Hadronic B and D studies at BABAR

TL;DR

This paper reports new experimental results on hadronic B and D meson decays from BABAR, including searches for CP measurement channels, tests of QCD models, and a new measurement of a D_s+ decay branching ratio.

Contribution

It provides novel measurements and searches that enhance understanding of hadronic decays and CP violation in B and D mesons, with specific new results on decay channels and branching ratios.

Findings

Identification of potential channels for CP measurements

Tests of QCD factorization predictions with hadronic decays

New measurement of Ds+ --> phi pi+ branching ratio

Abstract

We present new results on hadronic B and D decays from the BABAR experiment. The first part of this document presents searches for new channels which may be used for CP measurements. The second part is dedicated to hadronic decays with tests of QCD factorization predictions and other models for B structure and decay mechanisms. A new result on the reference branching ratio Ds+ -->phi pi+ is also reported.