Rare hadronic B decays: probing deeper into the Standard Model

Abstract

We present recent results from the Belle experiment on rare hadronic B meson decays. The results are based on a 78 fb^{-1} data sample and consist of branching fractions, CP asymmetries, and polarization amplitudes. The decays studied include two-body pseudoscalar-pseudoscalar final states (B -> pi pi, K pi, KK, and D^0 K^\pm); pseudoscalar-vector final states (B -> omega pi, omega K, and phi K); and vector-vector final states (B -> phi K* and rho^+ rho^0).