https://doi.org/10.1140/epjcd/s2003-03-015-7
PLT - Plenary Talks
Experimental results in heavy flavor physics
Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, 13244-1130,
Received:
14
October
2003
Accepted:
9
December
2003
Published online:
17
December
2003
The interplay of experiment and theory is explored in the context of current data on b and c decay. Measurements of |V
cb
| and |V
ub
| are extracted from existing data. Conservative estimates give 
and |V
ub
|=(3.90± 0.16
exp
± 0.53
thy
) × 10–3. Using these values along with data on B
d
, B
s
mixing and CP violation in the K
L
system, the allowed region of the CKM parameters ρ and η is derived. Tests of factorization in two-body hadronic B decays to one heavy and one light meson are shown and compared with modern theories which are also used to see if there is new physics in two-body B decays to light mesons. The two new narrow D
sJ
states, discovered by BaBar and CLEO, respectively, are interpreted in light of the observation of these states in B decays by Belle.
PACS: 13.25.Hw Decays of bottom mesons – 13.20.Fc Decays of charmed mesons
© Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2004
