Precision Tests of Flavor and CP Violation in B Decays

Abstract

Isospin and flavor SU(3) set stringent bounds on penguin pollution in $B^0(t)\to \rho^+\rho^-$, providing a theoretically precise determination of $\alpha\equiv \phi_2 $, $\alpha = (91\pm 7_{\rm exp}\pm 3_{\rm th})^\circ$. Isospin breaking in a sum rule for $B\to K\pi$ rates is shown to be suppressed. A similar sum rule holds for CP asymmetries in $B\to K\pi$. Violation of these sum rules would be evidence for an anomalous $\Delta I=1$ piece in ${\cal H}_{\rm eff}$.