ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS, vol.73, no.2, pp.293-298, 1997 (SCI-Expanded)
The decay constant g(B)* of the B* mesons and the transition amplitudes of the radiative decays B-a* --> B-a gamma are calculated in the frame-work of QCD sum rules. It is shown that the decay rates B* --> B gamma are one order smaller than the corresponding D* meson decays.