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The Neutral K Meson System

Konrad Kleinknecht

subject

PhysicsQuarkParticle physicsMesonHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyEta mesonPhysical systemBaBar experimentCP violationHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentObservableMixing (physics)

description

After the observation of direct CP violation in the neutral kaon system in 1988, it became clear that the Kobayashi-Maskawa mechanism of weak quark mixing was the most likely and most natural candidate for explaining this phenomenon. It seemed natural, therefore, that the same mechanism would also produce observable CP-violating effects in other neutral meson systems. The B0 system is the evident candidate for observing CP violation in another physical system described in this chapter.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44916-4_5