1999/12/13 by Helen Quinn, Quinn, Helen
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9912325
Lectures presented at the XXVII SLAC Summer Institute on Particle Physics, July 7-16, 1999
arxiv created 1999/12/13 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
In these lectures I discuss the impact of soft hadronic physics on predictions for B decays. Unfortunately our tools for calculating these effects are limited; even after the use of the best available tools the resulting theoretical uncertainties are difficult to delimit, and can obscure tests for the presence of beyond-Standard-Model physics. The first lecture reviews what tools are available, the second reviews in more detail two examples of how these tools can be used.