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Beauty 2006

The 11th International Conference on B-Physics at Hadron Machines

Talks

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MONDAY



SESSION 1 Triangle status & beta

Chair: Neville Harnew, Oxford


09:15→10:00 CKM fits 
[PPT Talk]
 
  Stephane t'Jampens LAPP Annecy-Le-Vieux
10:00→10:25 sin(2beta) via tree processes & ambiguity removal
[PDF Talk]
 
  Heiko Lacker (BaBar) University of Dresden
10:25→10:50 sin(2beta) via penguin processes
[PPT Talk]
 
  Yutaka Ushiroda (Belle) KEK

SESSION 2 Triangle sides : B_s mixing & V_ub

Chair: Steve Blusk, Syracuse


11:20→11:50 B_s mixing in D0
[PDF Talk]
 
  Peter Tamburello University of Arizona
11:50→12:20 B_s mixing in CDF
[PDF Talk]
 
  Alberto Belloni MIT
12:20→12:50 Vub review
[PDF Talk]
 
  Lawrence Gibbons (CLEO) Cornell University

SESSION 3 LHC experiments status

Chair: Clara Matteuzzi, Milano


14:15→14:35 ATLAS Detector and Commissioning Status
[PDF Talk]
 
  Helfried Burckhart CERN
14:35→14:55 ATLAS First-Run Scenarios for B-physics
[PDF Talk]
 
  Paula Eerola University of Lund
14:55→15:15 CMS Detector Status
[PDF Talk]
 
  Oliver Buchmuller CERN
15:15→15:35 CMS Commissioning and First Data Scenarios
[PDF Talk] [PPT Talk]
 
  Frank-Peter Schilling CERN
15:35→15:55 LHCb status 
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk]
 
  Lluis Garrido University of Barcelona
15:55→16:15 LHCb first run scenarios incl. calibration & alignment
[PDF Talk] [PPT Talk]
 
  Gloria Corti CERN

SESSION 4: Production, spectroscopy and lifetimes

Chair: Marco Zito, DAPNIA/Saclay


16:45→17:05 Heavy flavour production
[PPT Talk]
 
  Jennifer Pursley (CDF) Johns Hopkins University
17:05→17:25 Bc and Excited B states Tevaton review
[PDF Talk]
 
  Remi Mommsen (D0) University of Manchester
17:25→17:45 Branching ratios and lifetimes B_s/ Lambda_b etc. Tevaton review
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk]
 
  Satyajit Behari (CDF) Johns Hopkins University


TUESDAY


SESSION 1 Triangle sides : V_cb and form factors

Chair: Lawrence Gibbons, Cornell


09:00→09:25 Vcb & semileptonic form-factors
[PDF Talk] [PPT Talk]
 
  Elisabeth Barberio (Belle) University of Melbourne
09:25→09:55 Lattice QCD
[PDF Talk]
 
  Christine Davies University of Glasgow
09:55→10:35 Charm semi leptonic form factors and Decay Constants fD+ & fDs+
[PDF Talk]
University of Minnesota
  Peter Zweber (CLEO)  

SESSION 2 Charmless decays & Alpha No.1

Chair: Paula Eerola, Lund


11:05→11:35 Alpha from B -> pi pi, rho rho
[PDF Talk]
 
  Jure Zupan Carnegie - Mellon
11:35→12:05 Measurements of alpha & future projections
[PPT Talk]
 
  Fabrizio Bianchi (BaBar) University of Torino
12:05→12:35 BR and direct CP asymmetries of charmless decay modes at the Tevatron
[PDF Talk] [PPT Talk]
 
  Michael Morello (CDF) University of Pisa

SESSION 3 Charmless decays & Alpha No.2

Chair: Elliott Cheu, Arizona


13:45→14:15 B->rhopi, rhorho and the measurement of alpha
[PPT Talk]
 
  Patrick Robbe (LHCb) LAL Orsay
14:15→14:45 B->h+h- prospects
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk]
 
  Angelo Carbone (LHCb) University of Bologna
14:45→15:15 Hadronic B decays
[PDF Talk]
 
  Martin Beneke University of Aachen
16:00 WALKING TOUR OF OXFORD
starting at Christ Church Meadows Gate, St Aldates
 


WEDNESDAY


SESSION 1: Gamma measurements

Chair: Tim Gershon, Warwick


09:00→09:30 Gamma from D K
[PDF Talk]
 
  Jure Zupan Carnegie Mellon
09:30→09:55 Measurements of gamma & future projections: (Dalitz analysis)
[PDF Talk]
 
  Karim Trabelsi (Belle) KEK
09:55→10:20 Measurements of gamma & future projections (ADS, GLW etc)
[PPT Talk]
 
  Marco Zito (BaBar) DAPNIA/Saclay
10:20→10:45 Gamma from B->DK strategies
[PPT Talk]
 
  Yuehong Xie (LHCb) University of Edinburgh

SESSION 2: Leptonic B Decays and Charmonium States

Chair: Uli Nierste, Karlsruhe


11:15→11:45 Leptonic and semileptonic decays; hadronic parameters
[PDF Talk]
 
  Gil Paz IAS, Princeton
11:45→12:05 Time-integrated asymmetry in semileptonic B decays in D0
[PDF Talk]
 
  Elliott Cheu University of Arizona
12:05→12:25 New charmonium-like states
[PPT Talk]
 
  Bruce Yabsley (Belle) University of Sydney

12:25→13:25

LUNCH
 


THURSDAY


SESSION 1: Triggers

Chair: Dines Hansen, Copenhagen


09:00→09:25 CDF: B physics performance & trigger – operational experience
[PDF Talk]
 
  Alberto Annovi INFN Frascati
09:25→09:50 D0: B physics performance & trigger – operational experience
[PDF Talk]
 
  Daniela Bauer Imperial College
09:50→10:20 B triggers – ATLAS and CMS
[PPT Talk]
 
  Julie Kirk (ATLAS) RAL
10:20→10:50 LHCb trigger system
[PPT Talk]
 
  Eduardo Rodrigues NIKHEF

SESSION 2: Rare decays & new physics No.1

Chair: Martin Beneke, Aachen


11:20→11:50 Rare decays as a probe of new physics
[PDF Talk]
 
  Tobias Hurth CERN
11:50→12:20 Radiative and EW penguins (including K* mu+ mu-)
[PDF_Talk] [PPT_Talk]
 
  Jeff Richman (Babar) UC Santa Barbara
12:20→12:50 Rare decays B-->lnu, ll, llgamma
[PPT Talk]
 
  Koji Ikado (Belle) Nagoya University

SESSION 3: Rare decays & new physics No.2

Chair: Jeff Richman, UC Santa Barbara


14:15→14:45 B -> mu mu limits CDF/D0 review
[PDF Talk] [PPT Talk]
 
  Cheng-Ju Lin (CDF) Fermilab
14:45→15:15 Review of Searches and Prospects for Leptonic Rare B Decays
[PPT Talk]
 
  Maria Smizanska (ATLAS) University of Lancaster
15:15→15:35 Rare decays, radiative review
[PDF Talk]
 
  Stefano De Capua (LHCb) Rome II Tor Vergata

SESSION 4 B_s physics

Chair: Peter Schlein, UCLA


16:05→16:35 B_d and B_s mixing: mass and width differences and CP violation
[PDF Talk]
 
  Uli Nierste Karlsruhe University
16:35→17:05 Y(5S): What has been learned and what can be learned
[PPT Talk]
 
  Steve Blusk (CLEO) Syracuse University
17:05→17:35 B_s -> J/psi.phi update, lifetime difference and mixing phase
[PPT Talk]
 
  Avdhesh Chandra (D0) UC Riverside
17:35→18:05 Phi_s from J/psiphi (LHC review)
[PPT Talk]
 
  Nicolo Magini (CMS) Universitŕ di Firenze


FRIDAY


SESSION 1: Flavour physics beyond the B-sector

Chair: Bruce Yabsley, Sydney


09:00→09:30 Charm Mixing & CP Violation review
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk
 
  David Asner (CLEO) Carleton University
09:30→10:00 Hadronic Charm Decays
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk]
 
  Henry Band (BaBar) University of Wisconsin
10:00→10:30 Charm Physics at LHCb
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk]
 
  Raluca Muresan (LHCb) University of Oxford
10:30→10:55 Charm studies at CDF
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk]
 
  Burkard Reisert FNAL

SESSION 2: Experimental systematics

Chair: Val Gibson, Cambridge


11:25→11:55 CDF / D0: Flavour tagging, incld. calibration & control
[PPT Talk] [PDF Talk]
 
  Tania Moulik (D0) University of Kansas
11:55→12:25 LHCb: Flavour tagging, incld. calibration & control
[PPT Talk]
 
  Hugo Ruiz University of Barcelona

SESSION 3: The future & summary

Chair: Guy Wilkinson, Oxford


13:45→14:15 LHCb upgrade plans
[PPT Talk]
 
  Franz Muheim University of Edinburgh
14:15→14:45 Future B factories: SuperBelle and new ideas on Recirculating Linacs
[PDF Talk]
 
  Adrian Bevan Queen Mary College, London
14:45→15:25 Conference Summary & Future Prospects
[PDF Talk]
 
  Tim Gershon University of Warwick