$b\to c$ Hadronic Decays

Abstract

A review of current experimental results on exclusive hadronic decays of bottom mesons to a single or double charmed final state is presented. We concentrate on branching fraction measurements conducted at $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ colliders at the ${\rm Y}(4s)$ and at the $Z^0$ resonance. The experimental results reported are then used in tests of theoretical model predictions, the determination of the QCD parameters $a_1$ and $a_2/a_1$ and tests of factorization

17 pages, 8 figures, To be published in Proceedings of the IInd International Conference on B Physics and CP Violations Honlulu, Hawaii, March 1997