Electroweak hadron structure in point-form dynamics -- heavy-light systems

Abstract

We present a general formalism that uses the point form of relativistic Hamiltonian dynamics to describe the electroweak structure of heavy-light mesons within constituent quark models. We study the heavy quark limit (i.e. $m_Q\to \infty$) and check that the predictions of heavy quark symmetry are satisfied. A simple analytic expressions is given for the Isgur-Wise function. In addition, cluster properties and the relation of our approach to front form calculations are discussed.