https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02119-y
experimental physics
Isospin constraints from/on 
1
PH-EP Department, CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
2
Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3-CNRS et Université de Paris-Sud, 91898, Orsay, France
* e-mail: muriel.pivk@cern.ch
The Standard Model constraints on 
which can be derived from the 
decays are revisited in some depth. As experimental inputs, the 
, 
decays complemented by the 
decays, the CP parameters 
and 
, and/or the value of as determined by the global CKM fit are used. The constraints discussed here are model independent in the sense that they rely only on Isospin symmetry, following the Gronau-London proposal. A new bound on 
and the function 
are introduced. While another bound applied to BABAR results is shown to imply that 
is negative. The Grossman-Quinn bound is rediscussed. A close form expression is given for as a function of the measurements. Various scenarios for the future of the isospin analysis are explored. To probe the Standard Model the 
plane is introduced.
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