Status of the CKM Matrix

Abstract

The experimental status and theoretical uncertainties of the Cabibbo--Kobayashi--Maskawa (CKM) matrix describing the charge-changing weak transitions between quarks with charges -1/3 ($d,s,b$) and 2/3 ($u,c,t$) are reviewed. Some recent methods of obtaining phases of CKM elements are described.

10 pages, 7 figures, presented at 5th Rencontres du Vietnam, Hanoi, August 6-11, 2004. References added and some corrections made

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