IMPLICATIONS OF THE UNITARITY TRIANGLE "uc" FOR J, δ AND |VCKM| ELEMENTS

The Jarlskog rephasing invariant parameter |J| is evaluated using one of the six unitarity triangles involving well-known CKM matrix elements |Vud|, |Vus|, |Vub/Vcb|, |Vcd|, |Vcs|, and |Vcb|. With PDG2000 values of |Vud| etc. as input, we obtain |J|= (2.71±1.12)×10-5, which in the PDG representation of CKM matrix leads to the range 21° to 159° for the CP violating phase δ. The CKM matrix elements evaluated using this range of δ are in agreement with the PDG CKM matrix. The implications of refinements in the input on |J|, δ and CKM matrix elements have also been studied.