Prospects for Rare Decays at Belle II

Belle II is an upcoming experiment at the next generation SuperKEKB e+e- collider. It will record about 50 ab-1 of data mostly at the Y(4S) resonance. The high statistics will allow precision measurements for rare decays, which can be then compared with the Standard Model predictions in order to search indirectly for new physics. We present the prospects for rare decay studies at Belle II.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, CKM 2016 Conferenc

Mixed and discontinuous finite volume element schemes for the optimal control of immiscible flow in porous media

We introduce a family of hybrid discretisations for the numerical approximation of optimal control problems governed by the equations of immiscible displacement in porous media. The proposed schemes are based on mixed and discontinuous finite volume element methods in combination with the optimise-then-discretise approach for the approximation of the optimal control problem, leading to nonsymmetric algebraic systems, and employing minimum regularity requirements. Estimates for the error (between a local reference solution of the infinite dimensional optimal control problem and its hybrid approximation) measured in suitable norms are derived, showing optimal orders of convergence

Level Set Topology Optimization of Load Carrying Heat Dissipation Devices

In this paper, we introduce a level set method topology optimization method of structures subjected to coupled mechanical and thermal loads. Different examples considering compliance minimization and stress minimization under temperature and volume constraints, and mass minimization under stress and temperature constraints, are presented. The p-norm of the stress field and temperature field is used to approximate the maximum stress and temperature, respectively. The developed method is applied in the design of an L-bracket and a battery package. The results show that designs obtained by ignoring the thermal or structural constraints can result in high values of temperature or stress, respectively

Search for the ηc2(1D) in e+e−→γηc2(1D)at √s near 10.6 GeV at Belle

For the first time we search for the in at , 10.58, and 10.867 GeV with data samples of , , and , respectively, accumulated with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. No significant signal is observed in the mass range between 3.8 and . The upper limit at 90% confidence level on the product of the Born cross section for and branching fraction for is determined to be at near 10.6 GeV. © 2021 Published by the American Physical Societ

Measurement of branching fraction and search for CP violation in B →φφK

We report the measurement of branching fractions and CP-violation asymmetries in B→φφK decays based on a 711 fb-1 data sample containing 772×106 BB¯ events. The data were recorded at the I(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. For B+→φφK+, the branching fraction and CP-violation asymmetry measured below the ηc threshold (mφφ<2.85 GeV/c2) are [3.43-0.46+0.48(stat)±0.22(syst)]×10-6 and -0.02±0.11(stat)±0.01(syst), respectively. Similarly, the branching fraction obtained for B0→φφK0 below the ηc threshold is [3.02-0.66+0.75(stat)±0.20(syst)]×10-6. We also measure the CP-violation asymmetry for B+→φφK+ within the ηc region (mφφ[2.94,3.02] GeV/c2) to be +0.12±0.12(stat)±0.01(syst). © 2021 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3