Non-Abelian Recoil Geometry and Infrared Holonomies in Heavy-Quark Transitions

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Main Authors: Gamboa, Jorge, Arellano, Natalia A. Tapia
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Published: 2026
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author Gamboa, Jorge
Arellano, Natalia A. Tapia
author_facet Gamboa, Jorge
Arellano, Natalia A. Tapia
contents We propose a geometric formulation of heavy-quark transitions in which infrared-dressed states are adiabatically transported in the multidimensional recoil space and acquire Berry holonomies. Within this framework, single-step decays are governed by an abelian geometric phase and reproduce the standard Isgur-Wise behaviour, while sequential decays probe genuinely non-Abelian holonomies associated with a two-dimensional recoil space. The resulting geometric structure correlates different decay channels and provides a unified interpretation of mixing effects and quasi-degenerate states in heavy-quark phenomenology. This approach suggests that several long-standing puzzles arise as geometric consequences of infrared dressing rather than as accidental features of the microscopic dynamics.
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spellingShingle Non-Abelian Recoil Geometry and Infrared Holonomies in Heavy-Quark Transitions
Gamboa, Jorge
Arellano, Natalia A. Tapia
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We propose a geometric formulation of heavy-quark transitions in which infrared-dressed states are adiabatically transported in the multidimensional recoil space and acquire Berry holonomies. Within this framework, single-step decays are governed by an abelian geometric phase and reproduce the standard Isgur-Wise behaviour, while sequential decays probe genuinely non-Abelian holonomies associated with a two-dimensional recoil space. The resulting geometric structure correlates different decay channels and provides a unified interpretation of mixing effects and quasi-degenerate states in heavy-quark phenomenology. This approach suggests that several long-standing puzzles arise as geometric consequences of infrared dressing rather than as accidental features of the microscopic dynamics.
title Non-Abelian Recoil Geometry and Infrared Holonomies in Heavy-Quark Transitions
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.17297