Penguins, charmless B decays and the hunt for CP violation

Abstract

Recent experimental results from CLEO indicate that strong penguin processes are remarkably robust. These results have spurred a variety of theoretical efforts which will be briefly review here. In particular we will discuss exclusive modes, inclusive eta-prime modes, the charm deficit and the implications for CP violation.

Comments: 6 pages; no figures; To appear in the proceedings of the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, Jerusalem, Aug. 1997. Corrections: Typographical errors corrected; a reference added and the summary changed