TL;DR
B factories were built to test the Standard Model's explanation of quark mixing and CP violation, successfully achieving their goals and significantly advancing our understanding of particle physics and constraints on new physics beyond the Standard Model.
Contribution
This paper reviews the construction and achievements of B factories, highlighting their role in testing and surpassing the Standard Model's predictions and limits on new physics.
Findings
Confirmed the CKM mechanism of CP violation
Set stringent limits on physics beyond the Standard Model
Revolutionized understanding of quark mixing and CP violation
Abstract
The B factories were constructed with a very specific purpose in mind: to test the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa description of quark mixing and CP violation in the Standard Model of particle physics. The goals of testing this part of the Standard Model were achieved, and have been surpassed beyond all expectation. As a result the B factories have revolutionised our understanding of many areas of the Standard Model of particle physics, and also provide a number of stringent limits on possible scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model. In some cases these limits on new physics effects equal or surpass those achievable at the CERN based Large Hadron Collider.
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