Penguins 2002: Penguins in $K\to \pi \pi$ Decays

Abstract

This talk contains a short overview of the history of the interplay of the weak and the strong interaction and CP-violation. It describes the phenomenology and the basic physics mechanisms involved in the Standard Model calculations of $K\to \pi \pi$ decays with an emphasis on the evaluation of Penguin operator matrix-elements.

Comments: 21 pages, Presented at the Symposium and Workshop "Continuous Advances in QCD 2002/Arkadyfest," Minneapolis, USA, 17-23 May 2002, to be published in the proceedings