The phenomenology of D 0 − D 0 mixing and CP violation is briefly described. Recent experimental results from BABAR, Belle, CDF, and CLEO-c are reviewed. No evidence for mixing or CP violation is found, and limits are set for the mixing parameters x, y, x ′ , y ′ , and several CP-violating parameters. Results are compared to theoretical predictions. Finally, future prospects at BESIII, LHC-b and a Super B-factory are discussed.
BRIEF HISTORYThe search for D 0 -D 0 mixing began following the discover of the D 0 meson at SPEAR [1]. The earliest searches for charm mixing were 'indirect', searching for like-sign muons rather than fully reconstructing D 0 mesons. The first direct searches recontructed the D 0 , usually from a D * + to tag the initial flavor, and searched for the wrong-sign final state K + π − . After experimental sensitivity to the expected doubly-Cabibbo suppressed (DCS) decay D 0 → K + π − was attained the search for charm mixing required a time-dependent analysis to disentangle the DCS decay (D 0 → K + π − ) and mixing followed by Cabibbo favored decay (D 0 → D 0 → K + π − ) amplitudes.