Related papers: Revisiting B->phi pi Decays in the Standard Model

The rare decay $\eta' \to \pi^+ \pi^- e^+ e^-$ is studied using a sample of $1.3 \times 10^9$ $J/\psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector at BEPCII in 2009 and 2012. The branching fraction is measured with improved precision to be…

We present preliminary results of improved measurements of the CP-violating asymmetries and branching fractions in the decays B0 -> pi+ pi-, B0 -> K+ pi-, B0 -> pi0 pi0, and B0 -> K0 pi0. This update includes all data taken at the Y(4S)…

Within the perturbative QCD approach, we re-calculate the branching ratio and polarization fractions of the pure annihilation decay $B \to \phi \phi$ in both the standard model (SM) and the family non-universal $Z^\prime$ model. We find…

We present preliminary measurements of the CP asymmetries and branching fractions for B -> pi pi and B -> K pi decays. A total of 347 million BBbar events collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC…

Using the updated form factors within the light-cone QCD sum rule approach, we calculate the new physics contributions to rare semileptonic $\bar{B}_s \to \phi\mu^+\mu^-, \phi \tau^+\tau^-$ decays from the new particles appearing in the…

We report a search for the charmless baryonic decay $B^0\to p\bar{p}\pi^0$ with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 711~$\rm fb^{-1}$ containing $(772\pm 10)\times 10^6$ $B^0\bar{B}^0$ pairs. The data was collected by…

The rare decay $B\to\pi\ell^+\ell^-$ arises from $b\to d$ flavor-changing neutral currents and could be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard Model. Here, we present the first $ab$-$initio$ QCD calculation of the $B\to\pi$ tensor form…

We study the decay B\to X_s\gamma in a minimal extension of the standard model with extra up- and down-type quarks whose left- and right-handed components are both SU(2) singlets. Constraints on the extended Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix…

A search for the rare decays $B_s^0 \to \pi^+\pi^-\mu^+\mu^-$ and $B^0 \to \pi^+\pi^-\mu^+\mu^-$ is performed in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb detector in proton-proton…

Using 232 fb-1 of e+e- collision data recorded by the BaBar experiment, we measure the ratios of three-body Cabibbo-suppressed decay rates of the D^0 meson relative to that of the Cabibbo-favored decay: B(D0 --> pi- pi+ pi0)/ B(D0 --> K-…

The recently measured direct CP asymmetries in the processes $D^0\to \pi^+\pi^-$ and $D^0\to K^+K^-$ show a significant deviation from the naive Standard Model expectation. Using a general parameterization of the decay amplitudes, we show…

Using results on soft-collinear factorization for inclusive B-meson decay distributions, a systematic study of the partial $B\to X_s\gamma$ decay rate with a cut $E_\gamma > E_0$ on photon energy is performed. For values of $E_0$ below…

The radiative B -> tau^+ tau^- gamma decay is investigated in the framework of the Standard Model. When only short (short and long together) distance contributions are taken into account, the Branching Ratio is found as 9.54x10^(-9)…

The decay Bs to mu+ mu- is one of the milestones of the flavor program at the LHC. We reappraise its Standard Model prediction. First, by analyzing the theoretical rate in the light of its main parametric dependence, we highlight the…

The decays of the CP-even ($h,\,H$) and the CP-odd ($A$) Higgs bosons $h,\,H,\,A\to Z\gamma\gamma$ are calculated in the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), where they are induced at the one-loop level via box and…

We report on recent measurements of the branching fractions (BFs) for the decay channels B^0 -> {\pi}^-\l^+{\nu}, B^+ -> {\pi}^0\l^+{\nu}, B^+ -> {\eta}\l^+{\nu}, B^+ -> {\eta}'\l^+{\nu}, B^0 -> {\rho}^-\l^+{\nu} and B^+ ->…

Radiative decays of the $\phi$ meson have been studied using a data sample of about 19 million $\phi$ decays collected by the CMD-2 detector at VEPP-2M collider in Novosibirsk. From selected $e^+e^-\to\pi^{0}\pi^{0}\gamma$ and…

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 calculate the branching ratios for B_{d}^{0}->(b_{1},h_{1})gamma at next-to-leading order (NLO) of alpha_{s} where b_{1} and h_{1} are the corresponding radially excited axial vector mesons of rho and omega respectively. Using the…

We inspect the exclusive hadronic decay modes $ B_d\to \phi (\eta^{(')}, \pi, \omega)$, induced by quark level transition as $b\to d$ $(\Delta S=0)$, in vector like down quark model. As these decay modes insist highly suppressed followed by…