Direct CP Violation and Final State Interactions in Hadronic B Decays

Abstract

Final-state rescattering effects on the hadronic B decays and their impact on direct CP violation are examined. The phenomenology of the polarization anomaly in $B\to \varphi K^{\ast }$ decays is discussed.

7 pages, talk presented at Flavor Physics and CP Violation, Oct 4-9, 2004, Daegu, Korea