Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2014
Volume 59, Number 5
Saturday–Tuesday, April 5–8, 2014; Savannah, Georgia
Session M2: Invited Session: Flavor Physics |
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Sponsoring Units: DPF Chair: Nicholas Hadley, University of Maryland Room: Chatham Ballroom A |
Sunday, April 6, 2014 3:30PM - 4:06PM |
M2.00001: Recent Results on B$^{0}_{(S)} \to \mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ and Other Rare B Meson Decays Invited Speaker: Antonio Pellegrino Recent results on key measurements of rare B meson decays will be reviewed. The main focus will be on the study of the decay B$^{0}_{(S)} \to \mu ^{+}\mu^{-}$ and its implications in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. Other rare decays relevant to this search will also be covered, like recent measurements of angular observables in the decay B$^{0} \to $ K$^{\ast }$(892)$^{0}\mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ including one exhibiting a discrepancy with Standard Model predictions corresponding to 3.7 Gaussian standard deviations. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 6, 2014 4:06PM - 4:42PM |
M2.00002: Latest Results on Experimental Heavy Flavor Physics Invited Speaker: Brad Abbott Heavy flavor physics continues to be a major area of study with new results from various experiments appearing almost daily. Studies of the charm and bottom quarks allow probes of CP violation, searches for new physics, exploration of new states and provide excellent tests of various theoretical models. I will present some of the latest results from heavy flavor physics that explore these interesting topics. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 6, 2014 4:42PM - 5:18PM |
M2.00003: Theory of Inclusive B Decays Invited Speaker: Gil Paz Inclusive semileptonic and radiative B decays play a prominent role in the extraction of fundamental parameters such as the CKM matrix elements Vcb and Vub and the b-quark mass, and in constraining models of new physics. Near-future experiments such as Belle II are expected to improve the experimental precision of such decays. To match the new experimental era, progress on the theory side is needed. The experimentally implemented theoretical calculations for inclusive B decays are at an ``NLO'' level. Namely, they include first order perturbative corrections to the leading power term and first order power corrections. The goal of the future advances in the theory of inclusive B decays is to strive for an ``NNLO'' description, namely incorporating second order perturbative corrections to the leading power term and first order perturbative corrections to the first order power corrections. In this talk I will review the current theoretical status and the future theoretical progress. [Preview Abstract] |
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