The decays Bd → ππ and Bs → KK provide an interesting strategy to extract the CKM angle γ at “second-generation” B-physics experiments of the LHC era. A variant for “first-generation” experiments can be obtained, if Bs → KK is replaced by Bd → πK. We show that the most recent experimental results for the CP-averaged Bd → ππ and Bd → πK branching ratios imply a rather restricted range for the co...

The large ratio of color-suppressed tree amplitude to color-allowed one in B → ππ decays is difficult to understand within the Standard Model, which is known as the “B → ππ puzzle”. The two tree diagrams contain the upand charm-quark component of penguin amplitude, Puc, which cannot be separated by measuring B → ππ decays alone. We show that the measurements of the branching ratio and direct CP...

Both B factories BELLE 1 and BABAR 2 have reported at this conference the preliminary results of B → Kπ and B → ππ (see Table I). For the unitary angle γ ∼ 60, the ratio R = B(B → Kπ)/B(B → ππ) is conventionally predicted to lie in the region 1.3−2.0, to be compared with the experimental values of 4.0± 1.6, 2.8± 2.0 and 1.3± 0.5 obtained by CLEO , BELLE and BABAR, respectively. Hence, the expec...

CERN measurements of πp → ππn on polarized target at 17.2 GeV/c enable experimental determination of partial wave production amplitudes below 1080 MeV. The measured S-wave transversity amplitudes provide evidence for a narrow scalar resonance σ(770). The assumption of analyticity of production amplitudes in dipion mass allows to determine S-wave helicity amplitudes S0 and S1. The helicity flip ...

The molecular mechanism for removing the excess energy in DNA bases is responsible for the high photostability of DNA and is thus the subject of intense theoretical/computational investigation. To understand why the excited state decay of the stacked bases is significantly longer than that of the monomers, we carried out electronic structure calculations on an adenine monomer and an aqueous (dA...

Two sources of strong phases in the decays B to ππ are identified: (1) “quasi-elastic scattering” corresponding to intermediate states like ππ and ρρ, (2) “cc̄” corresponding to intermediate states like DD̄ and D∗D̄∗. Possibilities of using data to identify these two sources are discussed and illustrated. Present data suggests both sources may be significant. The decay of B → ππ may be considered ...

π + π − e ± ν (Ke4) decay. Thanks to the absence of other hadrons in the final state the ππ interaction can be analyzed in terms of phase shift variation with the ππ invariant mass. The preliminary results on a set of ∼ 1150000 K events collected in two years of data taking, will be discussed. The second way to evaluate the ππ scattering lengths is based on the accurate study of K → πππ Dalitz ...

I discuss the comparison of the current theoretical calculations of ε/ε with the experimental data. Lacking reliable “first principle” calculations, phenomenological approaches may help in understanding correlations among different contributions and available experimental data. In particular, in the chiral quark model approach the same dynamics which underlies the ∆I = 1/2 selection rule in kao...