The Strong Coupling Constants of Excited Positive Parity Heavy Mesons in Light Cone QCD

We calculate the strong coupling constants g_(P^(**)P^(*)\pi), where P^(**)(D^(**), B^(**)) is the 1^+ p-wave state, in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules, and using these values of g_(P^(**)P^(*) pi, we compute the hadronic decay widths for D^(**) -> D^* pi and B^(**) -> B^* pi.