Using a 73.6 pb(-1) data sample of Y(2S) events collected with the CLE
O II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have investigat
ed the hadronic transitions between the Y(2S) and the T(1S). The dipio
n transition Y(2S)-->Y(1S) pi(+)pi(-) was studied using two different
analysis techniques. Selecting events in which Y(1S)-->e(+)e(-), mu(+)
mu(-) (''exclusive'' analysis), and using the Y(1S) leptonic branching
fractions world averages from the PDG review, we obtained B(Y(2S)-->Y
(1S) pi(+)pi(-)) = 0.189 +/- 0.004 +/- 0.010, while using a method all
owing T(1S)-->anything (''inclusive'' analysis) we obtained B(Y(2S) --
>Y(1S)pi(+)pi(-)) = 0.196 +/- 0.002 +/- 0.010. The appropriate weighte
d average of the two measurements gives a(T(2S) --> Y(1S) pi(+)pi(-))
= 0.192 +/- 0.002 +/- 0.010. Combining the exclusive and inclusive res
ults we derive the T(1S) leptonic branching fractions B-ee = 0.0229 +/
- 0.0008 +/- 0.0011 and B-mu mu = 0.0249 +/- 0.0008 +/- 0.0013. We als
o studied Y(2S)-->Y(1S) pi(o)pi(o) and obtained B(Y(2S)-->Y(1S) pi(o)p
i(o))= 0.092 +/- 0.006 +/- 0.008. Parameters of the pi pi system (dipi
on invariant mass spectra, angular distributions) were analyzed and fo
und to be consistent with current theoretical models. Lastly, we searc
hed for the eta and single pi(o) transitions and obtained the 90% conf
idence level upper limits B(Y(2S)-->(1S) eta)<0.0028 and B(Y(2S)-->(1S
) pi(o))<0.0011. [S0556-2821(98)07417-7].