GLAS-PPE/2008-03

Prospects for CP Violation studies at LHCb

Vladimir Vava Gligorov(1)

(1) University of Glasgow, Kelvin Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland.

LHCb is the dedicated B physics experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, whose goals are to over-constrain the CKM matrix and search for New Physics in the flavour sector. This contribution describes LHCb's programme for CP violation measurements. LHCb is introduced in the context of the LHC, and the current knowledge of CP violation is discussed. Three key areas of LHCb's physics programme are looked at in more detail: measurements of the CKM angle γ, measurements of the B0s mixing phase φs, and searches for New Physics in b-->sss decays. LHCb's potential to measure the CKM angles α and β is also discussed.

Lake Louise Winter Institute 2008
17 - 23 February 2008, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

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