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We report a search for the decays $B^0\to K^{*0} \overline{K}{}^{*0}$ and $B^0\to K^{*0} K^{*0}$. We also measure other charmless decay modes with $K^+\pi^-K^-\pi^+$ and $K^{+}\pi^{-}K^{+}\pi^{-}$ final states. The results are obtained from…
We measure the absolute branching fraction for $D0 \to K^{-} \pi^{+}$ using partial reconstruction of $B0bar \to D^{*+} X \ell^{-} \bar{\nu}_{\ell}$ decays. Only the charged lepton and the soft pion from the decay $D^{*+} \to D^{0} \pi^{+}$…
Based on 7.33 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collision data collected at center-of-mass energies between 4.128 and 4.226 GeV with the BESIII detector, the experimental studies of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $D^+_s\to K^+K^+\pi^-$ and…
Using an $e^+e^-$ sample of $20.3\,\rm fb^{-1}$ collected at the center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=$ 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, we report measurements of several four-body hadronic decays of the $D$ mesons. The absolute branching…
The branching fractions of the exclusive decays $B^0\to K^{*0}\gamma$ and $B^+ \to K^{*+}\gamma$ are measured from a sample of $(22.74\pm 0.36)\times 10^6$ $B\bar B$ decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP II asymmetric…
Using $e^+e^-$ annihilation data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.93 fb$^{-1}$ taken at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, we report the first measurements of the branching fractions of the…
The results of several studies of charmed mesons and baryons at BABAR are presented. First, searches for the rare decays D0 --> l+ l- are presented and new upper limits on these processes are established. Second, a measurement of the…
The branching ratio of the rare decay pi^0 -> e^+e^- has been measured in E799-II, a rare kaon decay experiment using the KTeV detector at Fermilab. The pi^0's were produced in fully-reconstructed K_L -> 3 pi^0 decays in flight. We observed…
We report preliminary measurements of the branching fractions of the decays $\tau \to K\, n\pi^0\, \nu$ ($n = 0,1,2,3$) and $\tau \to \pi\, n\pi^0\, \nu$ ($n = 3,4$), excluding the contributions that proceed through the decay of…
We report a study of the decay $B^0\rightarrow D K^+\pi^-$ followed by $D\rightarrow K^-\pi^+$, where $D$ indicates $D^0$ or $\bar{D}^0$. We reconstruct the $D K^+\pi^-$ state in a phase space corresponding to $D K^{*}(892)^0$. The…
We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B^0->a1+(1260)pi- with a1+->pi+pi+pi- using a data sample containing 535x10^6 BBbar pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider…
We report on the evidence for the decays B0 -> Ds+ pi- and B0 -> Ds- K+ and the results of a search for the decays B0 -> Ds*+ pi- and B0 -> Ds*-K+ from a sample of 84 million Upsilon(4S) decays into B meson pairs collected with the BABAR…
We present branching fraction measurements of the decays B^{+} -> a1(1260)^{+} K^{0} and B^{0} to a1(1260)^{-} K^{+} with a1(1260)^{+} -> pi^{-} pi^{+} pi^{+}. The data sample corresponds to 383 million B B-bar pairs produced in e^{+}e^{-}…
The very rare $D^{*}(2007)^0\to\mu^+\mu^-$ decay is searched for by analysing $B^-\to\pi^-\mu^+\mu^-$ decays. The analysis uses a sample of beauty mesons produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and…
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*-…
Using $2.93 \rm fb^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collision data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, the first observation of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $D^+\to K^+\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ is reported. After…
We report first observations of the decays B- to Ds(*)+ K- pi-, using 292 fb^-1 of data collected at Upsilon(4S) resonance energy by the BaBar detector at the PEP II e+ e- collider. The branching fractions are measured to be B(B- to Ds+ K-…
A determination of the $C\!P$-even fraction $F_+$ in the decay $D^0 \to K^+K^-\pi^+\pi^-$ is presented. Using $2.93$ fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-\to\psi(3770)\to D\bar{D}$ data collected by the BESIII detector, one charm meson is reconstructed in…
We present measurements of the branching fractions for the charmless two-body decays $\Bz\to\pip\pim$ and $\Bz\to\Kp\pim$, and a search for the decay $\Bz\to\Kp\Km$. We include the effects of final-state radiation from the daughter mesons…
In this report I review recent results in the field of rare decays at the Tevatron CDF II and D0 experiments. The presentation is focused on rare decays of charm and bottom mesons with two muons in the final state. This includes…