Recent Advances in Heavy Quark Theory
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چکیده
Some recent developments in heavy quark theory are reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to inclusive weak decays of hadrons containing a b quark. The isospin violating hadronic decay D s ! Ds 0 is also discussed.
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Heavy-quark symmetry and chiral dynamics.
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