scholarly journals THE CKM MATRIX AND CP VIOLATION

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 5105-5118 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZOLTAN LIGETI
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Vector Mesons ◽  
B Decays ◽  
Ckm Matrix ◽  
Charmless B Decays ◽  
The Status ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Nonleptonic Decays ◽  
Cp Asymmetries

The status of CP violation and the CKM matrix is reviewed. Direct CP violation in B decay has been established and the measurement of sin 2β in ψK modes reached 5% accuracy. I discuss the implications of these, and of the possible deviations of the CP asymmetries in b → s modes from that in ψK. The first meaningful measurements of α and γ are explained, together with their significance for constraining both the SM and new physics in [Formula: see text] mixing. I also discuss implications of recent developments in the theory of nonleptonic decays for B → πK rates and CP asymmetries, and for the polarization in charmless B decays to two vector mesons.

scholarly journals SUPERSYMMETRY PHENOMENOLOGY BEYOND THE MSSM AFTER 5/fb OF LHC DATA

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1230010 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAOLO LODONE
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Supersymmetry Phenomenology ◽  
Cp Violation ◽  
New Physics ◽  
The Status ◽  
Recent Developments

We briefly review the status of motivated beyond-the-MSSM phenomenology in the light of the LHC searches to date. In particular, we discuss the conceptual consequences of the exclusion bounds, of the hint for a Higgs boson at about 125 GeV, and of interpreting the excess of direct CP violation in the charm sector as a signal of New Physics. We try to go into the various topics in a compact way while providing a relatively rich list of references, with particular attention to the most recent developments.

scholarly journals QUARK MIXING AND CP VIOLATION — THE CKM MATRIX

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1724-1737 ◽  
Author(s):  
ULRICH NIERSTE
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Current ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
B Decays ◽  
Ckm Matrix ◽  
Penguin Decays ◽  
The Status ◽  
First Results ◽  
Global Fit

I summarize the theoretical progress in the determination of the CKM elements since Lepton-Photon 2003 and present the status of the elements and parameters of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix. One finds |Vus| = 0.2227 ± 0.0017 from K and τ decays and |Vcb| = (41.6 ± 0.5) · 10-3 from inclusive semileptonic B decays. The unitarity triangle can now be determined from tree-level quantities alone and the result agrees well with the global fit including flavour-changing neutral current (FCNC) processes, which are sensitive to new physics. From the global fit one finds the three CKM angles θ12 = 12.9° ± 0.1°, θ23 = 2.38° ± 0.03° and θ13 = 0.223° ± 0.007° in the standard PDG convention. The CP phase equals [Formula: see text] at 1σ CL and [Formula: see text] at 2σ CL. A major progress are first results from fully unquenched lattice QCD computations for the hadronic quantities entering the UT fit. I further present the calculation of three-loop QCD corrections to the charm contribution in [Formula: see text] decays, which removes the last relevant theoretical uncertainty from the [Formula: see text] system. Finally I discuss mixing-induced CP asymmetries in [Formula: see text] penguin decays, whose naive average is below its Standard Model value by 3σ.

scholarly journals THEORY OF CP VIOLATION IN THE B-MESON SYSTEM

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 2936-2950 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTHIAS NEUBERT
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
B Meson ◽  
New Physics ◽  
B Decays ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Meson System

Recent developments in the theory of CP violation in the B-meson system are reviewed, with focus on the determination of sin 2β from B → J/ψ K decays, its implications for tests of the Standard Model and searches for New Physics, and the determination of γ and α from charmless hadronic B decays.

scholarly journals RARE DECAYS AND CP VIOLATION BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1738-1749 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCA SILVESTRINI
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Rare Decays ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Unitarity Triangle ◽  
Minimal Flavour Violation ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Status ◽  
Flavour Violation

We review the status of rare decays and CP violation in extensions of the Standard Model. We analyze the determination of the unitarity triangle and the model-independent constraints on new physics that can be derived from this analysis. We find stringent bounds on new contributions to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] mixing, pointing either to models of minimal flavour violation or to models with new sources of flavour and CP violation in b → s transitions. We discuss the status of the universal unitarity triangle in minimal flavour violation, and study rare decays in this class of models. We then turn to supersymmetric models with nontrivial mixing between second and third generation squarks, discuss the present constraints on this mixing and analyze the possible effects on CP violation in b → s nonleptonic decays and on [Formula: see text] mixing. We conclude presenting an outlook on Lepton-Photon 2009.

scholarly journals CP VIOLATION AND BEAUTY DECAYS — A CASE STUDY OF HIGH IMPACT, HIGH SENSITIVITY AND EVEN HIGH PRECISION PHYSICS

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (08) ◽  
pp. 1079-1156
Author(s):  
I. I. BIGI
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
High Energy Physics ◽  
Dipole Moments ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
B Decays ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Parametric Reliability

The narrative of these lectures contains three main threads: (i) CP violation despite having so far been observed only in the decays of neutral kaons has been recognized as a phenomenon of truly fundamental importance. The KM ansatz constitutes the minimal implementation of CP violation: without requiring unknown degrees of freedom it can reproduce the known CP phenomenology in a nontrivial way. (ii) The physics of beauty hadrons — in particular their weak decays — opens a novel window onto fundamental dynamics: they usher in a new quark family (presumably the last one); they allow us to determine fundamental quantities of the Standard Model like the b quark mass and the CKM parameters V(cb), V(ub), V(ts) and V(td); they exhibit speedy or even rapid [Formula: see text] oscillations. (iii) Heavy Quark Expansions allow us to treat B decays with an accuracy that would not have been thought possible a mere decade ago. These three threads are joined together in the following manner: (a) Huge CP asymmetries are predicted in B decays, which represents a decisive test of the KM paradigm for CP violation. (b) Some of these predictions are made with high parametric reliability, which (c) can be translated into numerical precision through the judicious employment of novel theoretical technologies. (d) Beauty decays thus provide us with a rich and promising field to search for New Physics and even study some of its salient features. At the end of it there might quite possibly be a New Paradigm for High Energy Physics. There will be some other threads woven into this tapestry: electric dipole moments, and CP violation in other strange and in charm decays.

scholarly journals Recent Measurements of CP-Violation at the B-Factories

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (30) ◽  
pp. 2083-2098
Author(s):  
Gabriella Sciolla
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Cp Asymmetries

Recent measurements of time-dependent CP-asymmetries at the B-factories have led to substantial progress in our understanding of CP-violation. In this paper, we review some of these experimental results and discuss their implications in the Standard Model and their sensitivity to New Physics.

CP VIOLATION IN THE B SYSTEM—A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (05) ◽  
pp. 337-347
Author(s):  
DAVID LONDON
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Hadronic Decay ◽  
System A ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Cp Asymmetries

The standard model predictions for CP violating hadronic decay asymmetries are presented in the form of probability distributions. From these distributions, it can be easily seen what the most likely values of these quantities are, which measurements would clearly be signs of new physics, and which values of the CP asymmetries would most constrain the parameters of the standard model.

Probing new CP-odd thresholds with electric dipole moments

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-606
Author(s):  
A Ritz
Keyword(s):  
Dipole Moment ◽  
Cp Violation ◽  
Electric Dipole Moment ◽  
Electric Dipole ◽  
Dipole Moments ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Electric Dipole Moments ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
The Status ◽  
Generic Class

We dicuss the utility of precision probes for flavour-diagonal CP-violation, namely, searches for electric dipole moments of nucleons, atoms, and molecules, in looking for new physics thresholds that manifest themselves primarily through higher dimensional operators. After reviewing the status of the electric dipole moment (EDM) constraints, we consider first the sensitivity to a generic class of dimension-five operators generated at a supersymmetric threshold, through their contribution to CP- and flavour-violating observables. Such thresholds can be probed by EDMs up to a scale of order 108 GeV depending on the flavour structure. We then turn to consider the possibility that electroweak baryogenesis is made feasible by the introduction of dimension-six operators at a TeV-scale threshold. The EDM costraints on dimension-six couplings of the Higgs to the fermions currently still allow a reasonable window in parameter space for these models, but the next generation of experiments should provide a conclusive test. PACS Nos.: 11.30.Er, 12.60.Fr, 12.60.Jv

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