The application of light front holographic QCD to B physics1

Light front holography is a formalism developed by Brodsky and de Teramond in which analytic forms for the hadronic bound state wavefunctions can be obtained. We have used the holographic light front wavefunctions thus obtained to calculate the distribution amplitudes of the light vector mesons rho and K*. As a result, we are able to calculate the form factors for B -> rho, K* transitions as well as Lambda(QCD)/m(b) contributions in radiative B-(s) -> (rho, K*)gamma decays. We compare our predictions to the available experimental data.