J. Olsen

This Report summarizes the results of the activities in 2012 and the first half of 2013 of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the state of the art of Higgs Physics at the LHC, integrating all new results that have appeared in the last few years. This report follows the first working group report Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 1. Inclusive Observables (CERN-2011-002) and the second working group report Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 2. Differential Distributions (CERN-2012-002). After the discovery of a Higgs boson at the LHC in mid-2012 this report focuses on refined prediction of Standard Model (SM) Higgs phenomenology around the experimentally observed value of 125-126 GeV, refined predictions for heavy SM-like Higgs bosons as well as predictions in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and first steps to go beyond these models. The other main focus is on the extraction of the characteristics and properties of the newly discovered particle such as couplings to SM particles, spin and CP-quantum numbers etc.

A precise measurement of the cross section of the process $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-(\gamma)$ from threshold to an energy of 3GeV is obtained with the initial-state radiation (ISR) method using 232fb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the BaBar detector at $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energies near 10.6GeV. The ISR luminosity is determined from a study of the leptonic process $e^+e^-\to\mu^+\mu^-(\gamma)\gamma_{\rm ISR}$, which is found to agree with the next-to-leading-order QED prediction to within 1.1%. The cross section for the process $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-(\gamma)$ is obtained with a systematic uncertainty of 0.5% in the dominant $\rho$ resonance region. The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the measured $\pi\pi$ cross section from threshold to 1.8GeV is $(514.1 \pm 2.2({\rm stat}) \pm 3.1({\rm syst}))\times 10^{-10}$.

This Report summarizes the results of the first 10 months' activities of the LHC Higgs Cross Sections Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the status-of-art on Higgs Physics at the LHC integrating all new results that have appeared in the last few years. The Report is more than a mere collection of the proceedings of the general meetings. The subgroups have been working in different directions. An attempt has been made to present the first Report from these subgroups in a complete and homogeneous form. The subgroups' contributions correspondingly comprise the main parts of the Report. A significant amount of work has been performed in providing higher-order corrections to the Higgs-boson cross sections and pinning down the theoretical uncertainty of the Standard Model predictions. This Report comprises explicit numerical results on total cross sections, leaving the issues of event selection cuts and differential distributions to future publications. The subjects for further study are identified.

This Report summarises the results of the second year's activities of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the state of the art of Higgs Physics at the LHC, integrating all new results that have appeared in the last few years. The first working group report Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 1. Inclusive Observables (CERN-2011-002) focuses on predictions (central values and errors) for total Higgs production cross sections and Higgs branching ratios in the Standard Model and its minimal supersymmetric extension, covering also related issues such as Monte Carlo generators, parton distribution functions, and pseudo-observables. This second Report represents the next natural step towards realistic predictions upon providing results on cross sections with benchmark cuts, differential distributions, details of specific decay channels, and further recent developments.

This report summarizes the work of the Energy Frontier Higgs Boson working group of the 2013 Community Summer Study (Snowmass). We identify the key elements of a precision Higgs physics program and document the physics potential of future experimental facilities as elucidated during the Snowmass study. We study Higgs couplings to gauge boson and fermion pairs, double Higgs production for the Higgs self-coupling, its quantum numbers and $CP$-mixing in Higgs couplings, the Higgs mass and total width, and prospects for direct searches for additional Higgs bosons in extensions of the Standard Model. Our report includes projections of measurement capabilities from detailed studies of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC), a Gamma-Gamma Collider, the International Linear Collider (ILC), the Large Hadron Collider High-Luminosity Upgrade (HL-LHC), Very Large Hadron Colliders up to 100 TeV (VLHC), a Muon Collider, and a Triple-Large Electron Positron Collider (TLEP).

Background: In 2002, in the United States, 48 states issued advisories for sport-fish consumers that included 39 chemical contaminants. The most commonly identified chemical was methyl mercury, which is linked to reproductive and developmental effects. Advisories to reduce consumption of contaminated fish have been issued by states since the early 1970s. Advisories are being integrated to include both sport and commercial fish. Methods: As part of a comprehensive risk-communication project, from December 1998 through August 1999 the Wisconsin Division of Public Health and the State of Maine Bureau of Health conducted a 12-state random-digit-dial telephone survey of 3015 women of childbearing age (ages 18–45). The goal was to assess the prevalence of fish consumption, understanding of mercury toxicity, and awareness of state sport-fish consumption advisories for mercury. We gathered information concerning respondents’ demographic characteristics, understanding of mercury toxicity, fish consumption during the preceding 12 months, and sport-fish consumption advisory awareness. Results: The overall survey completion rate was 57% with a Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO)-calculated response rate of 50%. Completion rates varied from 37% in New Jersey to 73% in Minnesota. Fish consumption during the previous 12 months was reported by 87% of respondents (range by state of 82–90%). Nearly 10% of women reported consuming two or more fish-meals per week over the prior 12 months. Twenty-nine percent reported sport-fish consumption during the same time period, with a greater state-to-state variability (14–43%). Most women (71%) were aware of mercury's toxicity to a developing child (87% among those aware of an advisory and 67% among those unaware of an advisory). However, awareness of state advisories was only 20%, ranging by state from 8% to 32%. Women who were older, had more than a high school education, and had a household member with a fishing license were the most informed about mercury and fish-consumption advisories. Conclusions: Most women of childbearing age consume commercial fish and a substantial number also consume sport-caught fish. Despite this potential exposure to dietary mercury, most are unfamiliar with their state's mercury fish-consumption advisory. Most women were aware of the most toxic effects of mercury but less informed about mercury and its relationship to types of fish and fish characteristics. Minorities, women over age 30, family incomes above $25,000, and those with some collage education were more likely to be consuming two or more fish-meals per week. Until source control and environmental remediation efforts can reduce the environmental burden of mercury below levels of concern, combined sport and commercial fish consumption advisories will remain the primary means of reducing human exposure to methylmercury. Assuring and assessing the effectiveness of such advisories is paramount. Our survey documents that current efforts to inform vulnerable populations are far from optimal.

This Report summarizes the results of the first 10 months' activities of the LHC Higgs Cross Sections Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the status-of-art on Higgs Physics at the LHC integrating all new results that have appeared in the last few years. The Report is more than a mere collection of the proceedings of the general meetings. The subgroups have been working in different directions. An attempt has been made to present the first Report from these subgroups in a complete and homogeneous form. The subgroups' contributions correspondingly comprise the main parts of the Report. A significant amount of work has been performed in providing higher-order corrections to the Higgs-boson cross sections and pinning down the theoretical uncertainty of the Standard Model predictions. This Report comprises explicit numerical results on total cross sections, leaving the issues of event selection cuts and differential distributions to future publications. The subjects for further study are identified.

The primitive cardiac tube starts beating 6-8 weeks post fertilization in the developing embryo. In order to describe normal cardiac development during late first and early second trimester in human fetuses this study used microarray and pathways analysis and created a corresponding 'normal' database. Fourteen fetal hearts from human fetuses between 10 and 18 weeks of gestational age (GA) were prospectively collected at the time of elective termination of pregnancy. RNA from recovered tissues was used for transcriptome analysis with Affymetrix 1.0 ST microarray chip. From the amassed data we investigated differences in cardiac development within the 10-18 GA period dividing the sample by GA in three groups: 10-12 (H1), 13-15 (H2) and 16-18 (H3) weeks. A fold change of 2 or above adjusted for a false discovery rate of 5% was used as initial cutoff to determine differential gene expression for individual genes. Test for enrichment to identify functional groups was carried out using the Gene Ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). Array analysis correctly identified the cardiac specific genes, and transcripts reported to be differentially expressed were confirmed by qRT-PCR. Single transcript and Ontology analysis showed first trimester heart expression of myosin-related genes to be up-regulated >5-fold compared with second trimester heart. In contrast the second trimester hearts showed further gestation-related increases in many genes involved in energy production and cardiac remodeling. In conclusion, fetal heart development during the first trimester was dominated by heart-specific genes coding for myocardial development and differentiation. During the second trimester, transcripts related to energy generation and cardiomyocyte communication for contractile coordination/proliferation were more dominant. Transcripts related to fatty acid metabolism can be seen as early as 10 weeks and clearly increase as the heart matures. Retinol receptor and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor transcripts were detected, and have not been described previously in human fetal heart during this period. For the first time global gene expression of heart has been described in human samples to create a database of normal development to understand and compare with known abnormal fetal heart development.

This report summarizes the work of the Energy Frontier Higgs Boson working group of the 2013 Community Summer Study (Snowmass). We identify the key elements of a precision Higgs physics program and document the physics potential of future experimental facilities as elucidated during the Snowmass study. We study Higgs couplings to gauge boson and fermion pairs, double Higgs production for the Higgs self-coupling, its quantum numbers and $CP$-mixing in Higgs couplings, the Higgs mass and total width, and prospects for direct searches for additional Higgs bosons in extensions of the Standard Model. Our report includes projections of measurement capabilities from detailed studies of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC), a Gamma-Gamma Collider, the International Linear Collider (ILC), the Large Hadron Collider High-Luminosity Upgrade (HL-LHC), Very Large Hadron Colliders up to 100 TeV (VLHC), a Muon Collider, and a Triple-Large Electron Positron Collider (TLEP).

I en ny undersøgelse af de danske kommuners brug af borgerrelaterede data tager vi temperaturen på den dataunderstøttede forvaltning og ser på potentialer, perspektiver og løsninger. 60% af kommunale dataanvendere mener, at brugen af data i opgaveløsningen af vokset det seneste år. 78% mener, at der er potentiale for yderligere databrug i deres kommune.

We present a study of ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{K}_{S}^{0}{K}_{S}^{0}({\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}){\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{K}_{S}^{0}{K}_{S}^{0}({\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}){\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ decays using a data set of 430 million $\ensuremath{\tau}$ lepton pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $468\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$, collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ storage rings. We measure branching fractions of $(2.31\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.04\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.08)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ and $(1.60\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.20\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.22)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$ for the ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{K}_{S}^{0}{K}_{S}^{0}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{K}_{S}^{0}{K}_{S}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ decays, respectively. We find no evidence for ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{K}_{S}^{0}{K}_{S}^{0}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{K}_{S}^{0}{K}_{S}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ decays and place upper limits on the branching fractions of $6.3\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}7}$ and $4.0\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}7}$ at the 90% confidence level.

Objective This study aimed to describe brain development during the first (B1) and second trimester (B3) in human fetuses. Design Ten brains from 10 to 18 weeks of gestational age (GA) were collected, and the RNA was used for transcriptome analysis (Affymetrix 1.0 ST microarray chip). Differences in brain development within 10 to 18 GA were investigated by dividing the sample into 10 to 12 (B1), 13 to 15(B2) and 16 to 18(B3) weeks. A fold change of 2 or above, with a false discovery rate of 5%, was used as cut-off to determine differential gene expression for individual genes. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to confirm differences. Tests for enrichment procedures (using Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) were then used to identify functional groups of mRNA. Results At 10 to 12 weeks, brains showed neuronal migration to be upregulated. From 10 to 18 weeks, brains showed genes coding for neuronal migration, differentiation and connectivity upregulated. ALDH1A1 and NPY genes, marker of spinal cord and striatum, were upregulated in B1 and B3 brains, respectively. Also, SLITRK6-HAS2 and CRYAB-PCDH18 genes for ear and eye sensory input were upregulated in B1. Conclusions For the first time, brain global gene expression was described in human samples. Period B1 was dominated by genes coding for neuronal migration, differentiation, programmed cell death and sensory organs. B3 was dominated by neuronal proliferation, branching and myelination. Creating such a database will allow comparison with abnormals in future studies. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

We present an updated measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and the CP-odd fraction in the decay B0→D*+D*− using 232×106B¯¯¯B pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II B factory. We determine the CP-odd fraction to be 0.125±0.044(stat)±0.007(syst). The time-dependent CP asymmetry parameters C+ and S+ are determined to be 0.06±0.17(stat)±0.03(syst) and −0.75±0.25(stat)±0.03(syst), respectively. The standard model predicts these parameters to be 0 and −sin2β, respectively, in the absence of penguin amplitude contributions.Received 30 June 2005DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.151804©2005 American Physical Society

This report represents the response of the Intensity Frontier Quark Flavor Physics Working Group to the Snowmass charge. We summarize the current status of quark flavor physics and identify many exciting future opportunities for studying the properties of strange, charm, and bottom quarks. The ability of these studies to reveal the effects of new physics at high mass scales make them an essential ingredient in a well-balanced experimental particle physics program.

We report a measurement of the CP-violation parameter sin2β with B0→J/ψK0S decays in which the J/ψ decays to hadrons or to muons that do not satisfy our standard identification criteria. With a sample of 88 million B¯B events collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory at SLAC, we reconstruct 100±17 such events, with J/→ψπ+π−π0 being the most prevalent, and measure sin2β=1.56±0.42(stat)±0.21(syst). Received 10 September 2003DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.052001©2004 American Physical Society

The BABAR detector, situated at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e^+e^- collider, has been recording data at energies on and around the Upsilon(4S) resonance since May 1999. In this paper, we briefly describe the PEP-II B Factory and the BABAR detector. The performance presently achieved by the experiment in the areas of tracking, vertexing, calorimetry and particle identification is reviewed. Analysis concepts that are used in the various papers submitted to this conference are also discussed.

This report summarizes the work of the Energy Frontier Higgs Boson working group of the 2013 Community Summer Study (Snowmass). We identify the key elements of a precision Higgs physics program and document the physics potential of future experimental facilities as elucidated during the Snowmass study. We study Higgs couplings to gauge boson and fermion pairs, double Higgs production for the Higgs self-coupling, its quantum numbers andCP -mixing in Higgs couplings, the Higgs mass and total width, and prospects for direct searches for additional Higgs bosons in extensions of the Standard Model. Our report includes projections of measurement capabilities from detailed studies of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC), a Gamma-Gamma Collider, the International Linear Collider (ILC), the Large Hadron Collider High-Luminosity Upgrade (HLLHC), Very Large Hadron Colliders up to 100 TeV (VLHC), a Muon Collider, and a Triple-Large Electron Positron Collider (TLEP).

The activities of the Princeton Elementary particles group funded through Department of Energy Grant# DEFG02-91 ER40671 during the period October 1, 1991 through January 31, 2013 are summarized. These activities include experiments performed at Brookhaven National Lab; the CERN Lab in Geneva, Switzerland; Fermilab; KEK in Tsukuba City, Japan; the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; as well as extensive experimental and the- oretical studies conducted on the campus of Princeton University. Funded senior personnel include: Curtis Callan, Stephen Gubser, Valerie Halyo, Daniel Marlow, Kirk McDonald, Pe- ter Meyers, James Olsen, Pierre Pirou e, Eric Prebys, A.J. Stewart Smith, Frank Shoemaker (deceased), Paul Steinhardt, David Stickland, Christopher Tully, and Liantao Wang.

The precise nature of the boson recently discovered at the Large Hadron Collider remains open. In addition to measuring its properties to determine whether it is the quantum of the field that breaks electroweak symmetry and gives mass to the fundamental particles, the search for other Higgs particles predicted by models beyond the standard model (SM), and also models beyond the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), has intensified. In this report, results are presented from three searches for Higgs-like particles predicted in models beyond the MSSM: a standard model with four generations (SM4), dimuon decays of a Higgs particle in the Next-toMSSM (NMSSM) framework, and doubly charged Higgs bosons predicted by the minimal type II seesaw model. The analysed samples include up to 5fb 1 of proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 7TeV.

The precise nature of the boson recently discovered at the Large Hadron Collider remains open. In addition to measuring its properties to determine whether it is the quantum of the field that breaks electroweak symmetry and gives mass to the fundamental particles, the search for other Higgs particles predicted by models beyond the standard model (SM), and also models beyond the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), has intensified. In this report, results are presented from three searches for Higgs-like particles predicted in models beyond the MSSM: a standard model with four generations (SM4), dimuon decays of a Higgs particle in the Next-toMSSM (NMSSM) framework, and doubly charged Higgs bosons predicted by the minimal type II seesaw model. The analysed samples include up to 5fb 1 of proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 7TeV.

We present preliminary results of a search for charmless two-body B decays to charged pions and kaons using data collected by the BABAR detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's PEP-II storage ring. In a sample of 8.8 million produced B-anti-B pairs we measure the branching fractions B(B^0 --> pi^+pi^-) = (9.3^{+2.6}_{-2.3}^{+1.2}_{-1.4}) x 10^{-6} and B(B^0 --> K^+π^-) = (12.5^{+3.0}_{-2.6}^{+1.3}_{-1.7}) x 10^{-6}, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. For the decay B^0 --> K^+K^- we find no significant signal and set an upper limit of B(B^0 --> K^+K^-) < 6.6 x 10^{-6} at the 90% confidence level.

Das Kursbuch wurde 1965 von Hans Magnus Enzensberger zusammen mit Karl Markus Michel gegründet. Als einer der wichtigsten kritischen Begleiter der bundesdeutschen Öffentlichkeit setzte die Kulturzeitschrift Themen, die sonst nicht auf der öffentlichen Agenda standen. Demgegenüber gilt es heute, im vorhandenen Themendickicht neue Schneisen zu schlagen und überraschende und ungewohnte Verbindungen herzustellen. Unter der Herausgeberschaft von Peter Felixberger und Armin Nassehi bietet das Kursbuch solche neuen unerwarteten Perspektiven an. Nicht die großen Unterschiede werden diskutiert, sondern das, was einen Unterschied macht. Für das Kursbuch schrieben bislang unter anderem Armin Nassehi, Peter Felixberger, Deniz Yücel, Jasmin Siri, Alexander Gutzmer, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Margarete Stokowski, Jagoda Mariníc, Aladin El-Mafaalani, Diedrich Diederichsen, Jan-Werner Müller, Patrick Bahners, Nora Bossong und Berit Glanz. Seit dem Jahre 2017 ist das Kursbuch eine Publikation der Kursbuch Kulturstiftung.

We present a preliminary result of the branching fraction for the B meson decay to the final state K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +} via an intermediate K*{sup 0} resonance using the sample of approximately 23 million B{bar B} mesons produced at the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP II e{sup +}e{sup -} collider. The K*{sup 0} was detected through the decay to the final state K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}. The result of this analysis is {Beta}(B{sup +} {yields} K*{sup 0}{pi}{sup +}) = (15.5 {+-} 3.4 {+-} 1.8) x 10{sup -6} where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic.

We present a search for D0--anti-D0 mixing in the decays D0 --> K+ pi- pi+ pi- using 230.4 fb-1 of data collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II e+ e- collider at SLAC. Assuming CP conservation, we measure the time-integrated mixing rate R_M = (0.019 +0.016/-0.015(stat.) +/- 0.002(syst.))%, and R_M K+ pi- pi0, we find R_M = (0.020 +0.011/-0.010)%, where the uncertainty is statistical only. We determine the upper limit R_M < 0.042% at the 95% confidence level, and we find the combined data are consistent with the no-mixing hypothesis at the 2.1% confidence level.

We present preliminary measurements of CP-violating asymmetries for the decay omega K0S. The data sample corresponds to 347 million BBbar pairs produced by e+e- annihilation at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. For the decay omega K0S, we measure the time-dependent CP-violation parameters S = 0.62+0.25-0.30+/-0.002, and C = -0.43+0.25-0.23+/-0.03, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.

We present measurements of the branching fractions and charge asymmetries (where appropriate) of two-body B decays to eta(')K*, eta(')rho, eta(')pi0, omegapi0, and phipi0. The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at PEP-II and correspond to 89x10^6 BB pairs produced in e+e- annihilation through the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We find significant signals for two decay modes and measure the branching fractions BR(B+->etaK*+)=(25.6+/-4.0+/-2.4)x10^{-6} and BR(B0->etaK*0)=(18.6+/-2.3+/-1.2)x10^{-6}, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. We also find evidence with significance 3.5sigma for a third decay mode and measure BR(B+->etarho+)= (9.2+/-3.4+/-1.0)x10^{-6}. For other channels, we set 90% C.L. upper limits of BR(B0->etarho0) eta'K*+) eta'K*0) eta'rho+) eta'rho0) etapi0) eta'pi0) omegapi0) phipi0) etaK*+)=+0.13\pm0.14\pm0.02 and A_ch(B0->etaK*0)=+0.02\pm0.11\pm0.02.

The authors present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetries in decays of neutral B mesons to the final states D*{sup {-+}}{pi}{sup {+-}}, using approximately 82 million B{bar B} events collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II storage ring. Events containing these decays are selected with a partial reconstruction technique, in which only the high momentum {pi}{sup {+-}} and the low momentum pion from the D*{sup {-+}} decay are reconstructed. The flavor of the other B meson in the event is tagged using the information from kaon and lepton candidates. They measure the time-dependent CP asymmetry {Alpha} = -0.063 {+-} 0.024 (stat.) {+-} 0.017 (syst.). They interpret these results in terms of the angles of the unitarity triangle to set a bound on |sin(2{beta} + {gamma})|.

We present preliminary measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in neutral B meson decays to π+π− and π+π−π0 final states, where the latter is measured in the region of the Dalitz plane dominated by the ϱ resonance. We also present preliminary measurements of the branching fraction for the decay B+ → π+π0 and an improved upper limit for B0 → π0π0, both of which are needed to extract the CP parameter α from the time-dependent dependent CP asymmetry in the π+π− channel. These results are obtained from a data sample of approximately 88 million γ(4S) → BB decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC.

We present preliminary results of searches for exclusive charged-B decays to K+ pi- pi+ from 61.6 million BBbar pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BaBar detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric B Factory. The Dalitz plot is divided into eight regions and, using a maximum-likelihood fit, we measure statistically significant yields in all regions. We interpret the results as the following branching fractions averaged over charged--conjugate states: B+ --&gt; K*0 pi+, K*0 --&gt; K+ pi- = (10.3 +/- 1.2 +1.0 -2.7) x 10^-6, B+ --&gt; f0 K+, f_0 --&gt; pi+ pi- = (9.2 +/- 1.2 +2.1 -2.6) x 10^-6, B+ --&gt; chi_c0 K+, chi_c0 --&gt; pi+ pi- = (1.46 +/- 0.35 +/- 0.12) x 10^-6 and B+ --&gt; D0bar pi+, D0bar --&gt; K+ pi- = (184.6 +/- 3.2 +/- 9.7) x 10^-6. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic and includes resonance--model and interference uncertainties. We give 90% confidence upper limits on the branching fractions of the following channels: B+ --&gt; rho K+ &lt; 6.2 x 10^-6 and B+ --&gt; K+ pi- pi+ non-resonant &lt; 17 x 10^-6.

With a sample of approximately 89 million B{bar B} pairs collected with the BABAR detector, they measure branching fractions, determine the degree of longitudinal polarization, and search for direct CP violation in the decays B{sup 0} {yields} {psi}K*{sup 0} and B{sup +} {yields} {psi}K*{sup +}. They perform a search for other charmless vector-vector B decays involving {rho} and K*(892) resonances and observe the decays B{sup +} {yields} {rho}{sup 0} K*{sup +} and B{sup +} {yields} {rho}{sup 0}{rho}{sup +}. The branching fractions are measured to be {Beta}({phi}K*{sup 0}) = (11.1 {sub -1.2}{sup +1.3} {+-} 1.1) x 10{sup -6}, {Beta}({phi}K*{sup +}) = (12.1 {sub -1.9}{sup +2.1} {+-} 1.5) x 10{sup -6}, {Beta}({rho}{sup 0} K*{sup +}) = (7.7{sub -2.0}{sup +2.1} {+-} 1.4) x 10{sup -6}, and {Beta}({rho}{sup 0} {rho}{sup +}) = 0.65 {+-} 0.07 {+-} 0.04 and {Lambda}{sub L}/{Lambda}({phi}K*{sup +}) = 0.46 {+-} 0.12 {+-} 0.05. They measure the charge asymmetries: {Alpha}{sub CP}({phi}K*{sup 0}) = +0.04 {+-} 0.12 {+-} 0.02 and {Alpha}{sub CP}({phi}K*{sup +}) = +0.16 {+-} 0.17 {+-} 0.04.

We present preliminary measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in neutral B meson decays to {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} and {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup 0} final states, where the latter is measured in the region of the Dalitz plane dominated by the {rho} resonance. We also present preliminary measurements of the branching fraction for the decay B{sup +} {yields} {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup 0} and an improved upper limit for B{sup 0} {yields} {pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}, both of which are needed to extract the CP parameter {alpha} from the time-dependent CP asymmetry in the {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} channel. These results are obtained from a data sample of approximately 88 million {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC.

We present preliminary results of a search for several exclusive charmless hadronic B decays from electron-positron annihilation data collected by the BABAR detector near the Y(4S) resonance. These include three-body decay modes with final states h^{+/-}h^{-/+}h^{+/-} and h^{+/-}h^{-/+}pi^0, and quasi-two-body decay modes with final states X^0 h and X^0 K0S, where h = pi or K and X^0 = eta^' or omega. We find B(B^0 --&gt; rho^(-/+)pi^(+/-)) = (49+/-13^{+6}_{-5}) x 10^{-6} and B(B^+ --&gt; eta^' K^+) = (62+/-18+/-8) x 10^{-6} and present upper limits for eight other decays.

We present preliminary results of several searches for rare charmless hadronic decays of the B meson using data collected by the BABAR detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's PEP-II storage ring. We search for the decays h + h - , h + h - h + , h + h - π 0 , X 0 h + , and [Formula: see text], where h = π or K, and X 0 = η' or ω. In a sample of 8.8 million [Formula: see text] decays we measure the branching fractions: [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and ℬ(B + → η'K + )= (62 ± 18 ± 8) × 10 -6 . We calculate upper limits for the modes without a significant signal.

The b --> s gamma transition proceeds by a loop ``penguin'' diagram. It may be used to measure precisely the couplings of the top quark and to search for the effects of any new particles appearing in the loop. We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction of the exclusive decay, B^0 --> K^{*0}gamma. We use 8.6 x 10^6 B-anti-B decays to measure B(B^0 --> K^{*0}gamma) = (5.4+/-0.8+/-0.5) x 10^{-5}.

We present a preliminary result of the branching fraction for the B meson decay to the final state K^+pi^-pi^+ via an intermediate K^{*0} resonance using the sample of approximately 23 million B-anti-B mesons produced at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP II e+e- collider. The K^{*0} was detected through the decay to the final state K^+pi^-. The result of this analysis is BF(B^+ --> K^{*0} pi^+) = (15.5 +/- 3.4 +/- 1.8) x 10^{-6} where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic.

We present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry parameters S and C in neutral B decays to the {pi}{sup +-}{pi} CP eigenstate, and an updated preliminary measurement of the charge asymmetry in B {yields} K{sup {+-}}{pi} decays. Event yields and CP-violation parameters are determined simultaneously from a multidimensional unbinned maximum likelihood fit. In a data sample consisting of approximately 33 million {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric B Factory, we find 65{sub -11}{sup +12} {pi}{sup +-}{pi} and 217 {+-} 18 K{sup {+-}}{pi} candidates and measure S = 0.03{sub -0}{sup +0} {+-} 0.11, C = -0.25{sub -0}{sup +0} = -0.25{sub -0}{sup +0} {+-} 0.14, and = -0.07 {+-} 0.08 {+-} 0.02, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic.

A preliminary study of time dependence of B^0-anti-B^0 oscillations using dilepton events is presented. The flavor of the B meson is determined by the charge sign of the lepton. To separate signal leptons from cascade and fake leptons we have used a method which combines several discriminating variables in a neural network. The time evolution of the oscillations is studied by reconstructing the time difference between the decays of the B mesons produced by the Y(4S) decay. With an integrated luminosity of 7.7 fb-1 collected on resonance by BABAR at the PEP-II asymmetric B Factory, we measure the difference in mass of the neutral B eigenstates, Delta_mB0, to be (0.507+/-0.015+/-0.022) x 10^{12} hbar-s^{-1}.

We present a measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to the {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} CP eigenstate, and an updated measurement of the charge asymmetry in B{sup 0} {yields} K{sup +} {pi}{sup -} decays. In a sample of 33 million {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric B Factory, we find 65{sub -11}{sup +12} {pi}{sup +} {pi}{sup -} and 217 {+-} 18 K{sup +}{pi}{sup -} candidates and measure the asymmetry parameters S{sub {pi}{pi}} = 0.03{sub -0.56}{sup +0.53} {+-} 0.11, C{sub {pi}{pi}} = -0.25{sub -0.47}{sup +0.45} {+-} 0.14, and {Alpha}{sub K{pi}} = -0.07 {+-} 0.08 {+-} 0.02, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic.

We present preliminary results of several searches for rare charmless hadronic decays of the B meson using data collected by the BABAR detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's PEP-II storage ring. We search for the decays h{sup +}h{sup -}, h{sup +}h{sup -}h{sup +}, h{sup +}h{sup -}{pi}{sup 0}, X{sup 0}h{sup +}, and X{sup 0}K{sub S}{sup 0}, where h = {pi} or K, and X{sup 0} = {eta}' or {omega}. In a sample of 8.8 million B{bar B} decays they measure the branching fractions. They calculate upper limits for the modes without a significant signal.

We present updated measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The results are obtained from a data sample of about 60 million {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} decays collected between 1999 and 2001 by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. The sample contains 124{sub -15}{sup +16} {pi}{pi}, 403 {+-} 24 K{pi}, and 0.6{sub -7.4}{sup +8.0} KK candidates.

A search for the exclusive radiative decays B {yields} {rho}(770){gamma} and B{sup 0} {yields} {omega}(782){gamma} is performed on a sample of 84 million B{bar B} events collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric e{sup +}e{sup -} collider. No significant signal is seen in any of the channels. They set preliminary upper limits of {Beta}[B{sup 0} {yields} {rho}{sup 0}{gamma}] < 1.4 x 10{sup -6}, {Beta}[B{sup +} {yields} {rho}{sup +}{gamma}] < 2.3 x 10{sup -6} and {Beta}[B{sup 0} {yields} {omega}{gamma}] < 1.2 x 10{sup -6} at 90% Confidence Level. Combining these into a single limit on the generic process B {yields} {rho}{gamma}, they find the preliminary limit {Beta}[B {yields} {rho}{gamma}] < 1.9 x 10{sup -6} corresponding, to a limit of {Beta}[B {yields} {rho}{gamma}]/{Beta}[B {yields} K*{gamma}] < 0.047 at 90% Confidence Level.