Recent CKM and CP Results from BaBar

TL;DR

This paper reports recent measurements from BaBar on B and charm decays, including rare decay searches, CKM matrix element determinations, CP violation, and T-violation, based on data from 1999-2008.

Contribution

It provides new experimental results on B and charm decay processes, including CP and T violation measurements, using the complete BaBar dataset.

Findings

Observation of semileptonic B decays to D(*) tau nu

Measurement of |V_ub| from inclusive B decays

Searches for rare charm decays and CP violation

Abstract

We present recent results of B and charm decays from the BaBar experiment. These results include searches for rare or forbidden charm decays, measurements of $|V_{ub}|$ from inclusive ${\bar B} \rightarrow X_u l {\bar \nu} $ decays, observation of the semileptonic ${\bar B} \rightarrow D^{(*)} \tau^- {\bar \nu}_{\tau}$ decays, direct CP violation asymmetry in $B \rightarrow X_{s+d} \gamma$ and in $D^+\rightarrow K^0_S \pi^+$, and T-violation in $D^+_{(s)} \rightarrow K^+ K^0_S \pi^+ \pi^-$. These studies are based on the final dataset collected by BaBar at the PEP-II B factory at SLAC in the period 1999-2008.