Charm Phenomenology for CKM Parameters

Abstract

We review several key aspects of charm phenomenology which are important for the general program of determination of matrix elements of the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskava (CKM) matrix. We argue that charm physics plays an important role in reducing uncertainties in non-perturbative QCD parameters whose values are required for understanding of underlying quark-level processes. We also review the current status of searches for new physics in mixing and CP violation in charmed mesons both at the currently operating and proposed facilities.

Invited talk at the Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, IPPP Durham, April 2003. 7 pages, no figures

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