F. Otani

Test of lepton flavor universality with $B ˉ \to D^{()} τ^{-} ν ˉ_{τ}$ and $B ˉ \to D^{()} ℓ^{-} ν ˉ_{ℓ}$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +494

We test lepton flavor universality with a measurement of the branching-fraction ratios $R(D^{(*)}) \equiv \mathcal{B}(\bar{B} \rightarrow D^{(*)} τ^{-} \barν_τ)/\mathcal{B}(\bar{B}…

First measurement of the masses of the $Υ_{1} (1 D)$ and $Υ_{3} (1 D)$ states and the energy dependence of the cross sections for $e^{+} e^{-} \to Υ_{J} (1 D) η$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to Υ_{J} (1 D) π^{+} π^{-}$

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +398

We study the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to Υ_{J} (1 D) η$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to Υ_{J} (1 D) π^{+} π^{-}$ at center-of-mass energies $s$ =(10.73 -- 11.02) GeV using a $142.5 fb^{- 1}$ data sample, in…

Search for the decay $B^{+} \to K^{+} τ^{+} τ^{-}$ using data from the Belle and Belle II experiments

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +435

We report a search for the rare decay $B^{+} \to K^{+} τ^{+} τ^{-}$ using $1.2 \times 1 0^{9}$ $Υ (4 S)$ mesons produced near threshold in electron-positron collisions and colle…

Study of $e^{+} e^{-} \to h^{+} h^{-} J / ψ (h = π, K, p)$ via initial-state radiation at Belle~II

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +417

Using a data sample of 427.9 fb $^{- 1}$ collected by the Belle~II detector at or near the $Υ (4 S)$ and $Υ (10753)$ resonances, the cross sections for $e^{+} e^{-} \to h^{+} h^{-} J / ψ$ $(h = π / K / p)$ …

Study of $B^{+} \to μ^{+} ν_{μ}$ decays at Belle and Belle II

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +412

We report a measurement of the branching fraction for the leptonic decay $B^{+} \to μ^{+} ν_{μ}$ . This work presents the first $B^{+} \to μ^{+} ν_{μ}$ result using Belle~II data, an updated Belle me…

A search for feebly-interacting particles in $B$ decays with missing energy at Belle

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +406

We present a search for an invisible hidden-sector particle $X_{inv}$ , produced in $B^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} X_{inv}$ and $B^{\pm} \to h X_{inv}$ decays, where $h = π^{\pm}$ , $…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Measurement of inclusive $B \to X_{u} ℓ ν$ partial branching fractions and $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +419

A sample of 365 fb $^{- 1}$ of $e^{+} e^{-} \to Υ (4 S) \to B B ˉ$ data collected by the Belle II experiment is used to measure the partial branching fractions of charmless semileptonic…

Measurements of the mass difference $m (B^{0}) - m (B^{+})$ and the energy dependence of the cross-section ratio $σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to B^{0} B ˉ^{0}) / σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to B^{+} B^{-})$ at Belle and Belle II

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +396

Using data samples collected by the Belle and Belle II experiments at the $Υ (4 S)$ resonance with integrated luminosities of 571 fb $^{- 1}$ and 365 fb $^{- 1}$ , respectively, we measur…

First search for $B \to X_{s} ν ν ˉ$ decays

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +440

We report the first search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decays $B \to X_{s} ν ν ˉ$ , where $X_{s}$ is a hadronic system with strangeness equal to 1, in data coll…

Observation of the radiative decay $D_{s} (2317)^{+} \to D_{s}^{*} γ$

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +367

We observe the radiative decay $D_{s 0}^{*} (2317)^{+} \to D_{s}^{*+} γ$ for the first time, with a significance exceeding $10$ standard deviations. The signal is found in the contin…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

First measurements of the branching fractions for the decay modes $Ξ_{c}^{0} \to Λ η$ and $Ξ_{c}^{0} \to Λ η^{'}$ and search for the decay $Ξ_{c}^{0} \to Λ π^{0}$ using Belle and Belle II data

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +321

Using data samples of 988.4 fb $^{- 1}$ and 427.9 fb $^{- 1}$ collected with the Belle and Belle II detectors, we present a study of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $Ξ_c^{0} \to Λ…

physics.ins-det2025

Radiation damage study of Belle II silicon strip sensors with 90 MeV electron irradiation

K. Adamczyk, H. Aihara, K. Amos +58

The silicon strip sensors of the Belle II silicon vertex detector were irradiated with 90 MeV electron beams up to an equivalent 1-MeV-neutron fluence of $3.0\times 10^{13}~{\rm n}…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Measurement of the $D^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ branching fraction and search for $D^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ decays at Belle

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +481

We present a study of the rare charm meson decays $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ , $π^{+} π^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ , and $K^{-} π^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ using a 942 fb $^{- 1}$ data set c…

physics.ins-det2025

Operational experience and performance of the Silicon Vertex Detector after the first long shutdown of Belle II

K. Ravindran, K. Adamczyk, H. Aihara +62

In 2024, the Belle II experiment resumed data taking after the Long Shutdown 1, which was required to install a two-layer pixel detector and upgrade accelerator components. We desc…

hep-ex2025★ 5 cited

Test of lepton flavor universality with measurements of $R (D^{+})$ and $R (D^{*+})$ using semileptonic $B$ tagging at the Belle II experiment

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +450

We report measurements of the ratios of branching fractions ${\cal R}(D^{(*)+}) = \frac{{\cal B}(\overline{B}{}^0 \to D^{(*)+} \,τ^- \, \overlineν_τ)}{{\cal B}(\overline{B}{}^0 \to…

Measurement of the Branching Fraction of $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K_{S}^{0} π^{0}$ at Belle

The Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +426

We report a precise measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $B (Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K_{S}^{0} π^{0}) / B (Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} π^{+})$ using 980 fb $^{- 1}$ of $e^{+} e^{-}$ data from th…

Search for Pcs(4459) and Pcs(4338) in Upsilon(1S,2S) inclusive decays at Belle

I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed +402

Using data samples of 102 million Upsilon(1S) events and 158 million Upsilon(2S) events collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+} e^{-}$ collider, we search f…

Search for lepton flavor-violating decay modes $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} τ^{\pm} ℓ^{\mp} (ℓ = μ, e)$ with hadronic $B$ -tagging at Belle and Belle II

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +425

We present the first search for the lepton flavor-violating decay modes $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} τ^{\pm} ℓ^{\mp} (ℓ = μ, e)$ using the 711 fb $^{- 1}$ and 365 fb $^{- 1}$ data samples re…

Measurement of the branching fraction and $CP$ -violating asymmetry of the decay $B^{0} \to π^{0} π^{0}$ using $387$ million bottom-antibottom meson pairs in Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +437

We measure the branching fraction and $CP$ -violating flavor-dependent rate asymmetry of $B^{0} \to π^{0} π^{0}$ decays reconstructed using the Belle II detector in an electron-…

Measurement of the inclusive branching fractions for $B_{s}^{0}$ decays into $D$ mesons via hadronic tagging

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +452

We report measurements of the absolute branching fractions $B (B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\pm} X)$ , $B (B_{s}^{0} \to D^{0} / D ˉ^{0} X)$ , and $B (B_{s}^{0} \to D^{\pm} X)$ , w…

hep-ex2024★ 1 cited

Measurement of $B \to K^{*} (892) γ$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +451

We present measurements of $B \to K^{*} (892) γ$ decays using $365 fb^{- 1}$ of data collected from 2019 to 2022 by the Belle~II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Observation of time-dependent $C P$ violation and measurement of the branching fraction of $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{0}$ decays

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +391

We present a measurement of the branching fraction and time-dependent charge-parity ( $C P$ ) decay-rate asymmetries in $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{0}$ decays. The data sample was collected with the…

Search for $C P$ violation in $D_{(s)}^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{-} π^{+} π^{+}$ decays using triple and quadruple products

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +366

We perform the first search for $C P$ violation in $D_{(s)}^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{-} π^{+} π^{+}$ decays. We use a combined data set from the Belle and Belle II experiments, which s…