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We measure the branching fraction and $CP$ -violating flavor-dependent rate asymmetry of $B^0\to {\pi }^0{\pi }^0$ decays reconstructed using the Belle II detector in an electron-positron collision sample containing $387\times {10}^6\mathrm{\Upsilon }\left(4S\right)$ mesons. Using an optimized event selection, we find $125\pm 20$ signal decays in a fit to background-discriminating and flavor-sensitive distributions. The resulting branching fraction is $(1.25\pm 0.23)\times {10}^{-6}$ and the $CP$ -violating asymmetry is $0.03\pm 0.30$ . Published by the American Physical Society2025 

We report a measurement of the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\pi }^0$ cross section in the energy range from 0.62 to 3.50 GeV using an initial-state radiation technique. We use an $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ data sample corresponding to $191{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity, collected at a center-of-mass energy at or near the $\mathrm{\Upsilon }\left(4S\right)$ resonance with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB collider. Signal yields are extracted by fitting the two-photon mass distribution in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\pi }^0\gamma$ events, which involve a ${\pi }^0\to \gamma \gamma$ decay and an energetic photon radiated from the initial state. Signal efficiency corrections with an accuracy of 1.6% are obtained from several control data samples. The uncertainty on the cross section at the $\omega$ and $\varphi$ resonances is dominated by the systematic uncertainty of 2.2%. The resulting cross sections in the 0.62–1.80 GeV energy range yield $a_{\mu }^{3\pi }=[48.91\pm 0.23(\mathrm{stat})\pm 1.07(\mathrm{syst}\left)\right]\times {10}^{-10}$ for the leading-order hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment. This result differs by 2.5 standard deviations from the most precise current determination. Published by the American Physical Society2024 

We present a search for the baryon number $B$ and lepton number $L$ violating decays ${\tau }^{-}\to \mathrm{\Lambda }{\pi }^{-}$ and ${\tau }^{-}\to \overline{\mathrm{\Lambda }}{\pi }^{-}$ produced from the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ process, using a $364{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$ data sample collected by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB collider. No evidence of signal is found in either decay mode, which have $\left|\mathrm{\Delta }\right(B-L\left)\right|$ equal to 2 and 0, respectively. Upper limits at 90% credibility level on the branching fractions of ${\tau }^{-}\to \mathrm{\Lambda }{\pi }^{-}$ and ${\tau }^{-}\to \overline{\mathrm{\Lambda }}{\pi }^{-}$ are determined to be $4.7\times {10}^{-8}$ and $4.3\times {10}^{-8}$ , respectively. Published by the American Physical Society2024 

We report measurements of time-dependent $CP$ asymmetries in $B^0\to K_S^0{\pi }^0\gamma$ decays based on a data sample of $(388\pm 6)\times {10}^{6}B\overline{B}$ events collected at the $\mathrm{\Upsilon }\left(4S\right)$ resonance with the Belle II detector. The Belle II experiment operates at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider. We measure decay-time distributions to determine $CP$ -violating parameters $S$ and $C$ . We determine these parameters for two ranges of $K_S^0{\pi }^0$ invariant mass: $m\left(K_S^0{\pi }^0\right)\in (0.8,1.0)\mathrm{GeV}/c^2$ , which is dominated by $B^0\to K^{*0}(\to K_S^0{\pi }^0)\gamma$ decays, and a complementary region $m\left(K_S^0{\pi }^0\right)\in (0.6,0.8)\cup (1.0,1.8)\mathrm{GeV}/c^2$ . Our results have improved precision as compared to previous measurements and are consistent with theory predictions. Published by the American Physical Society2025 

We describe a measurement of charge-parity ( $CP$ ) violation asymmetries in $B^0\to {\eta }^{\prime }{K}_{\mathrm{S}}^0$ decays using Belle II data. We consider ${\eta }^{\prime }\to \eta (\to \gamma \gamma ){\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}$ and ${\eta }^{\prime }\to \rho (\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-})\gamma$ decays. The data were collected at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider between the years 2019 and 2022, and contain $(387\pm 6)\times {10}^6$ bottom-antibottom meson pairs. We reconstruct $829\pm 35$ signal decays and extract the $CP$ violating parameters from a fit to the distribution of the proper-decay-time difference between the two $B$ mesons. The measured direct and mixing-induced $CP$ asymmetries are $C_{{\eta }^{\prime }{K}_{\mathrm{S}}^0}=-0.19\pm 0.08\pm 0.03$ and $S_{{\eta }^{\prime }{K}_{\mathrm{S}}^0}=+0.67\pm 0.10\pm 0.03$ , respectively, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These results are in agreement with current world averages and standard model predictions. Published by the American Physical Society2024 

A<sc>bstract</sc> We present a study of$$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0 $$ ${\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\pi }^0$ ,$$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0\eta $$ ${\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0\eta$ , and$$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\eta}^{\prime } $$ ${\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\eta }^{\prime }$ decays using the Belle and Belle II data samples, which have integrated luminosities of 980 fb⁻¹and 426 fb⁻¹, respectively. We measure the following relative branching fractions$$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0\right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right)=0.48\pm 0.02\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.03\left(\textrm{syst}\right),\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0\eta \right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right)=0.11\pm 0.01\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.01\left(\textrm{syst}\right),\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\eta}^{\prime}\right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right)=0.08\pm 0.02\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.01\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\end{array}} $$ $\begin{array}{c}B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\pi }^0\right)/B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}\right)=0.48\pm 0.02\left(\text{stat}\right)\pm 0.03\left(\text{syst}\right),\\ B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0\eta \right)/B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}\right)=0.11\pm 0.01\left(\text{stat}\right)\pm 0.01\left(\text{syst}\right),\\ B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\eta }^{\prime }\right)/B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}\right)=0.08\pm 0.02\left(\text{stat}\right)\pm 0.01\left(\text{syst}\right)\end{array}$ for the first time, where the uncertainties are statistical (stat) and systematic (syst). By multiplying by the branching fraction of the normalization mode,$$ \mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right) $$ $B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}\right)$ , we obtain the following absolute branching fraction results$$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0\right)=\left(6.9\pm 0.3\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.5\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\pm 1.3\left(\operatorname{norm}\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0\eta \right)=\left(1.6\pm 0.2\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.2\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\pm 0.3\left(\operatorname{norm}\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\varXi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\eta}^{\prime}\right)=\left(1.2\pm 0.3\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.1\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\pm 0.2\left(\operatorname{norm}\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\end{array}} $$ $\begin{array}{c}B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\pi }^0\right)=\left(6.9\pm 0.3\left(\text{stat}\right)\pm 0.5\left(\text{syst}\right)\pm 1.3\left(norm\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\\ B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0\eta \right)=\left(1.6\pm 0.2\left(\text{stat}\right)\pm 0.2\left(\text{syst}\right)\pm 0.3\left(norm\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\\ B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\eta }^{\prime }\right)=\left(1.2\pm 0.3\left(\text{stat}\right)\pm 0.1\left(\text{syst}\right)\pm 0.2\left(norm\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\end{array}$ where the third uncertainties are from$$ \mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right) $$ $B\left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}\right)$ . The asymmetry parameter for$$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0 $$ ${\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\pi }^0$ is measured to be$$ \alpha \left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0\right)=-0.90\pm 0.15\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.23\left(\textrm{syst}\right) $$ $\alpha \left({\Xi }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0{\pi }^0\right)=-0.90\pm 0.15\left(\text{stat}\right)\pm 0.23\left(\text{syst}\right)$ . 

A<sc>bstract</sc> We report a determination of the CKM angleϕ₃, also known asγ, from a combination of measurements using samples of up to 711 fb⁻¹from the Belle experiment and up to 362 fb⁻¹from the Belle II experiment. We combine results from analyses ofB⁺→ DK⁺,B⁺→ Dπ⁺, andB⁺→ D^*K⁺decays, whereDis an admixture ofD⁰and$$ {\overline{D}}^0 $$ ${\overline{D}}^0$ mesons, in a likelihood fit to obtainϕ₃= (75.2±7.6)^°. We also briefly discuss the interpretation of this result. 

The ratio of branching fractions $R\left(D^{*}\right)=\mathcal{B}(\overline{B}\to D^{*}{\tau }^{-}{\overline{\nu }}_{\tau })/\mathcal{B}(\overline{B}\to D^{*}{\ell }^{-}{\overline{\nu }}_{\ell })$ , where $\ell$ is an electron or muon, is measured using a Belle II data sample with an integrated luminosity of $189{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$ at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider. Data is collected at the $\mathrm{\Upsilon }\left(4\mathrm{S}\right)$ resonance, and one $B$ meson in the $\mathrm{\Upsilon }\left(4\mathrm{S}\right)\to B\overline{B}$ decay is fully reconstructed in hadronic decay modes. The accompanying signal $B$ meson is reconstructed as $\overline{B}\to D^{*}{\tau }^{-}{\overline{\nu }}_{\tau }$ using leptonic $\tau$ decays. The normalization decay, $\overline{B}\to D^{*}{\ell }^{-}{\overline{\nu }}_{\ell }$ , produces the same observable final-state particles. The ratio of branching fractions is extracted in a simultaneous fit to two signal-discriminating variables in both channels and yields $R\left(D^{*}\right)={0.262}_{-0.039}^{+0.041}\left(\mathrm{stat}{)}_{-0.032}^{+0.035}\right(\mathrm{syst})$ . This result is consistent with the current world average and with Standard Model predictions. Published by the American Physical Society2024 

A<sc>bstract</sc> We report measurements of thee⁺e⁻→$$ B\overline{B} $$ $B\overline{B}$ ,$$ B{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ $B{\overline{B}}^{\ast }$ , and$$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ $B^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast }$ cross sections at four energies, 10653, 10701, 10746 and 10805 MeV, using data collected by the Belle II experiment. We reconstruct oneBmeson in a large number of hadronic final states and use its momentum to identify the production process. In the first 2 – 5 MeV above$$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ $B^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast }$ threshold, thee⁺e⁻→$$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ $B^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast }$ cross section increases rapidly. This may indicate the presence of a pole close to the threshold. 

A<sc>bstract</sc> We present the result of a search for the charged-lepton-flavor violating decayτ⁻→μ⁻μ⁺μ⁻using a 424 fb⁻¹sample of data recorded by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKBe⁺e⁻collider. The selection ofe⁺e⁻→τ⁺τ⁻events is based on an inclusive reconstruction of the non-signal tau decay, and on a boosted decision tree to suppress background. We observe one signal candidate, which is compatible with the expectation from background processes. We set a 90% confidence level upper limit of 1.9×10⁻⁸on the branching fraction of theτ⁻→ μ⁻μ⁺μ⁻decay, which is the most stringent bound to date.