Determining the CP violating phase $\gamma$

Abstract

We review several methods for determining the Kobayashi-Maskawa phase $\gamma =\mathrm{Arg}{V}_{ub}^{\ast }$ from rate and CP asymmetry measurements in hadronic B decays. We focus on the processes $B\to DK,B_s\to D_{s}K$, and on charmless decays to two light pseudoscalars and decays to a pair of a pseudoscalar and a vector meson. Theoretical uncertainties underlying these methods are discussed.

Comments: 12 pages, Talk presented at the Third International Conference on B Physics and CP Violation, Taipei, December 3-7, 1999