B MESON FACTORIES

Abstract

Particle physics makes progress in three Frontiers: (1) High Energy Frontier, (2) High Intensity Frontier, and (3) High Precision Frontier. Category (1) will be dominated by the SSC and LHC experiments in the next decade and (3) by precise measurements of the (g−2)μ and sin2θw. In category (2) there will be a new round of intense “factories” constructed for rare K decays, [τ charm] studies, ϕ Factories and B Factories. Each of these Factories provide new physics possibilities as illustrated in Table 1. Note that the High Intensity Frontier is sometimes the same as the High Precision Frontier since high statistics are usually needed for high precision. In this brief note we describe some of the current possibilities for B Meson Factories.