactorizable contributions in B decays to charmonium: the case of
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, T. N. Pham
Nonleptonic to charmonium decays generally show deviations from the factorization predictions. For example, the mode has been experimentally observed with…
On the light glueball spectrum in a holographic description of QCD
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, F. Jugeau +1
We investigate the spectra of light scalar and vector glueballs in a holografic description of QCD with a dilaton background bulk field. In particular, we study how the glueball ma…
Universal Isgur-Wise Function at the Next-to-Leading Order in QCD Sum Rules
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, N. Paver
We use QCD sum rules, in the framework of the Heavy Quark Effective Theory, to calculate the universal form factor parameterizing the semileptonic transitions $B \to…
QCD Interactions of Heavy Mesons with Pions by Light-Cone Sum Rules
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio
Light-cone QCD sum rules are employed to compute the strong coupling constants: g_{B^* B^* pi}, g_{B_1 B_0 pi} and g_{B_1 B^* pi}, where (B,B^*) and (B_0,B_1) are negative and posi…
The Riddle of Polarization in Transitions
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, T. N. Pham
Measurements of polarization fractions in transitions, with a light vector meson, show that the longitudinal amplitude dominates in , $B^+ \to Ï^…
On the structure of and
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes +1
We discuss the structure of the narrow mesons with charm and strangeness and , stressing the role of the radiative decay modes in shedding light on t…
Exclusive , and transitions in a scenario with a single Universal Extra Dimension
P. Colangelo, F. De Fazio, R. Ferrandes +1
We analyze the exclusive rare , and decays in the Applequist-Cheng-Dobrescu model, which is an extension of th…