Heavy hadron decays: from beauty to charm
Maria Laura Piscopo (Nikhef, Amsterdam)

Weak decays of heavy hadrons provide an excellent way to test the flavour and QCD structure of the SM. In this talk, I will present recent results and ongoing work on the study of both inclusive and exclusive decays, in both the beauty and charm sectors. Specifically, I will start by discussing the current status of the heavy quark expansion (HQE) and its application to the study of heavy hadron lifetimes. Then, I will describe the analysis of non-leptonic two body $B$- and $D$-meson decays using the framework of light-cone sum rules (LCSR), in light of the observed tensions in channels like $B^0 \to D^+ K^-$, and of the recent discovery of CP violation in the charm sector.