Quark Masses, B-parameters, and CP violation parameters $\epsilon$ and ${\epsilon }^{\prime }/\epsilon$

Abstract

After a brief introduction to lattice QCD, I summarize the results for the light quark masses and the bag parameters $B_K$, $B_6^{1/2}$, and $B_8^{3/2}$. The implications of these results for the standard model estimates of CP violation parameters $\epsilon$ and ${\epsilon }^{\prime }/\epsilon$ are also discussed.

20 pages. Based on invited talks given at the XVI AUTUMN SCHOOL AND WORKSHOP ON FERMION MASSES, MIXING AND CP VIOLATION, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, 6-15 October 1997; and ORBIS SCIENTIAE 1997-II, PHYSICS OF MASS, Miami, Florida, Dec 12-15, 1997