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Using a 13.7 fb-1 data sample collected with the CLEO II and II.V detectors, we report new branching fraction measurements for two Cabibbo-suppressed decay modes of the D+ meson: BR(D+ -> pi+ pi0) = (1.31 +/- 0.17 +/- 0.09 +/- 0.09) x…

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 report preliminary results of an experimental investigation of the color-suppressed decays bar{B^0} --> D^0 pi^0, D^0 eta, and D^0 omega. We measure the branching fractions B (bar{B^0} --> D^0 pi^0) = (2.89 +/- 0.29 (stat.) +/- 0.38…

Using nearly 60 pb-1 of data collected with the CLEO-c detector at the psi_prime resonance, we measure absolute branching fractions for three D0 and two D+ Cabibbo-allowed hadronic decay modes, and the cross section for e+e- to D Dbar at…

We present a search for the rare decays B+ -> K+ nu nubar and B0 -> K0 nu nubar using 459 million BBbar pairs collected with the BaBar detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Flavor-changing neutral-current decays such as…

We study the decay $\bar{B}^{0}\rightarrow\Lambda_{c}^{+}\bar{p}\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$, reconstructing the \Lambda_{c}^{+} baryon in the $p K^{-}\pi^{+}$ mode, using a data sample of $467\times 10^{6}$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected with the BaBar…

Using data from the FOCUS (E831) experiment at Fermilab, we present a new measurement of the branching ratio for the Cabibbo-favored decay mode $D^0 \to K^-K^-K^+\pi^+$. From a sample of $143 \pm 19$ fully reconstructed $D^0 \to…

Using 2.92~fb$^{-1}$ of electron-positron annihilation data collected at $\sqrt{s} = 3.773$~GeV with the BESIII detector, we obtain the first measurements of the absolute branching fraction $\mathcal{B}(D^+ \to K^0_L e^+ \nu_e) = (4.481 \pm…

The first observation of the $D^0 \to \pi^+\pi^-\mu^+\mu^-$ and $D^0 \to K^+K^-\mu^+\mu^-$ decays is reported using a sample of proton-proton collisions collected by LHCb at a center-of-mass energy of 8$\,$TeV, and corresponding to…

We present the results of a lattice computation of the form factors for B^0 ->pi^- l^+nu_l decays near zero-recoil. These results will allow a determination of the CKM matrix element |Vub| when measurements of the differential decay rate…

Using 281/pb of data collected with the CLEO-c detector at the psi(3770) resonance, we have studied Cabibbo-suppressed decays of D mesons to final states with two kaons. We present results for the absolute branching fractions of the modes…

We present a unified method for analysing form factors in B -> pi l nu-bar_l and B -> K* gamma decays. The analysis provides consistency checks on the q^2 and 1/M extrapolations necessary to obtain the physical decay rates. For the first…

Using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb^{-1}, the ratio of branching fractions of the B0 -> D*- pi+ pi- pi+ decay relative to the B0 -> D*-…

The decay chain b -> Bbar -> D^{**0} l nu X, D^{**0} -> D^{*+} pi^-, D^{*+} -> D^0 pi^+, D^0 ->(Kpi or K3pi) is identified in a sample of 3.9 million hadronic Z decays collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. The branching ratio BR (b ->…

We present a measurement of the form-factor ratios r_V=V(0)/A_1(0) and r_2=A_2(0)/A_1(0) for the decay D^+ -> \overline K^{*0} e^+ \nu_e. The measurement is based on a signal of approximately 3000 $D^+ -> \overline K^{*0} e^+ \nu_e,…

We present branching fraction measurements of twelve B meson decays of the form B --> D^(*)D_s(J)^(*). The results are based on Y(4S) decays in BBbar pairs. One of the B mesons is fully reconstructed and the other decays to two charm…

Using 5.2 fb-1 of e^+e^- annihilation data recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring while operating on the Y(4S) resonance, a sample of fully reconstructed B^0 decays in the hadronic modes B^0 -> D^{*-}pi^+ and B^0 ->…

We present a study of $B^0 \to D_s^{*+}\pi^-$ and $B^0 \to D_s^{*-}K^+$ decays based on a sample of $657 \times 10^6$ $B\bar{B}$ events collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. We measure the…

We report improved measurements of the product branching fractions ${\mathcal B}(B^+\rightarrow\bar{D}^0 D_{s0}^{*+} (2317))\times{\mathcal B}( D_{s0} ^{*+}(2317)\rightarrow D_s^{+}\pi^0) =(8.0^{+1.3}_{-1.2} \pm 1.1 \pm 0.4)\times 10^{-4}$…

We present preliminary results on the branching fractions $BF(B^0\to D_s^{\ast+} D^{\ast-})$ and $BF(D_s^+\to\phi\pi^+)$, based on a data sample of approximately $124\times10^6$ \BB events collected by the \babar detector at the PEP-II $e^+…