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In the paper, we conduct a detailed investigation of the rare decay processes of charged meson, specifically $B^+ \to K^+\ell^+\ell^-$ with $\ell=(e,\mu,\tau)$ and $B^+ \to K^+\nu\bar{\nu}$. These processes involve flavor-changing-neutral-current (FCNC) transitions, namely $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$ and $b\to s\nu\bar{\nu}$. The essential components $B\to K$ scalar, vector and tensor transition form factors (TFFs) are calculated by using the QCD light-cone sum rules approach up to next-to-leading order QCD corrections. In which, the kaon twist-2 and twist-3 light-cone distribution amplitudes are calculated from both the QCD sum rules within the framework of background field theory and the light-cone harmonic oscillator model. The TFFs at large recoil point are $f_+^{BK}(0)=f_0^{BK}(0) =0.328_{-0.028}^{+0.032}$ and $f_{\rm T}^{BK}(0)=0.277_{-0.024}^{+0.028}$, respectively. To achieve the behavior of those TFFs in the whole $q^2$-region, we extrapolate them by utilizing the simplified $z(q^2)$-series expansion. Furthermore, we compute the differential branching fractions with respect to the squared dilepton invariant mass for the two different decay channels and present the corresponding curves. Our predictions of total branching fraction are ${\cal B}(B^+\to K^+ e^+ e^-)=6.633_{-1.070}^{+1.341}\times 10^{-7}$, ${\cal B}(B^+\to K^+ \mu^+ \mu^-)=6.620_{-1.056}^{+1.323}\times 10^{-7}$, ${\cal B}(B^+\to K^+ \tau^+ \tau^-)=1.760_{-0.197}^{+0.241}\times 10^{-7}$, and ${\cal B}(B^+\to K^+ \nu\bar{\nu})=4.135_{-0.655}^{+0.820}\times 10^{-6}$, respectively. Lastly, the observables such as the lepton universality $\mathcal{R}_{K}$ and the angular distribution `flat term' $F_{\rm H}^\ell$ are given, which show good agreement with the theoretical and experimental predictions., Comment: 28 pages, 7 figures, comments welcome

The leptonic decay of $D^+$-meson has attracted significant interest due to its unique characteristics. In this paper, we carry out an investigation into the $D^+$-meson leptonic decays $D^+\to \ell^+\nu_{\ell}$ with $\ell=(e,\mu,\tau)$ by employing the QCD sum rules approach. In which the $D^+$-meson decay constant $f_{D^+}$ is an important input parameter in the process. To enhance the accuracy of our calculations for $f_{D^+}$, we consider the quark propagator and vertex up to dimension-six within the framework of background field theory. Consequently, we obtain the QCD sum rule expression for $f_{D^+}$ up to dimension-six condensates, yielding $f_{D^+}=203.0\pm1.5~\mathrm{MeV}$. Our results are in good agreement with BESIII measurements and theoretical predictions. We also present the integrated decay widths for the $D^+$-meson in three channels $\Gamma(D^+\to e^+\nu_e)=(5.263_{-0.075}^{+0.076})\times10^{-21}~\mathrm{GeV}$, $\Gamma(D^+\to \mu^+\nu_{\mu})=(2.236_{-0.032}^{+0.032})\times10^{-16}~\mathrm{GeV}$ and $\Gamma(D^+\to \tau^+\nu_{\tau})=(5.958_{-0.085}^{+0.086})\times10^{-16}~\mathrm{GeV}$. Accordingly, we compute the branching fraction $\mathcal{B}(D^+\to\ell^+\nu_{\ell})$ with the electron, muon and tau channels, which are $\mathcal{B}(D^+\to e^+\nu_e)=(8.260_{-0.118}^{+0.119})\times10^{-9}$, $\mathcal{B}(D^+\to\mu^+\nu_{\mu})=(3.508_{-0.050}^{+0.051})\times10^{-4}$ and $\mathcal{B}(D^+\to\tau^+\nu_{\tau})=(0.935_{-0.013}^{+0.013})\times10^{-3}$. Furthermore, we present our prediction for the CKM matrix element $|V_{cd}|$ using the branching fraction $\mathcal{B}(D^+\to\mu^+\nu_{\mu})$ obtained from BESIII Collaboration, yielding $|V_{cd}|=0.227_{-0.001}^{+0.002}$., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, comments welcome

In this paper, we investigate the rare decay $B^0\to K_0^*(1430)\ell^+\ell^-$ with $\ell=(e,\mu,\tau)$ and $B^0\to K_0^*(1430)\nu\bar{\nu}$ induced by the flavor changing neutral current transition of $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-(\nu\bar\nu)$. Firstly, the $B^0\to K_0^*(1430)$ transition form factors (TFFs) are calculated by using the QCD light-cone sum rule approach up to next-to-leading order accuracy. In which the $K_0^*(1430)$-meson twist-2 and twist-3 LCDAs have been calculated both from the SVZ sum rule in the background field theory framework and light-cone harmonic oscillator model. Then, we obtained the three TFFs at large recoil point, {\it i.e.,} $f_+^{B^0\to K_0^\ast}(0)= 0.470_{-0.101}^{+0.086}$, $f_-^{B^0\to K_0^\ast}(0)= -0.340_{-0.068}^{+0.068}$, and $f_{\rm T}^{B^0\to K_0^\ast}(0)= 0.537^{+0.112}_{-0.115}$. Meanwhile, we extrapolated TFFs to the whole physical $q^2$-region by using the simplified $z(q^2)$-series expansion. Furthermore, we calculate the $B^0\to K_0^*(1430)\ell^+\ell^-(\nu\bar{\nu})$ decay widths, branching fractions, and longitudinal lepton polarization asymmetries of $B^0\to K_0^*(1430)\ell^+\ell^-$, which lead to ${\cal B}(B^0\to K_0^*(1430)e^+e^-) = (6.65^{+2.52}_{-2.42})\times 10^{-7}$, ${\cal B}(B^0\to K_0^*(1430)\mu^+\mu^-)=(6.62^{+2.51}_{-2.41})\times 10^{-7}$, ${\cal B}(B^0\to K_0^*(1430)\tau^+\tau^-)=(1.88^{+1.10}_{-0.97})\times 10^{-8}$, ${\cal B}(B^0\to K_0^*(1430)\nu\bar{\nu})= 3.85^{+1.55}_{-1.48}\times 10^{-6}$ and the integrated longitudinal lepton polarization asymmetries $\langle A_{P_L} \rangle = (-0.99, -0.96, -0.03)$ for the cases $\ell=(e, \mu, \tau)$ respectively., Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures, comments welcome

In this paper, we calculate the semileptonic decays $D\to K_0^\ast(1430)\ell\nu_{\ell}$ with $\ell=(e,\mu)$ induced by $c\to s\ell\nu_{\ell}$ transition. For the key component, $D\to K_0^\ast(1430)$ transition form factors (TFFs) $f_{\pm}(q^2)$ are calculated within the framework of QCD light cone sum rule. Then, we consider two scenarios for $K_0^\ast(1430)$-meson twist-2 distribution amplitude. For the scenario 1 (S1), we take the truncated form based on Gegenbauer polynomial series. Meanwhile, we also consider the scenario 2 (S2) constructed by light cone harmonic oscillator model, where the model parameters are fixed by the $K_0^\ast(1430)$-meson twist-2 distribution amplitude tenth-order $\xi$ moments calculated by using the background field theory. For the TFFs at a large recoil point, we have $f_+^{\rm (S1)}(0)=0.597^{+0.122}_{-0.121}$ and $f_-^{\rm (S1)}(0)=-0.136^{+0.023}_{-0.035}$, $f_+^{\rm (S2)}(0)= 0.663^{+0.135}_{-0.134}$, and $f_-^{\rm (S2)}(0)=-0.202^{+0.026}_{-0.046}$. After extrapolating TFFs to the whole physical $q^2$ region, we calculate the branching fractions of $D^0\to K_0^{\ast +}(1430)\ell^-\bar\nu_\ell$ and $D^+\to K_0^{\ast 0}(1430)\ell^+\nu_\ell$, which at $10^{-4}$-order level for the S1 and S2 cases. Meanwhile, we predict the CKM matrix $|V_{cs}|^{\rm (S1)}=0.973^{+0.259}_{-0.183}, |V_{cs}|^{\rm (S2)}=0.880^{+0.234}_{-0.165}$, and lepton flavor universality $\mathcal{R}^{\rm (S1)}_{K_0^*}=0.768^{+0.560}_{-0.368}, \mathcal{R}_{K_0^*}^{\rm (S2)}=0.764^{+0.555}_{-0.365}$. Finally, we discuss the angular observables of forward-backward asymmetries, lepton polarization asymmetries, and $q^2$-differential flat terms for this decay., Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, published version