New bound on penguin pollution in B^0(t) --> pi^+ pi^-

In the presence of penguin contributions, the indirect CP asymmetry in B^0(t) –> pi^+ pi^- measures sin 2alpha_{eff}, where alpha_{eff} deviates from the true value of the CKM phase alpha by an amount theta, i.e. alpha_{eff} = alpha

• theta. Using the measured value of direct CP asymmetry in B^0(t) --> pi^+ pi^-, we derive new bound on |2 theta|.