Date: Wednesday 26th November 2003
Title: Towards Alpha and Gamma at the B Factories
Speaker: Dr Alan Watson (Birmingham)
Abstract
The primary objective of the BaBar and Belle experiments is to test the
Standard Model explanation of CP violation in weak decays by
over-constraining the CKM Unitarity Triangle. This requires the measurement
of all three angles of the triangle. Although relatively precise
measurements of the angle beta have been obtained using B decays to
charmonium states, the remaining angles, alpha and gamma, pose greater
experimental challenges. This seminar will review the current state of
measurements in channels sensitive to these angles from the two B factory
experiments, and the prospects for the future.