B0-B0bar mixing
Abstract
Description
The subject of particle-antiparticle mixing in the neutral B meson systems is reviewed. The formalism of B0-B0bar mixing and basic Standard Model predictions are given, before experimental issues are discussed and the latest combinations of experimental results on mixing parameters are presented, including those on mixing-induced CP violation, mass differences, and decay-width differences. Finally, time-integrated mixing results are used to improve our knowledge on the fractions of the various b-hadron species produced at high energy colliders.
13 pages, 2 figures, to appear in 2002 edition of the ``Review of Particle Physics'' (minor text change)
13 pages, 2 figures, to appear in 2002 edition of the ``Review of Particle Physics'' (minor text change)