Beauty2003 – Panel Discussion Models and Methods: Can Theory Meet the B Physics Challenge?

The Motivation We have heard what the experiments can do now, in the near future, and into the LHC era Theory and experiment go hand in had in the effort to extract knowledge from B physics data Will theory be up to the task? –Will it provide knowledge and control of models to help to use the data to extract “detailed information” about New Physics from the measurements that will be possible? –Will it be able to master the hadronic difficulties to allow us to use a much larger set of B decays to address these issues than the “theoretically pristine” subset we are now restricted to?

The Charge At this conference, we have seen the latest results and the projections of experimental sensitivities from future experiments to a variety of B decays. The stated goal of all experiments now is not only to measure Standard Model parameters but to find deviations in CP violating or rare B decays that would signify New Physics or, if New Physics were found elsewhere, to help in its interpretation. We ask this panel to discuss how B physics will unfold over the next decade, whether the projected theoretical models and tools are adequate to maximize the knowledge gained from the experimental results, and what are the prospects for a theory of flavor.

The Panelists Lincoln Wolfenstein Gino Isidori Ulrich Nierste Amarjit Soni David London Robert Cahn

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