Non multa, sed multum: Future lessons from two-prong, two-body decays of beauty

There are four two-body, two-prong decays modes of B mesons and two for beauty baryons and they are quite rare, i.e., their branching ratios are not expected to exceed the script O(10/sup -4/) level. Yet a detailed study of their relative rates with a sensitivity level of 10/sup -5/ can yield unique and important information on strong interactions. If the evolution of these reactions in proper time can be traced then, under favorable conditions, one can analyze B/sup 0/ - anti B/sup 0/ mixing and CP invariance in a detailed way. 4 refs.