B Meson Transitions into Higher Mass Charmed Resonances

Abstract

We use QCD sum rules to estimate the universal form factors describing the semileptonic B decays into excited charmed resonances, such as the $1^{-}$ and $2^{-}$ states $D_1^{\ast }$ and $D_2^{\ast }$ belonging to the $s_{\ell }^P={3/2}^{-}$ heavy quark doublet, and the $2^{-}$ and $3^{-}$ states $D_2^{\ast \prime }$ and $D_3$ belonging to the $s_\ell^P={5\2}^-$ doublet.

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