Measurement of the branching ratio of $bar{B} to D^{(ast)} tau^- bar{ u}_tau$ relative to $bar{B} to D^{(ast)} ell^- bar{ u}_ell$ decays with hadronic tagging at Belle

We report a measurement of the branching fraction ratios R(D(*)) of Bbar -> D(*) tau- nubar_tau relative to Bbar -> D()* l- nubar_l (where l = e or mu) using the full Belle data sample of 772 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected at the Y(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The measured values are R(D)= 0.375 +- 0.064(stat.) +- 0.026(syst.) and R(D*) = 0.293 +- 0.038(stat.) +- 0.015(syst.). The analysis uses hadronic reconstruction of the tag-side B meson and purely leptonic tau decays. The results are consistent with earlier measurements and do not show a significant deviation from the standard model prediction.

First observation of the hadronic transition $ Upsilon(4S) to eta h_{b}(1P)$ and new measurement of the $h_b(1P)$ and $eta_b(1S)$ parameters

Using a sample of $771.6 times 10^{6}$ $Upsilon(4S)$ decays collected by the Belle experiment at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider, we observe for the first time the transition $Upsilon(4S) to eta h_b(1P)$ with the branching fraction ${cal B}[Upsilon(4S) to eta h_b(1P)]= (2.18 pm 0.11 pm 0.18) times 10^{-3}$ and we measure the $h_b(1P)$ mass $M_{h_{b}(1P)} = (9899.3 pm 0.4 pm 1.0)$ MeV/$c^{2}$, corresponding to the hyperfine splitting $Delta M_{mathrm HF}(1P) = (0.6 pm 0.4 pm 1.0)$ MeV/$c^{2}$. Using the transition $h_b(1P) to gamma eta_b(1S)$, we measure the $eta_b(1S)$ mass $M_{eta_{b}(1S)} = (9400.7 pm 1.7 pm 1.6)$ MeV/$c^{2}$, corresponding to $Delta M_{mathrm HF}(1S) = (59.6 pm 1.7 pm 1.6)$ MeV/$c^{2}$, the $eta_b(1S)$ width $Gamma_{eta_{b}(1S)} = (8 ^{+6}_{-5} pm 5)$ MeV/$c^{2}$ and the branching fraction ${cal B}[h_b(1P) to gamma eta_b(1S)]= (56 pm 8 pm 4) %$.

Measurement of $e^+e^- to gammachi_{cJ}$ via initial state radiation at Belle

The process $e^+e^- to gammachi_{cJ}$ ($J$=1, 2) is studied via initial state radiation using 980 fb$^{-1}$ of data at and around the $Upsilon(nS)$ ($n$=1, 2, 3, 4, 5) resonances collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. No significant signal is observed except from $psi(2S)$ decays. Upper limits on the cross sections between $sqrt{s}=3.80$ and $5.56~{rm GeV}$ are determined at the 90% credibility level, which range from few pb to a few tens of pb. We also set upper limits on the decay rate of the vector charmonium [$psi(4040$), $psi(4160)$, and $psi(4415)$] and charmoniumlike [$Y(4260)$, $Y(4360)$, and $Y(4660)$] states to $gammachi_{cJ}$.

New Search for tau -> mu gamma and tau -> e gamma Decays at Belle

We report on a search for the lepton flavor violating tau- -> mu- gamma and tau- -> e- gamma decays based on 535/fb of data accumulated at the Belle experiment. No signal is found and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching ratios Br(tau- -> mu- gamma) < 4.5x10^-8 and Br(tau- -> e- gamma) < 1.2x10^-7.

Study of $D^{**}$ production and light hadronic states in the $bar{B}^0 to D^{*+} omega pi^-$ decay

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 fraction measurements are based on $(771.6 pm 10.6)times 10^6$ $Bbar{B}$ events collected at the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. The fractions of longitudinal polarization of the $D^{**}$ states as well as partial wave fractions of the $D_1(2430)^0$ are obtained. We also set a $90%$ confidence level upper limit for the product of branching fractions of $mathcal{B}(bar{B}^0 to D^{*+} b_1(1235)^-) times mathcal{B}(b_1(1235)^- to omega pi^-)$. The measurements show evidence of nontrivial final-state interaction phases for the $rho$-like amplitudes.

Measurements of $Brightarrow bar{D} D_{s0} ^{*+}(2317)$ decay rates and a search for isospin partners of the $D_{s0}^{*+} (2317)$

We report improved measurements of the product branching fractions ${mathcal B}(B^+rightarrowbar{D}^0 D_{s0}^{*+} (2317))times{mathcal B}( D_{s0} ^{*+}(2317)rightarrow D_s^{+}pi^0) =(8.0^{+1.3}_{-1.2} pm 1.1 pm 0.4)times 10^{-4}$ and ${mathcal B}(B^0rightarrow D^- D_{s0} ^{*+}(2317))times{mathcal B}(D_{s0}^{*+}(2317)rightarrow D_s^{+}pi^0) =(10.2^{+1.3}_{-1.2} pm 1.0 pm 0.4)times 10^{-4}$, where the first errors are statistical, the second are systematic and the third are from $D$ and $D_s$ branching fractions. In addition, we report negative results from a search for hypothesized neutral ($Z^0$) and doubly charged ($Z^{++}$) isospin partners of the $D_{s0}^{*+}(2317)$ and provide upper limits on the product branching fractions ${mathcal B}(B^0 rightarrow D^0 z^0)times{mathcal B}(z^0rightarrow D_s^{+}pi^-)$ and ${mathcal B}(B^+rightarrow D^- z^{++})times{mathcal B}(z^{++}rightarrow D_s^{+}pi^+)$ that are more than an order of magnitude smaller than theoretical expectations for the hypotheses that the $D_{s0} ^{*+}(2317)$ is a member of an isospin triplet. The analysis uses a 711 fb$^{-1}$ data sample containing 772 million $Bbar{B}$ meson pairs collected at the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance in the Belle detector at the KEKB collider.

Semi-inclusive studies of semileptonic $B_s$ decays at Belle

We present an analysis of the semi-inclusive decays $B_s to D_s^- X ell^+ u$ and $B_s to D_s^{*-} X ell^+ u$, where $X$ denotes a final state that may consist of additional hadrons or photons and $ell$ is an electron or muon. The studied $B_s$ decays are contained in the $121.4~{rm fb}^{-1}$ $Upsilon(5S)$ data sample collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. The branching fractions of the decays are measured to be $mathcal{B}(B_s to D_s^- X ell^+ u) = [8.2 pm 0.2 (text{stat}) pm 0.6 (text{syst}) pm 1.4 (text{ext})]%$ and $mathcal{B}(B_s to D_s^{*-} X ell^+ u) = [5.4 pm 0.4 (text{stat}) pm 0.4 (text{syst}) pm 0.9 (text{ext})]%$, where the first two uncertainties are statistical and systematic and the last is due to external parameters. The measurement also provides an estimate of the $B_s^{(*)}bar{B}_s^{(*)}$ production cross-section, $sigma(e^+e^- to B_s^{(*)}bar{B}_s^{(*)}) = (53.8 pm 1.4 (text{stat}) pm 4.0 (text{syst}) pm 3.4 (text{ext})),{rm pb}$, at the center-of-mass energy $sqrt{s} = 10.86,{rm GeV}$.

Evidence for the decay B0->eta pi^0

We report a search for the charmless hadronic decay $B^0toeta pi^0$ with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 694 $rm fb^{-1}$ containing $753times10^6$ $Bbar{B}$ pairs. The data were collected by the Belle experiment running on the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. We measure a branching fraction $mathcal{B}(B^0toetapi^0)=(4.1^{+1.7+0.5}_{-1.5-0.7})times 10^{-7}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Our measurement gives an upper limit of $mathcal{B}(B^0toetapi^0)<6.5times 10^{-7}$ at 90% confidence level. The signal has a significance of $3.0$ standard deviations and constitutes the first evidence for this decay mode.

Measurement of the branching fraction of B^+ -> tau^+ nu_tau decays with the semileptonic tagging method

We report a measurement of the branching fraction of B^+ -> tau^+ nu_tau decays using a data sample of 772 x 10^6 BBbar pairs, collected at the Y(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e^+e^- collider. We reconstruct the accompanying B meson in a semileptonic decay and detect the recoiling B candidate in the decay channel B^+ -> tau^+ nu_tau. We obtain a branching fraction of BR(B^+ -> tau^+ nu_tau) = [1.25 +- 0.28 (stat.) +- 0.27 (syst.)] x 10^-4. This result is in good agreement with previous measurements and the expectation from the calculation based on the Standard Model.

Search for the decay $B^+rightarrowoverline{K}{}^{*0}K^{*+}$ at Belle

We report a search for the rare charmless decay $B^+rightarrowoverline{K}{}^{*0}K^{*+}$ using a data sample of $772times10^6$ $Bbar{B}$ pairs collected at the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. No statistically significant signal is found and a 90% confidence-level upper limit is set on the decay branching fraction as $ mathcal{B}(B^+rightarrowoverline{K}{}^{*0}K^{*+}) <1.31times 10^{-6}$.