Enhanced Charmless Yield in B Decays and Inclusive B-Decay Puzzles

Abstract

Our analysis suggests that the charmless yield in B decays is enhanced over traditional estimates. The c c.bar pair produced in b to c c.bar transitions may be seen significantly as light hadrons due to non-perturbative effects. Existing data samples at Upsilon(4S) and Z^0 factories allow key measurements which are outlined.

Comments: latex 10 pages, 3 ps figures included, to appear in the proceedings of the second international conference on B physics and CP violation, Honolulu, Hawaii, 24 - 27 March 1997