B Meson Decays

Understand

We discuss the most important Physics thus far extracted from studies of B meson decays.

• Measurements of the four CP violating angles accessible in B decay are reviewed as well as direct CP violation.
• A detailed discussion of the measurements of the CKM elements V_{cb} and V_{ub} from semileptonic decays is given, and the differences between resulting values using inclusive decays versus exclusive decays is discussed.
• Measurements of "rare" decays are also reviewed.