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We present an improved measurement of CP-violation parameters in B0 --> phi Ks0, K+ K- Ks0, and eta' Ks0 decays based on a 140 fb-1 data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB energy-asymmetric…
We analyse B_{d,s} -> K(*)0 K(*)0 modes within the SM, relating them in a controlled way through SU(3)-flavour symmetry and QCD-improved factorisation. We propose a set of sum rules for such penguin-mediated decays to constrain some CKM…
Motivated by the idea of fragmented scalar glueball, we investigate the decays $B^0 \to \eta_c f_0$ within the improved perturbative QCD (iPQCD) framework by including the known next-to-leading order corrections. Here, $B^0$ and $f_0$…
We present a detailed study of $B\to K_1(1270) \gamma$ and $B\to K_1(1400) \gamma$ decays. Using the light-cone sum rule technique, we calculate the $B\to K_{1A} (1^3P_1)$ and $B\to K_{1B} (1^1P_1)$ tensor form factors, $T_1^{K_{1A}}(0)$…
Patterns of chiral symmetry violation and tests of the conservation of the fundamental C, P and CP symmetries are key physics issues in studies of the pi0, eta and eta' meson decays. These tests include searches for rare or forbidden decays…
This talk addresses two topics related to CP asymmetries in $D$ meson decays to two pseudoscalar mesons. First I discuss how new physics can be distinguished from the Standard Model through two sum rules relating three direct CP asymmetries…
Transition form factors of pi^0, eta, eta' mesons are investigated by means of the anomaly sum rule -- an exact nonperturbative relation which follows from the dispersive representation of the axial anomaly. Considering the problem of…
Expressions for decay amplitudes of B0, B- and Bs mesons to two light pseudoscalar or vector mesons, including isosinglet mesons eta, eta', omega, phi, are obtained using Soft Collinear Effective Theory at LO in 1/mb. These are then used to…
We report measurements of branching fractions and CP asymmetries for $B \to \eta K^*$ and $B \to \eta \rho$ decays. These results are obtained from a $414 {\rm fb}^{-1}$ data sample collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle…
We introduce strong and electromagnetic interaction selection rules for the two-body decay and production of exotic J^{PC} = 0^{+-}, 1^{-+}, 2^{+-}, 3^{-+} hybrid mesons, four-quark states and glueballs. The rules arise from symmetrization…
In a sample of $9.66\times 10^6 B\bar{B}$ pairs collected with the CLEO detector we make the first observation of B decays to an $\eta_c$ and a kaon. We measure branching fractions $BR(B^+\to\eta_c K^+) = (0.69 + 0.26 - 0.21 +- 0.08 +-…
We present the results of a search for the radiative decay (B -> K eta' gamma) and find evidence for (B^+ -> K^+ eta' gamma) decays at the 3.3 standard deviation level with a partial branching fraction of (3.6 +/- 1.2 +/- 0.4) x 10e-6,…
We report a search for $B$ decays to selected final states with the $\eta_c$ meson: $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}\eta_c\pi^+\pi^-$, $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}\eta_c\omega$, $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}\eta_c\eta$ and $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}\eta_c\pi^0$. The analysis is…
Although eta-eta' mixing is qualitatively well understood as a consequence of the U(1)_A anomaly in QCD together with a broken SU(3) flavor symmetry, until recently the values of decay and mixing parameters of the eta and eta' were only…
In this paper,we calculate the branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for $B^0 \to \rho^0 \eta^{(\prime)}$ and $B^+\to \rho^+ \etap$ decays in the perturbative QCD factorization approach. In this approach, we not only calculate the…
In this paper, we calculate the branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for $B_{s} \to (\rho^0,\omega, \phi) \eta^{(\prime)}$ decays in the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach. Numerically we found that (a) the pQCD…
The known ratio of the branching fractions for D_s^* --> D_s pi^0 and D_s^* --> D_s gamma may be used to extract the coupling of eta mesons to strange quarks once the value of the pi^0-eta mixing angle is known. This requires that realistic…
We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for the decays etaK*, where K* indicates a spin 0, 1, or 2 Kpi system. The data sample corresponds to 344x10^6 BBbar pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II…
We report measurements of branching fractions for charged and neutral $B\to \eta_c K$ decays where the $\eta_c$ meson is reconstructed in the $K_S^0 K^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}, K^+ K^- \pi^0, K^{*0} K^-\pi^+$ and $p \bar{p}$ decay channels. The…
We report branching fractions and CP asymmetries for $B \to \eta K^*$ and $B \to \eta \rho$ decays. These results are obtained from a $414 {\rm fb}^{-1}$ data sample collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, with the Belle detector at the…