000001656 001__ 1656 000001656 005__ 20190903024548.0 000001656 037__ $$aBELLE2-TALK-CONF-2019-119 000001656 041__ $$aeng 000001656 088__ $$aBELLE2-TALK-DRAFT-2019-119 000001656 100__ $$aKunxian Huang 000001656 245__ $$aThe Belle II experiment : Status and Prospects 000001656 260__ $$aNUFACT2019$$c2019-08-30 000001656 300__ $$amult. p 000001656 500__ $$a25 min 000001656 520__ $$aThe Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB energy-asymmetric e^{+}e^{-} collider is a substantial upgrade of the B factory facility at the Japanese KEK laboratory. The design luminosity of the machine is 8×1035 cm−2s−1 and the Belle II experiment aims to record 50 ab^{−1} of data, a factor of 50 more than its predecessor. With this data set, Belle II will be able to measure the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix, the matrix elements and their phases, with unprecedented precision and explore flavor physics with B and charmed mesons, and \tau leptons. Belle II has also a unique capability to search for low mass dark matter and low mass mediators. From February to July 2018, the machine has completed a commissioning run, achieved a peak luminosity of 5.5×10^{33} cm^{−2 }s^{−1}, and Belle II has recorded a data sample of about 0.5 fb^ {−1}. Regular operations, with full detector, have started in March 2019. In this presentation, we will review the status of the Belle II detector, the results from the early data, and the prospects for the study of rare decays, in the quest of uncovering New Physics. 000001656 8560_ $$fdoris.yangsoo.kim@desy.de 000001656 8564_ $$uhttps://docs.belle2.org/record/1656/files/BELLE2-TALK-CONF-2019-119.pdf