We present a new measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element jV cb j from B 0 → D Ã− l þ ν l decays, reconstructed with the full Belle data set of 711 fb −1 integrated luminosity. Two form factor parametrizations, originally conceived by the Caprini-Lellouch-Neubert (CLN) and the Boyd, Grinstein and Lebed (BGL) groups, are used to extract the product F ð1Þη EW jV cb j and the decay form factors, where F ð1Þ is the normalization factor and η EW is a small electroweak correction. In the CLN parametrization we find F ð1Þη EW jV cb j ¼ ð35.06 AE 0.15 AE 0.56Þ × 10 −3 , ρ 2 ¼ 1.106 AE 0.031 AE 0.007, R 1 ð1Þ ¼ 1.229 AE 0.028 AE 0.009, R 2 ð1Þ ¼ 0.852 AE 0.021 AE 0.006. For the BGL parametrization we obtain F ð1Þη EW jV cb j ¼ ð34.93 AE 0.23 AE 0.59Þ × 10 −3 , which is consistent with the world average when correcting for F ð1Þη EW . The branching fraction of B 0 → D Ã− l þ ν l is measured to be BðB 0 → D Ã− l þ ν l Þ ¼ ð4.90 AE 0.02 AE 0.16Þ%. We also present a new test of lepton flavor universality violation in semileptonic B decays, BðB 0 →D Ã− e þ νÞ BðB 0 →D Ã− μ þ νÞ ¼ 1.01 AE 0.01 AE 0.03. The errors quoted correspond to the statistical and systematic uncertainties, respectively. This is the most precise measurement of F ð1Þη EW jV cb j and form factors to date and the first experimental study of the BGL form factor parametrization in an experimental measurement.

We report a measurement of the ratios of branching fractions R(D, where denotes an electron or a muon. The results are based on a data sample containing 772 × 10 6 B B events recorded at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB e + e − collider. The tag-side B meson is reconstructed in a semileptonic decay mode, and the signal-side τ is reconstructed in a purely leptonic decay. The results are R(D) = 0.307 ± 0.037 ± 0.016 and R(D * ) = 0.283 ± 0.018 ± 0.014, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These results are in agreement with the Standard Model predictions within 0.2 and 1.1 standard deviations, respectively.

We report measurements of the production cross sections of charged pions, kaons, and protons as a function of fractional energy, the event-shape variable called thrust, and the transverse momentum with respect to the thrust axis. These measurements access the transverse momenta created in the fragmentation process, which are of critical importance to the understanding of any transverse-momentum-dependent distribution and fragmentation functions. The low transverse-momentum part of the cross sections can be well described by Gaussians in transverse momentum as is generally assumed but the fractional-energy dependence is nontrivial and different hadron types have varying Gaussian widths. The width of these Gaussians decreases with thrust and shows an initially rising, then decreasing fractional-energy dependence. The widths for pions and kaons are comparable within uncertainties, while those for protons are significantly narrower. These single-hadron cross sections and Gaussian widths are obtained from a 558 fb −1 data sample collected at the ϒð4SÞ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e þ e − collider.

We present measurements of the branching fractions for the decays B → Kμ+μ− and B → Ke+e−, and their ratio (RK), using a data sample of 711 fb−1 that contains 772 × 106$$ B\overline{B} $$ B B ¯ events. The data were collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider. The ratio RK is measured in five bins of dilepton invariant-mass-squared (q2): q2 ∈ (0.1, 4.0), (4.00, 8.12), (1.0, 6.0), (10.2, 12.8) and (> 14.18) GeV2/c4, along with the whole q2 region. The RK value for q2 ∈ (1.0, 6.0) GeV2/c4 is $$ {1.03}_{-0.24}^{+0.28} $$ 1.03 − 0.24 + 0.28 ± 0.01. The first and second uncertainties listed are statistical and systematic, respectively. All results for RK are consistent with Standard Model predictions. We also measure CP-averaged isospin asymmetries in the same q2 bins. The results are consistent with a null asymmetry, with the largest difference of 2.6 standard deviations occurring for the q2 ∈ (1.0, 6.0) GeV2/c4 bin in the mode with muon final states. The measured differential branching fractions, $$ d\mathrm{\mathcal{B}} $$ d ℬ /dq2, are consistent with theoretical predictions for charged B decays, while the corresponding values are below the expectations for neutral B decays. We have also searched for lepton-flavor-violating B → Kμ±e∓ decays and set 90% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fraction in the range of 10−8 for B+ → K+μ±e∓, and B0 → K0μ±e∓ modes.

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