Theoretical Review of B-physics

Abstract

Weak decays and mixing of B-hadrons play a special role in our understanding of the physics of the Standard Model and beyond. The measured amplitudes, however, result from a complicated interplay of weak and strong interaction effects. Understanding strong interaction dynamics, which becomes simpler for heavy quarks, is thus a fundamental part of the game. In this review, several theoretical aspects of B dynamics which are relevant for current and future experimental measurements are discussed.

Comments: LaTeX, 27 pages, 5 figures. Summary talk given at BEAUTY 96, June 17-21 1996, Rome (Italy), to appear in the Proceedings