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B Physics at ARGUS
Author(s) -
DESY HANS DIETRICH SCHULZ
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb50599.x
Subject(s) - argus , particle physics , unitarity , physics , b meson , quark , standard model (mathematical formulation) , meson , physics beyond the standard model , mixing (physics) , matrix (chemical analysis) , cp violation , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , chemistry , computer science , archaeology , gauge (firearms) , chromatography , history , programming language
The study of B mesons gives access to fundamental parameters of the Standard Model. Four of the nine elements of the Kobayashi‐Maskawa (KM) mass mixing matrix 1 for three generations of quarks can be determined by measuring B meson properties. A precise determination of these matrix elements may also lead beyond the Standard Model. Any deviation from unitarity of the KM‐matrix for three generations requires the presence of new physics, e.g. a fourth generation of quarks.