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The approximate tree decays B- -> pi- pi0/rho- rho0 may serve as benchmark channels for testing the various theoretical descriptions of the strong interaction dynamics in hadronic B meson decays. The ratios of hadronic and differential…
We present measurements of time-dependent asymmetries in decays of neutral B mesons to the final states B0 -> rho+ pi-. Measurements are based on a 140 fb-1 data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the…
The CLEO detector is located at the CESR e+e- collider in Ithaca, NY. CLEO's wide range of experimental measurements in b-hadron decays is represented by improved measurements of Vcb and Vub, rare B decays, and bb-bar spectroscopy. New…
We study the rho^0 and phi decays into pi^+ pi^- gamma, pi^0 pi^0 gamma and phi into pi^0 eta gamma using a chiral unitary approach to deal with the final state interaction of the M M system. The final state interaction modifies only…
The double-lepton polarization asymmetries in (B -> rho l^+ l^-) decay is analyzed in a model independent framework. The general expressions for nine double-polarization asymmetries are calculated. It is shown that the study of the…
The decay Bc+ --> J/psi pi+pi-pi+ is observed for the first time, using 0.8 fb-1 of pp collisions at sqrt{s}=7 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. The ratio of branching fractions BR(Bc+ --> J/psi pi+pi-pi+)/BR(B_c+ --> J/psi pi+) is…
We present a measurement of the CP-violating asymmetry in rho+rho- decays using 535 million BBbar pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- collider. We measure CP-violating coefficients A = 0.16 +- 0.21(stat) +- 0.07 (syst)…
We analyze the impact of the CP-violating observables in the $B_d\to \rho^{\pm} \pi^{\mp}$ system, combined with the precise measurement of $\sin2\beta$, in the extraction of the CKM matrix. We explore two strategies for determining the…
Motivated by recent CLEO measurements of $B\to\pi K$ modes, we investigate their implications for the CKM angle $\gamma$ and a consistent description of these decays within the Standard Model. Interestingly it turns out that already the…
The LHCb collaboration has studied various promising ways to determine the Unitarity Triangle angle $\gamma$. Three complementary methods will be considered. The potential of the $B \to DK^{(*)}$ decays has been studied by employing the…
Quantum-correlated measurements of D0D0bar decays related to the determination of the Unitarity Triangle angle gamma/phi3 are reviewed. Measurements from the CLEO Collaboration are presented and prospects with the BES III experiment are…
A preliminary analysis of exclusive $\btou$ decays to the final states $\pi^\pm\ell\nu$, $\pi^0\ell\nu$, $\rho^\pm\ell\nu$, $\rho^0\ell\nu$\ and $\omega\ell\nu$ based on $2.2\e{6}$ $\bbar$ decays collected at CLEO is presented. We have…
It is shown that the study of the \omega-\rho interference pattern in the J/psi -> (rho+omega)eta -> pi+pi-eta decay provides evidence for the large (nearly 90 degrees) relative phase between the isovector one-photon and three-gluon decay…
We present a study of the branching fraction of the decay B^0->rho0rho0 and the fraction of longitudinally polarized rho0 mesons in this decay. The results are obtained from the final data sample containing 772 million BBbar pairs collected…
We calculate the branching ratio of omega --> pi^+ pi^- gamma decay in a phenomenological framework in which the contributions of VMD, chiral loops, sigma-meson intermediate state amplitudes and the effects of omega-rho mixing are…
Using 9.1 fb-1 of e+ e- data collected at the Upsilon(4S) with the CLEO detector using the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, measurements are reported for both the branching fractions and the helicity amplitudes for the decays B- -> D*0 rho-…
The polarized lepton pair forward-backward asymmetries in (B -> rho l^+ l^-) decay using a general, model independent form of the effective Hamiltonian is studied. The general expression for nine double-polarization forward-backward…
We search for the decay B0 -> rho0rho0 and other possible charmless modes with a pi+pi-pi+pi- final state, including B0 -> rho0f0(980), B0 -> f0(980)f0(980), B0 -> f0(980)pipi, B0 -> rho0pipi and non-resonant B0 -> 4pi. These results are…
We present a study of three B0 decay modes useful for time-dependent CP asymmetry measurements. From a sample of 9.7 million B meson pairs collected with the CLEO detector, we have reconstructed B0 -> J/psi K0S, B0 -> chi_c1 K0S, and B0 ->…
With a sample of about 227 million BB pairs recorded with the BABAR detector we perform a full angular analysis of the decay B0->phi K*0(892). Ten measurements include polarization, phases, and five CP asymmetries. We also observe the decay…