Lepton CP Asymmetry in B Factories: \epsilon_B and New Physics

Abstract

In this talk, we first make some brief comments on the phase-convention dependence of the CP-violating parameter \epsilon_B. A simple framework is then presented for analyzing new physics contributions to B^0-\bar{B}^0 mixing and their effects on the lepton CP asymmetry, a promising signal to be further searched for in the first-round experiments of B factories.

Comments: Sprocl latex 5 pages (talk given at the APCTP Workshop: Pacific Particle Physics Phenomenology, 31 Oct. - 2 Nov., 1997, Seoul, Korea)