Flavor physics in the quark sector

M. Antonelli, D. M. Asner, D. Bauer, T. Becher, M. Beneke, A. J. Bevan, M. Blanke, C. Bloise, M. Bona, A. Bondar, C. Bozzi, J. Brod, A. J. Buras, N. Cabibbo, A. Carbone, G. Cavoto, V. Cirigliano, M. Ciuchini, J. P. Coleman, D. P. Cronin-HennessyJ. P. Dalseno, C. H. Davies, F. Di Lodovico, J. Dingfelder, Z. Dolezal, S. Donati, W. Dungel, G. Eigen, U. Egede, R. Faccini, T. Feldmann, F. Ferroni, J. M. Flynn, E. Franco, M. Fujikawa, I. K. Furić, P. Gambino, E. Gardi, T. J. Gershon, S. Giagu, E. Golowich, T. Goto, C. Greub, C. Grojean, D. Guadagnoli, U. A. Haisch, R. F. Harr, A. H. Hoang, T. Hurth, G. Isidori, D. E. Jaffe, A. Jüttner, S. Jäger, A. Khodjamirian, P. Koppenburg, R. V. Kowalewski, P. Krokovny, A. S. Kronfeld, J. Laiho, G. Lanfranchi, T. E. Latham, J. Libby, A. Limosani, D. Lopes Pegna, C. D. Lu, V. Lubicz, E. Lunghi, V. G. Lüth, K. Maltman, W. J. Marciano, E. C. Martin, G. Martinelli, F. Martinez-Vidal, A. Masiero, V. Mateu, F. Mescia, G. Mohanty, M. Moulson, M. Neubert, H. Neufeld, S. Nishida, N. Offen, M. Palutan, P. Paradisi, Z. Parsa, E. Passemar, M. Patel, B. D. Pecjak, A. A. Petrov, A. Pich, M. Pierini, B. Plaster, A. Powell, S. Prell, J. Rademaker, M. Rescigno, S. Ricciardi, P. Robbe, E. Rodrigues, M. Rotondo, R. Sacco, C. J. Schilling, O. Schneider, E. E. Scholz, B. A. Schumm, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, B. Sciascia, J. Serrano, J. Shigemitsu, I. J. Shipsey, A. Sibidanov, L. Silvestrini, F. Simonetto, S. Simula, C. Smith, A. Soni, L. Sonnenschein, V. Sordini, M. Sozzi, T. Spadaro, P. Spradlin, A. Stocchi, N. Tantalo, C. Tarantino, A. V. Telnov, D. Tonelli, I. S. Towner, K. Trabelsi, P. Urquijo, R. S. Van De Water, R. J. Van Kooten, J. Virto, G. Volpi, R. Wanke, S. Westhoff, G. Wilkinson, M. Wingate, Y. Xie, J. Zupan

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Abstract

In the past decade, one of the major challenges of particle physics has been to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of quark flavor. In this time frame, measurements and the theoretical interpretation of their results have advanced tremendously. A much broader understanding of flavor particles has been achieved, apart from their masses and quantum numbers, there now exist detailed measurements of the characteristics of their interactions allowing stringent tests of Standard Model predictions. Among the most interesting phenomena of flavor physics is the violation of the CP symmetry that has been subtle and difficult to explore. In the past, observations of CP violation were confined to neutral K mesons, but since the early 1990s, a large number of CP-violating processes have been studied in detail in neutral B mesons. In parallel, measurements of the couplings of the heavy quarks and the dynamics for their decays in large samples of K,D, and B mesons have been greatly improved in accuracy and the results are being used as probes in the search for deviations from the Standard Model. In the near future, there will be a transition from the current to a new generation of experiments, thus a review of the status of quark flavor physics is timely. This report is the result of the work of the physicists attending the 5th CKM workshop, hosted by the University of Rome "La Sapienza", September 9-13, 2008. It summarizes the results of the current generation of experiments that is about to be completed and it confronts these results with the theoretical understanding of the field which has greatly improved in the past decade.

Original languageEnglish (US)
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, CKM 2008 - Rome, Italy
Duration: Sep 9 2008Sep 13 2008

Other

Other5th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, CKM 2008
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period9/9/089/13/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)

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