The inspiration for this book came from François le Diberder. During his term as
spokesperson for B 八 B 八 R he laid down a vision for the two B Factory detector …

Belle II has reported the first evidence for B+→ K+ ν ν¯ with a branching ratio 2.7 σ higher
than the standard model expectation. We explain this and the MiniBooNE and muon …

The Belle experiment, running at the KEKB e+ e− asymmetric energy collider during the first
decade of the century, achieved its original objective of precisely measuring differences …

We propose new searches for axionlike particles (ALPs) produced in flavor-changing neutral
current (FCNC) processes. This proposal exploits the often-overlooked coupling of ALPs to …

We perform a comprehensive study of a number of rare charm decays, incorporating the first
evaluation of the QCD corrections to the short distance contributions, as well as examining …

The potential of a Super Flavor Factory (SFF) for searches of new physics is reviewed. While
very high luminosity B physics is assumed to be at the core of the program, its scope for …

We discuss two dedicated observables in exclusive B→ K* ℓ+ ℓ− decay that can be used to
study effects of physics beyond the standard model, namely the forward-backward …

▪ Abstract Penguin, or loop, decays of B mesons induce effective flavor-changing neutral
currents, which are forbidden at tree level in the standard model. These decays give special …

Axionlike particles (ALPs) are predicted in many extensions of the standard model, and their
masses can naturally be well below the electroweak scale. In the presence of couplings to …

At present, there are outstanding discrepancies between standard model predictions and
measurements of the muon'sg-2 and several B-meson properties. We resolve these …