Status and prospects of charm physics: a few considerations

TL;DR

This paper reviews the significant progress in charm physics over the past two decades, discussing experimental advances, challenges from strong dynamics, and the role of charm in searching for New Physics, with insights for future research.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of charm physics developments, highlighting lessons learned and considerations for future investigations in flavor physics.

Findings

Progress from fixed target and collider experiments

Challenges due to strong dynamics effects

Charm's role in New Physics searches

Abstract

Progress in charm physics has been prodigious over the last twenty years; it comes both from fixed target and collider experiments, and can guide us toward future investigations. To fully exploit the power of flavor physics, complications coming from strong dynamics effects have to be dealt with. The role of charm in the search for New Physics, the lessons learnt so far and warnings for the future are briefly discussed.