HQET and Exclusive B Decays

Abstract

Exclusive semileptonic B decays are discussed. The emphasis is on using semileptonic decays to determine |V_{ub}| and |V_{cb}|. Recent progress in our understanding of B semileptonic decays to excited charmed mesons is also reviewed.

Comments: 11 pages. Talk delivered at Beauty 97, University of California Los Angeles, October 12-16, 1997