Form Factor Relations for Heavy-to-Light Transitions

Abstract

Assuming simple properties of the spectator particle in weak decays the form factors of hadronic current matrix elements are shown to be related to a single universal function. The Isgur-Wise result for heavy-to-heavy transitions follows as well as similar relations for heavy-to-light decay processes. The approximation should hold for total energies of the final particle large compared to the confinement scale. A comparison with experimentally determined D-decay form factors and QCD sum rule results for B-decays is very encouraging.