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We present a study of resonances in exclusive decays of $B$ mesons to $\bar{D}^{(*)} D^{(*)} K$. We report the observation of the decays $B \to \Dbar^{(*)} D^+_{s1}(2536)$ where the $D^+_{s1}(2536)$ is reconstructed in the $D^{*0}K^+$ and…
In this paper we present a feasibility study for measuring the combination of the Unitarity Triangle angle 2$\beta +\gamma$ with a time dependent Dalitz analysis in $B^0$ decays using $D^- K^0 \pi^+$ final states following the method…
The $CP$-even fractions ($F_{+}$) of the decays $D^0\to\pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{0}$ and $D^0\to K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{0}$ are measured with a quantum-correlated $\psi(3770)\to D\bar{D}$ data sample collected by the BESIII experiment corresponding to an…
We report the observation of the decay $B^- \to D_{\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0} K^-$, where $D_{\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0}$ indicates a neutral $D$ meson detected in the final state $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$, excluding $K_S \pi^0$. This doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay…
Improved measurements of the coherence factors and strong-phase differences in $D\to K^-\pi^+\pi^+\pi^-$ and $D\to K^-\pi^+\pi^0$ decays are reported, using quantum-correlated $D\bar{D}$ pairs produced in $e^+e^-$ annihilation at a…
We report the first observation of radiative decay B^0 -> \phi K^0 \gamma using a data sample of 772x10^6 BBar pairs collected at the Y(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We observe a signal…
We present a method for cleanly extracting the CP phase gamma from the Dalitz plots of B+ -> K+ pi+ pi-, Bd -> K+ pi0 pi-, Bd -> K0 pi+ pi-, Bd -> K+ K0 K-, and Bd -> K0 K0 Kbar0. The B -> K pi pi and B -> K K Kbar decays are related by…
Quantum-correlated measurements of the decay $D^{0} \to K^{0}_{\rm S}\pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{0}$ are performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 818 pb$^{-1}$ collected at the $\psi(3770)$ resonance by the CLEO-c…
Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.93 fb$^{-1}$ collected at a center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=3.773$ GeV by the BESIII detector, the decay $D^0 \to\omega\phi$ is observed for the first time. The branching…
Quantum-correlated $D\bar{D}$ pairs collected by the BESIII experiment at the $\psi(3770)$ resonance, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.93 fb$^{-1}$, are used to study the $D^0 \rightarrow K^{0}_S\pi^{+} \pi^{-} \pi^{0}$ decay…
The observed strong phase difference of 30^{o} between I=(3/2) and I=(1/2) final states for the decay B to D Pi is analyzed in terms of rescattering like D^{∗}Pi to D Pi, etc. It is concluded that for the decay B^{o}to D^{+} Pi^{-}…
We report measurements of branching fractions for charged and neutral $B\to \eta_c K$ decays where the $\eta_c$ meson is reconstructed in the $K_S^0 K^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}, K^+ K^- \pi^0, K^{*0} K^-\pi^+$ and $p \bar{p}$ decay channels. The…
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^+…
We report a measurement of the $B^0$ and $B^+$ meson decays to the $D_s^-K^0_S \pi^+$ and $D_s^- K^+K^+$ final states, respectively, using $657 \times 10^{6} B\overline{B}$ pairs collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle…
Using data from the FOCUS (E831) experiment at Fermilab, we present a new measurement of the branching ratio for the Cabibbo-favored decay mode $D^0 \to K^-K^+\pi^-\pi^+$. From a sample of $2669 \pm 101$ fully reconstructed $D^0 \to…
The \tau -> (\omega, \phi)P^-\nu decays, where P^-=\pi^-, K^-, are considered within a phenomenological model with dominance of meson intermediate states. We assume SU(3) flavor symmetry to fix some of the unknown strong interaction…
We report on the first observations of $\bar{B}^0 \to D_1(2430)^0 \omega$, $\bar{B}^0 \to D_1(2420)^0 \omega$ and $\bar{B}^0 \to D^*_2(2460)^0 \omega$ decays. The $\bar{B}^0 \to D^{*+} \rho(1450)^-$ decay is also observed. The branching…
Strategies that utilise the interference effects within B -> DK decays hold great potential for improving our sensitivity to the CKM angle gamma. However, in order to exploit fully this potential, knowledge of parameters associated with the…
Based on 2.93~fb$^{-1}$ $e^+e^-$ collision data taken at center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV by the BESIII detector, we report the measurements of the absolute branching fractions of $D^0\to K^+K^-\pi^0\pi^0$, $D^0\to K^0_SK^0_S\pi^+\pi^-$,…
Several methods have been devised to measure the weak phase gamma using decays of the type B+- --> D K+-, where it is assumed that there is no mixing in the D0-D0bar system. However, when using these methods to uncover new physics, one must…