B Decays and the Heavy-Quark Expansion

Abstract

We review the theory and phenomenology of heavy-quark symmetry, exclusive weak decays of B mesons, inclusive decay rates and lifetimes of b hadrons.

55 pages, 13 figures; to appear in the Second Edition of: Heavy Flavours, edited by A.J. Buras and M. Lindner (World Scientific, Singapore)

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