Rare b and c Decays and the CKM Matrix

Abstract

I report on developments in the experimental and phenomenological understanding of the rare decays of mesons containing b and c quarks, especially as they pertain to the understanding of the CKM matrix and the testing of the standard model. Some related measurements are also discussed.

Comments: Talk given at "Physics in Collision," Cracow, June 10, 1995. 16 pages of self extracting, compressed, encoded postscript