Hyperon Beta Decay and the CKM Matrix

Abstract

I shall present a pedagogical discussion of hyperon semileptonic decays, covering some of the historical background, the basics notions of hyperon semileptonic decays, deeply inelastic scattering and the CKM matrix, and the description of SU(2) and SU(3) breaking. I shall also present a prediction for a process under current experimental study.

Comments: 10 Pages, LaTeX2e, 1 EPS figure + 2 FeynFM figures. Invited talk at the Advanced Studies Institute, Symmetries and SPIN (SPIN-Praha-2003), Prague, July 12-19, 2003. Uses cjpsuppl.cls class file and other included style files