====== TTP01-24 Non-perturbative effects in semi-leptonic B_c decays ====== We discuss the impact of the soft degrees of freedom inside the B_c meson on its rate in the semi-leptonic decay B_c -> X l nu_l where X denotes light hadrons below the D^0 threshold. In particular we identify contributions involving soft hadrons which are non-vanishing in the limit of massless leptons. These contributions become relevant for a measurement of the purely leptonic B_c decay rate, which due to helicity suppression involves a factor m_l^2 and thus is much smaller than the contributions involving soft hadrons. |**T. Mannel, S. Wolf** | |** Phys. Rev. D65 074012 2002 ** | | {{preprints:2001:ttp01-24.pdf|PDF}} {{preprints:2001:ttp01-24.ps|PostScript}} [[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0109250|arXiv]] | | |