scholarly journals CP VIOLATION AND A SEARCH FOR NEW PHYSICS IN LHCb

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (31) ◽  
pp. 5973-5985 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
LESLIE CAMILLERI
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
B Physics ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
Particle Identification ◽  
Production Rates ◽  
Ckm Matrix ◽  
Physics Program ◽  
Physics Experiment

The physics program of LHCb concerns the study of CP violation in the B system, including more precise determination of the CKM matrix parameters and in particular the determination of φs The search for new physics which could manifest itself indirectly will be a high priority. The main advantages of LHCb over the B factories are the access to the Bs system and very large B production rates. In addition, LHCb is a dedicated B physics experiment with excellent vertexing and particle identification capabilities. It is currently setting up its detector in its allocated LHC interaction region and is foreseen to be ready for data taking in November 2007 for the pilot run.

PROSPECTS FOR RUN II BEAUTY PHYSICS AT DØ

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (supp01a) ◽  
pp. 425-427
Author(s):  
◽  
WENDY TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Full Advantage ◽  
B Physics ◽  
Collider Physics ◽  
High Luminosity ◽  
Vertex Detector ◽  
Physics Program ◽  
Integrated Luminosity

In the spring of 2001, the upgraded Fermilab Tevatron will begin its collider physics run with [Formula: see text] collisions at [Formula: see text], where it is expected to deliver an integrated luminosity of 2 fb -1 in the first two years. The DØ detector is undergoing an extensive upgrade in order to take full advantage of the high luminosity running conditions. The upgraded detector's new silicon vertex detector, fiber tracker, and lepton trigger capabilities make a rich B physics program possible at DØ. This paper describes the prospects for several DØ B physics measurements, including CP violation in [Formula: see text] decays, Bs mixing and [Formula: see text] lifetime.

scholarly journals Status of Charm Flavor Physics

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (27) ◽  
pp. 5381-5403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Shipsey
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Flavor Physics ◽  
Form Factors ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Model Description ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Physics Program ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Status

The role of charm in testing the Standard Model description of quark mixing and CP violation through measurements of lifetimes, decay constants and semileptonic form factors is reviewed. Together with Lattice QCD, charm has the potential this decade to maximize the sensitivity of the entire flavor physics program to new physics and pave the way for understanding physics beyond the Standard Model at the LHC in the coming decade. The status of indirect searches for physics beyond the Standard Model through charm mixing, CP-violation and rare decays is also reported.

τ LEPTON PHYSICS

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 695-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
GHITA RAHAL-CALLOT
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Current ◽  
Branching Fractions ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Hadronic Decay ◽  
Charged Current ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Decay Channels

General properties of the τ leptons are reviewed using the recent measurements of production and decay of τ leptons. The improvements in the knowledge of the τ mass and the limits on ντ mass are reported. New improved measurements of the τ polarization and asymmetries performed at LEP and SLC prove a measurement of the axial and vector part of the neutral current at the per mil level. For the leptonic charged current, no deviation from the V–A Lorentz structure of the current is observed. Improvements on the lifetime and leptonic branching fractions allow a check of the charged current universality at the 0.5% level. New hadronic decay channels have been measured, mainly those involving kaons and η mesons. A precise determination of αs at the τ mass energy scale is performed. Finally, tests of possible new physics beyond the Standard Model are discussed.

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 CKM PARAMETERS AND RARE B DECAYS

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1683-1696 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCESCO FORTI
Keyword(s):  
B Meson ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
B Decays ◽  
Unitarity Triangle ◽  
Indirect Determination ◽  
Radiative Transitions ◽  
First Time

Measurements of the angles and sides of the unitarity triangle and of the rates of rare B meson decays are crucial for the precise determination of Standard Model parameters and are sensitive to the presence of new physics particles in the loop diagrams. In this paper the recent measurements performed in this area by BABAR and Belle will be presented. The direct measurement of the angle α is for the first time as precise as the indirect determination. The precision of the |Vub| determination has improved significantly with respect to previous measurement. New limits on B → τν decays are presented, as well as updated measurements on b → s radiative transitions and a new observation of b → dγ transition made by Belle.

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 TESTS OF THE STANDARD MODEL USING MUON POLARIZATION ASYMMETRIES IN KAON DECAYS

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2449-2471 ◽  
Author(s):  
MILIND V. DIWAN ◽  
HONG MA
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Kaon Decays ◽  
Final State ◽  
Ckm Matrix ◽  
Muon Polarization ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Electron Electric Dipole Moment ◽  
Experimental Difficulty

We have examined the physics and the experimental feasibility of studying various kaon decay processes in which the polarization of a muon in the final state is measured. Valuable information on CP violation, the quark mixing (CKM) matrix, and new physics can be obtained from such measurements. We have considered muon polarization in KL→μ+μ- and K→πμ+μ- decays. Although the effects are small, or difficult to measure because of the small branching ratios involved, these studies could provide clean measurements of the CKM parameters. The experimental difficulty appears comparable to the observation of [Formula: see text]. New sources of physics, involving nonstandard CP violation, could produce effects observable in these measurements. Limits from new results on the neutron and electron electric dipole moment, and [Formula: see text] in neutral kaon decays, do not eliminate certain models that could contribute to the signal. A detailed examination of muon polarization out of the decay plane in K+→μ+π0ν and K+→μ+νγ decays also appears to be of interest. With current kaon beams and detector techniques, it is possible to measure the T-violating polarization for K+→μ+π0ν and with uncertainties approaching ~10-4. This level of sensitivity would provide an interesting probe of new physics.

scholarly journals STATUS OF CHARM FLAVOR PHYSICS

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 5119-5132 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. SHIPSEY
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Flavor Physics ◽  
Form Factors ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Model Description ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Physics Program ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Status

The role of charm in testing the Standard Model description of quark mixing and CP violation through measurements of lifetimes, decay constants and semileptonic form factors is reviewed. Together with Lattice QCD, charm has the potential this decade to maximize the sensitivity of the entire flavor physics program to new physics. and pave the way for understanding physics beyond the Standard Model at the LHC in the coming decade. The status of indirect searches for physics beyond the Standard Model through charm mixing, CP-violation and rare decays is also reported.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF THE BOUNDS ON HIGGS MASS AND mW ON EFFECTIVE THEORIES

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (21) ◽  
pp. 1377-1384 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. DIAZ-CRUZ ◽  
J. M. HERNANDEZ ◽  
J. J. TOSCANO
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Mass ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
Lagrangian Approach ◽  
Radiative Corrections ◽  
Effective Parameters ◽  
Effective Lagrangian ◽  
Effective Theories

We study the inter-relations that exist between the present experimental bounds on the Higgs mass, as obtained from radiative corrections to mW, and the effective parameters, αi and Λ. We find that the SM bounds on mH, arising from a precise determination of the W mass, can be substantially modified by the presence of dimension-six operators which appear in the linear realization of the effective Lagrangian approach. A Higgs mass as heavy as 700 GeV can be allowed for scales of new physics of the order of 1 TeV.

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