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The relative branching fractions of $B^+ to h^+h^{prime +}h^{prime -}$ decays, where $h^{(prime)}$ is a pion or kaon, are measured. The analysis is performed with a data sample, collected with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0 {rm fb}^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions. The results obtained improve significantly on previous measurements of these quantities, and are important for the interpretation of Dalitz plot analyses of three-body charmless hadronic decays of $B^+$ mesons.
The charmless three-body decays $B^0_{(s)} to K_{mathrm{scriptscriptstyle S}}^0 h^+ h^{prime -}$ (where $h^{(prime)} = pi, K$) are analysed using a sample of $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3mbox{fb}^{-1}$. The branching fractions are measured relative to that of the $B^0 to K_{mathrm{scriptscriptstyle S}}^0 pi^{+} pi^{-}$ decay, and are determined to be: begin{eqnarray*} frac{{cal B}(B^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}K^{pm}pi^{mp})}{{cal B}(B^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}pi^{+}pi^{-})} = {} & 0.123 pm 0.009 ; mathrm{,(stat)}; pm 0.015 ; mathrm{,(syst)},, frac{{cal B}(B^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}K^{+}K^{-})} {{cal B}(B^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}pi^{+}pi^{-})} = {} & 0.549 pm 0.018 ; mathrm{,(stat)}; pm 0.033 ; mathrm{,(syst)},, frac{{cal B}(B_{s}^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}pi^{+}pi^{-})}{{cal B}(B^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}pi^{+}pi^{-})} = {} & 0.191 pm 0.027 ; mathrm{,(stat)}; pm 0.031 ; mathrm{,(syst)}; pm 0.011 ; (f_s/f_d) ,, frac{{cal B}(B_{s}^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}K^{pm}pi^{mp})} {{cal B}(B^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}pi^{+}pi^{-})} = {} & 1.70phantom{0} pm 0.07phantom{0} ; mathrm{,(stat)} ; pm 0.11phantom{0} ; mathrm{,(syst)}; pm 0.10phantom{0} ; (f_s/f_d) ,, frac{{cal B}(B_{s}^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}K^{+}K^{-})}{{cal B}(B^0rightarrow K^0_{rm S}pi^{+}pi^{-})} in {} & [0.008 - 0.051] rm ~at~90%~confidence~level, end{eqnarray*} where $f_s/f_d$ represents the ratio of hadronisation fractions of the $B^0_s$ and $B^0$ mesons.
Decays of $B^0$ and $B_{s}^0$ mesons to the charmless baryonic final states $p overline{p} h^+ h^{prime-}$, where $h$ and $h^prime$ each denote a kaon or a pion, are searched for using the LHCb detector. The analysis is based on a sample of proton-proton collision data collected at center-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8,$TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3,$fb$^{-1}$. Four-body charmless baryonic $B_{s}^0$ decays are observed for the first time. The decays $B^0_{s}to p overline{p} K^+ K^-$, $B^0_{s}to p overline{p} K^pm pi^mp$, $B^0to p overline{p} K^pm pi^mp$ and $B^0to p overline{p} pi^+pi^-$ are observed with a significance greater than $5$ standard deviations; evidence at $4.1$ standard deviations is found for the $B^0to p overline{p} K^+ K^-$ decay and an upper limit is set on the branching fraction for $B^0_{s}to p overline{p} pi^+ pi^-$. Branching fractions in the kinematic region $m(p overline{p})<2850,$MeV$/c^2$ are measured relative to the $B^0 to J/psi (to p overline{p}) K^*(892)^0$ channel.
Based on a sample of $(1310.6 pm 7.0) times 10^6~J/psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector, we present measurements of $J/psi$ and $eta^prime$ absolute branching fractions using the process $J/psirightarrowgammaeta^prime$. By analyzing events where the radiative photon converts into an $e^+e^-$ pair, the branching fraction for $J/psi rightarrow gamma eta^prime$ is measured to be $(5.27pm0.03pm0.05)times 10^{-3}$. The absolute branching fractions of the five dominant decay channels of the $eta^prime$ are then measured independently for the first time and are determined to be $mathcal{B}(eta^prime rightarrow gamma pi^{+} pi^{-})$ = (29.90$pm$0.03$pm$0.55)%, $mathcal{B}(eta^prime rightarrow eta pi^{+} pi^{-})$ = (41.24$pm$0.08$pm$1.24)%, $mathcal{B}(eta^prime rightarrow eta pi^{0} pi^{0})$ = (21.36$pm$0.10$pm$0.92)%, $mathcal{B}(eta^prime rightarrow gamma omega)$ = (2.489$pm$0.018$pm$0.074)%, and $mathcal{B}(eta^prime rightarrow gamma gamma)$ = (2.331$pm$0.012$pm$0.035)%, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic.
We study the prospects of measurement of the branching ratio of $h to mu ^+ mu ^-$ at the International Linear Collider (ILC). The study is performed at center-of-mass energies of 250 GeV and 500 GeV, using fully-simulated MC samples with the International Large Detector (ILD) model. For both center-of-mass energies, the two final states $qoverline{q}h$ and $ u overline{ u}h$ have been analyzed. For an integrated luminosity of 2000 fb$^{-1}$ at 250 GeV and 4000 fb$^{-1}$ at 500 GeV, corresponding to the H20 running scenario as well as its staged version, the precision on $sigma times mathrm{BR}(h to mu ^+ mu ^-)$ is estimated.
By analyzing a data sample of 2.93 fb$^{-1}$ collected at $sqrt s=$ 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector operated at the BEPCII storage rings, we measure the branching fractions ${mathcal B}(D^0toomegaeta)=(2.15pm0.17_{rm stat.}pm0.15_{rm sys.})times 10^{-3}$, ${mathcal B}(D^0toetapi^0)=(0.58pm0.05_{rm stat.}pm0.05_{rm sys.})times 10^{-3}$, ${mathcal B}(D^0toeta^primepi^0)=(0.93pm0.11_{rm stat.}pm0.09_{rm sys.})times 10^{-3}$, ${mathcal B}(D^0toetaeta)=(2.20pm0.07_{rm stat.}pm0.06_{rm sys.})times 10^{-3}$ and ${mathcal B}(D^0toeta^primeeta)=(0.94pm0.25_{rm stat.}pm0.11_{rm sys.})times 10^{-3}$. We note that ${mathcal B}(D^0to omegaeta)$ is measured for the first time and that ${mathcal B}(D^0to etaeta)$ is measured with much improved precision.