Theoretical Review of CP Violation

The focus of our considerations is the B-meson system, which will provide stringent tests of the Kobayashi– Maskawa mechanism of CP violation in this decade. After a classification of the main possible strategies to achieve this goal, we discuss the status of the B-factory benchmark modes in view of the current experimental data. We shall then turn to the “El Dorado” for B-decay studies at hadron colliders, the Bs-meson system, where we will also address new, theoretically clean strategies to explore CP violation. Invited talk at QCD@Work 2003 Conversano (Bari), Italy, 14–18 June 2003 To appear in the Proceedings CERN-TH/2003-263 October 2003 QCD@Work 2003 International Workshop on QCD, Conversano, Italy, 14–18 June 2003 Theoretical Review of CP Violation