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    Angular analysis of B+ρ+ρ0B^+ \to \rho^+\rho^0 decays reconstructed in 2019, 2020, and 2021 Belle II data

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    We report on a Belle II measurement of the branching fraction (B\mathcal{B}), longitudinal polarization fraction (fLf_L), and CP asymmetry (ACP\mathcal{A}_{CP}) of B+ρ+ρ0B^+\to \rho^+\rho^0 decays. We reconstruct B+ρ+(π+π0(γγ))ρ0(π+π)B^+\to \rho^+(\to \pi^+\pi^0(\to \gamma\gamma))\rho^0(\to \pi^+\pi^-) decays in a sample of SuperKEKB electron-positron collisions collected by the Belle II experiment in 2019, 2020, and 2021 at the Υ\Upsilon(4S) resonance and corresponding to 190 fb1^{-1} of integrated luminosity. We fit the distributions of the difference between expected and observed BB candidate energy, continuum-suppression discriminant, dipion masses, and decay angles of the selected samples, to determine a signal yield of 345±31345 \pm 31 events. The signal yields are corrected for efficiencies determined from simulation and control data samples to obtain $\mathcal{B}(B^+ \to \rho^+\rho^0) = [23.2^{+\ 2.2}_{-\ 2.1} (\rm stat) \pm 2.7 (\rm syst)]\times 10^{-6},, f_L = 0.943 ^{+\ 0.035}_{-\ 0.033} (\rm stat)\pm 0.027(\rm syst),and, and \mathcal{A}_{CP}=-0.069 \pm 0.068(\rm stat) \pm 0.060 (\rm syst).Theresultsagreewithpreviousmeasurements.Thisisthefirstmeasurementof. The results agree with previous measurements. This is the first measurement of \mathcal{A}_{CP}in in B^+\to \rho^+\rho^0$ decays reported by Belle II

    Determination of Vub|V_{ub}| from untagged B0π+νB^0\to\pi^- \ell^+ \nu_{\ell} decays using 2019-2021 Belle II data

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    We present an analysis of the charmless semileptonic decay B0π+νB^0\to\pi^- \ell^+ \nu_{\ell}, where =e,μ\ell = e, \mu, from 198.0 million pairs of BBˉB\bar{B} mesons recorded by the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB electron-positron collider. The decay is reconstructed without identifying the partner BB meson. The partial branching fractions are measured independently for B0πe+νeB^0\to\pi^- e^+ \nu_{e} and B0πμ+νμB^0\to\pi^- \mu^+ \nu_{\mu} as functions of q2q^{2} (momentum transfer squared), using 3896 B0πe+νeB^0\to\pi^- e^+ \nu_{e} and 5466 B0πμ+νμB^0\to\pi^- \mu^+ \nu_{\mu} decays. The total branching fraction is found to be (1.426±0.056±0.125)×104(1.426 \pm 0.056 \pm 0.125) \times 10^{-4} for B0π+νB^0\to\pi^- \ell^+ \nu_{\ell} decays, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. By fitting the measured partial branching fractions as functions of q2q^{2}, together with constraints on the nonperturbative hadronic contribution from lattice QCD calculations, the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element VubV_{ub}, (3.55±0.12±0.13±0.17)×103(3.55 \pm 0.12 \pm 0.13 \pm 0.17) \times 10^{-3}, is extracted. Here, the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic and the third is theoretical

    Reconstruction of BρνB \to \rho \ell \nu_\ell decays identified using hadronic decays of the recoil BB meson in 2019 -- 2021 Belle II data

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    We present results on the semileptonic decays B0ρ+νB^0 \to \rho^- \ell^+ \nu_\ell and B+ρ0+νB^+ \to \rho^0 \ell^+ \nu_\ell in a sample corresponding to 189.9/fb of Belle II data at the SuperKEKB ee+e^- e^+ collider. Signal decays are identified using full reconstruction of the recoil BB meson in hadronic final states. We determine the total branching fractions via fits to the distributions of the square of the "missing" mass in the event and the dipion mass in the signal candidate and find B(B0ρ+ν)=(4.12±0.64(stat)±1.16(syst))×104{\mathcal{B}(B^0\to\rho^-\ell^+ \nu_\ell) = (4.12 \pm 0.64(\mathrm{stat}) \pm 1.16(\mathrm{syst})) \times 10^{-4}} and B(B+ρ0+ν)=(1.77±0.23(stat)±0.36(syst))×104{\mathcal{B}({B^+\to\rho^0\ell^+\nu_\ell}) = (1.77 \pm 0.23 (\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.36 (\mathrm{syst})) \times 10^{-4}} where the dominant systematic uncertainty comes from modeling the nonresonant B(ππ)+νB\to (\pi\pi)\ell^+\nu_\ell contribution

    Measurement of the branching fractions and CPCP asymmetries of B+π+π0B^+ \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^0 and B+K+π0B^+ \rightarrow K^+ \pi^0 decays in 2019-2021 Belle II data

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    We determine the branching fractions B{\mathcal{B}} and CPCP asymmetries ACP{\mathcal{A}_{{\it CP}}} of the decays B+π+π0B^+ \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^0 and B+K+π0B^+ \rightarrow K^+ \pi^0. The results are based on a data set containing 198 million bottom-antibottom meson pairs corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 190  fb1190\;\text{fb}^{-1} recorded by the Belle II detector in energy-asymmetric electron-positron collisions at the Υ(4S)\Upsilon (4S) resonance. We measure B(B+π+π0)=(6.12±0.53±0.53)×106{\mathcal{B}(B^+ \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^0) = (6.12 \pm 0.53 \pm 0.53)\times 10^{-6}}, B(B+K+π0)=(14.30±0.69±0.79)×106{\mathcal{B}(B^+ \rightarrow K^+ \pi^0) = (14.30 \pm 0.69 \pm 0.79)\times 10^{-6}}, ACP(B+π+π0)=0.085±0.085±0.019{\mathcal{A}_{{\it CP}}(B^+ \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^0) = -0.085 \pm 0.085 \pm 0.019}, and ACP(B+K+π0)=0.014±0.047±0.010{\mathcal{A}_{{\it CP}}(B^+ \rightarrow K^+ \pi^0) = 0.014 \pm 0.047 \pm 0.010}, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These results improve a previous Belle II measurement and agree with the world averages

    Measurement of the branching fraction for the decay BK(892)+B \to K^{\ast}(892)\ell^+\ell^- at Belle II

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    We report a measurement of the branching fraction of BK(892)+B \to K^{\ast}(892)\ell^+\ell^- decays, where +=μ+μ\ell^+\ell^- = \mu^+\mu^- or e+ee^+e^-, using electron-positron collisions recorded at an energy at or near the Υ(4S)\Upsilon(4S) mass and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 189189 fb1^{-1}. The data was collected during 2019--2021 by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB e+ee^{+}e^{-} asymmetric-energy collider. We reconstruct K(892)K^{\ast}(892) candidates in the K+πK^+\pi^-, KS0π+K_{S}^{0}\pi^+, and K+π0K^+\pi^0 final states. The signal yields with statistical uncertainties are 22±622\pm 6, 18±618 \pm 6, and 38±938 \pm 9 for the decays BK(892)μ+μB \to K^{\ast}(892)\mu^+\mu^-, BK(892)e+eB \to K^{\ast}(892)e^+e^-, and BK(892)+B \to K^{\ast}(892)\ell^+\ell^-, respectively. We measure the branching fractions of these decays for the entire range of the dilepton mass, excluding the very low mass region to suppress the BK(892)γ(e+e)B \to K^{\ast}(892)\gamma(\to e^+e^-) background and regions compatible with decays of charmonium resonances, to be \begin{equation} {\cal B}(B \to K^{\ast}(892)\mu^+\mu^-) = (1.19 \pm 0.31 ^{+0.08}_{-0.07}) \times 10^{-6}, {\cal B}(B \to K^{\ast}(892)e^+e^-) = (1.42 \pm 0.48 \pm 0.09)\times 10^{-6}, {\cal B}(B \to K^{\ast}(892)\ell^+\ell^-) = (1.25 \pm 0.30 ^{+0.08}_{-0.07}) \times 10^{-6}, \end{equation} where the first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. These results, limited by sample size, are the first measurements of BK(892)+B \to K^{\ast}(892)\ell^+\ell^- branching fractions from the Belle II experiment
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