Rare B Decays and B Decay Dynamics

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental measurements of B meson decay rates and CP-violation asymmetries, compares them with theoretical predictions, and discusses the implications for understanding B decay dynamics.

Contribution

It provides an overview of recent experimental results on B decays and evaluates their consistency with theoretical models.

Findings

Measured B decay rates to leptonic and hadronic states

Observed CP-violation charge asymmetries

Assessed agreement between theory and experiment

Abstract

I present some recent measurements of B meson decay rates to leptonic and charmless hadronic final states, as well as of CP-violation charge asymmetries and other features. I sketch the theoretical frameworks used to predict these, and indicate the level of agreement of the estimates with experiment.