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The interest to the rare radiative decays of the B-mesons at LHCb is mostly aroused due to the measurement of the photon polarization in the $B_s^0\to\phi\gamma$ decay, which may provide a sensitive probe for the Standard Model. The LHCb…

Electromagnetic radiative penguin decays of the B meson were studied with the BaBar detector at SLAC's PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory. Branching fractions and isospin asymmetry of the decay B -> K* gamma, branching fractions of B ->…

The Keck Array is a system of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters, each similar to the BICEP2 experiment. In this paper we report results from the 2012 and 2013 observing seasons, during which the Keck Array consisted of five…

We present a measurement of the branching fraction and fraction of longitudinal polarization of $B^0 \to \rho^+ \rho^-$ decays, which have two $\pi^0$'s in the final state. We also measure time-dependent {\it CP} violation parameters for…

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A study of the $B^+\to K^0_SK^+K^-\pi^+$ and $B^+\to K^0_SK^+K^+\pi^-$ decays is performed using proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV at the LHCb experiment. The $K^0_SK \pi$ invariant mass spectra from…

We reexamine radiative corrections to $\pi_{l2}$ and $K_{l2}$ decays. We perform a matching calculation, including vector and axial vector resonances as explicit degrees of freedom in the long distance part. By considering the dependence on…

In this work we will study the longitudinal polarisations of both leptons in the decay process ${\bar B} \to {\bar K}_2(1430)\, \ell^+ \, \ell^-$. This process has all the features of the related and well investigated process ${\bar B} \to…

We present preliminary results of a maximum-likelihood Dalitz-plot analysis of the charmless hadronic B decays to the final states pi pi pi and K pi pi from data corresponding to an integrated on-resonance luminosity of 166 fb^-1 recorded…

We consider a method for obtaining information on polarization of astronomical objects radiation at diffraction limited resolution - differential speckle polarimetry. As an observable we propose to use averaged cross spectrum of two…

We measure the decay $B_s^0\rightarrow K^0\overline{K}^0$ using data collected at the $\Upsilon(5S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 121.4…

Branching fraction and asymmetry measurements of charmless $B^0\to K^{*0}h^+_1h^-_2$ ($h_{1,2}$ = $K$, $\pi$) decays are presented, using a data sample of 383 million $\Upsilon(4S) \to$ $B\bar{B$} decays collected with the BaBar detector at…

We perform an analysis of the K* polarization states in the exclusive B meson decay B0->K*0(-> K- pi+)l+ l- (l=e, mu, tau) in the low dilepton mass region, where the final vector meson has a large energy. Working in the transversity basis,…

The time-dependent $CP$ asymmetry in $B_s^0 \to J/\psi K^+K^-$ decays is measured using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0$fb$^{-1}$, collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ and…

A search for the $B^{0}\to K^{+}K^{-}$ decay is performed using $pp$-collision data collected by LHCb. The data set corresponds to integrated luminosities of 1 and 2 fb$^{-1}$ at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, respectively. This…

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…

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 measurements of the branching fraction, the polarization parameters and CP-violating asymmetries in B0 -> D*+ D*- decays using a 140/fb data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB…

We report a measurement of the exclusive $B^+$ meson decay to the final state $D_s^- K^+\pi^+$ using $520 \times 10^{6} B\bar{B}$ pairs collected near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy…

The LHCb collaboration has recently measured the CP asymmetry in $B^+\to J/\psi\pi^+$ decay, while the Belle II collaboration has recently measured the CP asymmetries in $B^0\to J/\psi\pi^0$ decay. Within the Standard Model, and using…