Related papers: Hadronic B decay at BELLE and BABAR

We measure the branching fraction, polarization and CP asymmetry of B+ -> rho+rho0 decays and search for the decay B+ -> rho+f_0(980) based on a data sample of 231.8 million Y(4S)->BB decays collected with the BaBar detector at the SLAC…

Branching fraction measurements using B-meson decays to Kspi+pi- are presented. These measurements were obtained by analyzing a data sample of 88.9 million Y(4S) --> BB decays collected with the BaBar detector at the SLAC PEP-II…

We report measurements of the branching fractions and direct $\it{CP}$ asymmetries of the decays $B^0 \to K^+ \pi^-$, $B^+ \to K^+ \pi^0$, $B^+ \to K^0 \pi^+$, and $B^0 \to K^0 \pi^0$, and use these for testing the standard model through an…

We report the observation of the baryonic decay $\bar{B}^0 \to \Lambda^+_c \bar{p} K^- K^+$ using a data sample of $471 \times 10^6$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs produced in $e^+e^-$ annihilations at $\sqrt{s}=10.58 \mathrm{\,GeV}$. This data sample…

We report a Dalitz-plot analysis of the charmless hadronic decays of neutral B mesons to K^+/- pi^-/+ pi^0. With a sample of (231.8+/-2.6) 10^6 Upsilon(4S) to B Bbar decays collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B…

We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi K^+) = (7.7^{+1.6}_{-1.4}+/- 0.8) x…

We present a study of B- -> D^0_CP K^- decays, where D^0_CP is reconstructed in CP-even channels, based on a sample of 88.8 million Upsilon(4S)->BBbar decays collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II e^+e^- storage ring. We measure…

We report the measurement of the charmed baryonic decay B0bar->Lambda_c+pbar with a branching fraction of (2.19^{+0.56}_{-0.49}+-0.32+-0.57)x10^{-5} and a statistical significance of 5.8 sigma. The errors are statistical, systematic, and…

We report first measurements of the doubly charmed baryonic B decays B->Lambda_c+Lambda_c-K. The B+->Lambda_c+Lambda_c-K+ decay is observed with a branching fraction of (6.5+1.0-0.9+-1.1+-3.4)x10^{-4} and a statistical significance of…

We study the three-body charmed baryonic decays $\bar{B}^0\to\Sigma_c^{++} \bar{p}\pi^-$ and $\bar{B}^0\to\Sigma_c^{0}\bar{p}\pi^+$ in the four-body final state $\bar{B}^0\to\Lambda_c^{+}\bar{p}\pi^+\pi^-$, using a data sample of 357…

The LHCb collaboration has recently measured the CP asymmetry in $B^+\to J/\psi\pi^+$ decay, while the Belle II collaboration has recently measured the CP asymmetries in $B^0\to J/\psi\pi^0$ decay. Within the Standard Model, and using…

Hadrons containing b-quarks represent a great opportunity to investigate the flavor sector of the Standard Model (SM) and to look for New Physics effects (NP). In this report we review the most up-to-date results on b-hadron decay rates and…

Using the data sample of 10.5 fb-1 collected by the Belle detector, we searched for two-body charmless decays involving vector mesons. The clear signal signature of B+ -> phi K+ is seen and its branching fraction is measured to be…

We present final measurements of thirteen charmless hadronic B decay modes from the CLEO experiment. The decay modes include the ten pipi, Kpi, and KKbar final states and new limits on dibaryonic final states, ppbar, pLambdabar, and…

We report on the first measurement of the direct $CP$-violating asymmetry ($\mathcal{A}$) in the charmless decay $B^0 \to K^0\pi^0$ at Belle II and an updated measurement of its branching fraction ($\mathcal{B}$). We use a sample of…

We present preliminary absolute branching fraction measurements of leptonic $D_s^+$ decays to $\mu^+\nu_{\mu}$ and $\tau^+\nu_{\tau}$, and of hadronic $D_s^+$ decays to $K^-K^+\pi^+$, $\bar{K}{}^0K^+$ and $\eta\pi^+$. The results are…

Neutral-current semileptonic $B$ decays are plagued by hadronic resonances across the dilepton invariant-mass squared spectrum, $q^2$. For light leptons, $\ell=e,\mu$, these resonances can be avoided with suitable $q^2$ cuts. This strategy…

We present the results of a study of the charmless vector-vector decay $B^+\to \rho^+K^{*0}$, based on 253 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. We obtain the branching fraction…

We present preliminary results of searches for exclusive $B^0$ decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ among 22.7 million $b\bar{b}$ pairs collected by the BABAR experiment from electron-positron collisions near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. We measure…

We present results on the semileptonic decays $B^0 \to \rho^- \ell^+ \nu_\ell$ and $B^+ \to \rho^0 \ell^+ \nu_\ell$ in a sample corresponding to 189.9/fb of Belle II data at the SuperKEKB $e^- e^+$ collider. Signal decays are identified…