Speaker: Ahmed ALI
Title
Rare B decays
Abstract
I will review salient features of rare B decays. Together with studies of CP violation, they constitute the principal interest in studies of B physics. In the Standard Model, they provide valuable information on the CKM matrix elements, in particular involving the couplings of the top quark with the down-type quarks. The role of QCD in quantifying this information will be underlined. In theories beyond the standard model, precision studies of rare B decays may reveal subtle but definite effects. Some popular examples involving radiative and semileptonic B decays will be discussed in the context of supersymmetry.