CP VIOLATION AND FLAVOR MIXING IN THE STANDARD MODEL - 1996 UPDATE

We review and update the constraints on the parameters of the quark fl avour mixing matrix V-CKM in the standard model (SM) and estimate the resulting CP asymmetries in B decays, taking into account recent exper imental and theoretical developments. With the updated CKM matrix we p resent the currently-allowed range of the ratios \V-td/V-ts\ and \V-td /V-ub\, as well as the SM predictions for the B-s(0)-<(B-s(0))over bar > mixing parameter x(s) (or, equivalently, Delta M(s)) and the quantit ies sin 2 alpha, sin 2 beta and sin(2) gamma, which characterize CP as ymmetries in B-decays.