Source of CP Violation for the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe

We give a description of why the existence of a fourth generation is likely to provide enough CP violation for baryogenesis, and trace how this observation came about. We survey the current experimental and theoretical pursuits and outline a research agenda, touching upon unitarity violation and very heavy chiral quarks, and comment on how the electroweak phase transition picture might be altered.Comment: Invited talk presented at 2nd International Workshop on Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Matter-antimatter Asymmetry, Hsinchu, Taiwan, November 5-6, 201

Effects of New Physics on CP Violation in B Decays

We discuss two models with 1 extra CP phase in $b\leftrightarrow s$ transition. The CP phase $\arg (V_{t^\prime s}V_{t^\prime b})$ with fourth generations, previously ignored, could impact on $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$, $\Delta m_{B_s}$ and $\sin2\Phi_{B_s}$, but does not affect EM and strong penguins. With SUSY at TeV scale, a right-handed ``$\widetilde{sb}_{1}$'' squark can be driven light by flavor mixing. It does not affect $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$, but can generate $S_{\phi K_S} < 0$ while giving $S_{\eta^\prime K_S} \sim \sin2\Phi_{B_d} \cong0.74$. $B_s$ mixing and $\sin2\Phi_{B_s}$ would likely be large, and $S_{K_S\pi^0\gamma}\neq 0$ in $B^0\to K^{*0}\gamma$ is promising.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures. Talk presented at EPS2003 Conference, Aachen, Germany, July 200

Indications for Large Rescattering in Rare B Decays

The sign of $A_{\rm CP}(K^-\pi^+) < 0$, the evidence for $\bar B^0 \to \pi^0\pi^0$, and the possibly sizable $A_{\pi\pi}$ and $S_{\pi\pi}$ in $\bar B^0 \to \pi^+\pi^-$ all suggest that final state rescattering may be needed in $\bar B\to PP$ decay, which is echoed by large color suppressed $\bar B^0\to D^0h^0$ modes. An SU(3) formalism of ${\bf 8}\otimes {\bf 8} \to {\bf 8}\otimes {\bf 8}$ rescattering in $PP$ final states leads to interesting predictions, in particular allowing for small $\bar B^0 \to K^-K^+$.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures. Talk presented at EPS2003 Conference, Aachen, Germany, July 200

Fourth Generation -- Towards Effect of Large Yukawa Coupling

In this talk we cover two threads regarding the 4th generation: on CP violation, from Earth up to the Heavens, i.e. from accelerator-based experimental studies, towards baryon asymmetry of the Universe; and on direct search bounds on $m_{t'}$ and $m_{b'}$, towards the possibility of electroweak symmetry breaking through large Yukawa couplings. Prospects and discussions are presented.Comment: Plenary talk presented at TOP2010, May 31 - June 4, 2010, Bruges, Belgiu