scholarly journals The role of right-handed neutrinos in b → cτ (πντ, ρντ, μ$$ \overline{\nu} $$μντ)$$ \overline{\nu} $$τ from visible final-state kinematics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neus Penalva ◽  
Eliecer Hernández ◽  
Juan Nieves
Keyword(s):  
Semileptonic Decay ◽  
Massive Particle ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Experimental Information ◽  
Final State ◽  
Spin Asymmetries ◽  
Decay Modes ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Rule Out

Abstract In the context of lepton flavor universality violation (LFUV) studies, we fully derive a general tensor formalism to investigate the role that left- and right-handed neutrino new-physics (NP) terms may have in b → cτ$$ \overline{\nu} $$ ν ¯ τ transitions. We present, for several extensions of the Standard Model (SM), numerical results for the Λb → Λcτ$$ \overline{\nu} $$ ν ¯ τ semileptonic decay, which is expected to be measured with precision at the LHCb. This reaction can be a new source of experimental information that can help to confirm, or maybe rule out, LFUV presently seen in $$ \overline{B} $$ B ¯ meson decays. The present study analyzes observables that can help in distinguishing between different NP scenarios that otherwise provide very similar results for the branching ratios, which are our currently best hints for LFUV. Since the τ lepton is very short-lived, we consider three subsequent τ-decay modes, two hadronic πντ and ρντ and one leptonic μ$$ \overline{\nu} $$ ν ¯ μντ, which have been previously studied for $$ \overline{B} $$ B ¯ → D(*) decays. Within the tensor formalism that we have developed in previous works, we re-obtain the expressions for the differential decay width written in terms of visible (experimentally accessible) variables of the massive particle created in the τ decay. There are seven different τ angular and spin asymmetries that are defined in this way and that can be extracted from experiment. Those asymmetries provide observables that can help in constraining possible SM extensions.

scholarly journals Study of Rare Mesonic Decays Involving Di-Neutrinos in Their Final State

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Azeem Mir ◽  
Farida Tahir ◽  
Shakeel Mahmood ◽  
Shi- Hai Dong
Keyword(s):  
Branching Fractions ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Supersymmetric Model ◽  
Final State ◽  
Yukawa Couplings ◽  
Leptonic Decays ◽  
Pseudoscalar Mesons ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Minimal Supersymmetric Model

We have studied phenomenological implication of R-parity violating (Rp) Minimal Supersymmetric Model (MSSM) via analyses of pure leptonic (M→νν¯) and semileptonic decays of pseudoscalar mesons (M→Xνν¯). These analyses involve comparison between theoretical predictions made by Rp MSSM and the Standard Model (SM) with the experimental results like branching fractions (Br) of the said process. We have found, in general, that Rp contribution dominates over the SM contribution, i.e., by a factor of 10 for the pure leptonic decays of KL,S and by 102 and 104 in case of Bs and Bd, respectively. Furthermore, the limits obtained on Rp Yukawa couplings (λαkβ′λαkγ′⁎) by using Br  (M→Xνν¯) are used to calculate Br  (M→νν¯). This demonstrates the role of Rp MSSM as a viable model for the study of new physics contribution in rare decays at places like Super B factories, KOTO (J-PARC) and NA62 at CERN.

CHARM MIXING AND CP VIOLATION AT B-FACTORIES

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 1460413
Author(s):  
GIANLUIGI CIBINETTO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Ratio Analysis ◽  
Charm Meson ◽  
Final State ◽  
Charm Decays ◽  
Decay Modes ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Predictions

CP violation in charm decays is expected to be very small in the Standard Model, at the level of 0.1% or less. A sizable excess of CP violation with respect to the Standard Model predictions could be a signature of new physics. We report on recent searches for CP violation in charm meson decays at BABAR and Belle experiments. In particular we report a lifetime ratio analysis of D0 → K+K−, π+π− with respect to D0 → K−π+ decays, which is sensitive to [Formula: see text] mixing and CP violation. We report also on searches for CPV in the 3-body D+ → K+K−π+ decay and for decay modes with a [Formula: see text] in the final state, such as [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals SIGNATURES OF NEW PHYSICS IN DILEPTONIC B-DECAYS

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2617-2634 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. RAI CHOUDHURY ◽  
A. S. CORNELL ◽  
NAVEEN GAUR ◽  
G. C. JOSHI
Keyword(s):  
B Mesons ◽  
B Meson ◽  
Higgs Doublet ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Final State ◽  
Decay Modes ◽  
Leptonic Decays ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Doublet Model ◽  
Two Higgs Doublet Model

Leptonic decays of B-mesons are theoretically very clean probes for testing the Standard Model (SM) and possible physics beyond it. Amongst the various leptonic decays of the B-meson, the pure dileptonic decay B → ℓ+ ℓ- is very important, as this mode is helicity suppressed in the SM but can be substantially enhanced in some of the models beyond the SM, such as supersymmetric (SUSY) theories and the two Higgs doublet model (2HDM). Although the purely dileptonic decay mode is helicity suppressed in the SM its associated mode B → ℓ+ ℓ-γ does not have the same suppression, due to the presence of γ in the final state. In this paper we will also analyze the effects of enhanced Z-penguins on these two decay modes.

scholarly journals Lepton flavor violating decay of 125 GeV Higgs boson to μτ channel and excess in tt̄H

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (30) ◽  
pp. 1650174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biplob Bhattacherjee ◽  
Sabyasachi Chakraborty ◽  
Swagata Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Final State ◽  
Center Of Mass Energy ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Higgs Decay ◽  
Energy Formula ◽  
8 Tev

A recent search for the lepton flavor violating (LFV) decays of the Higgs boson, performed by CMS collaboration, reports an interesting deviation from the Standard Model (SM). The search conducted in the channel [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] shows an excess of 2.4[Formula: see text] signal events with 19.6 fb[Formula: see text] data at a center-of-mass energy [Formula: see text] = 8 TeV. On the other hand, a search performed by CMS collaboration for the SM Higgs boson produced in association with a top quark pair [Formula: see text] also showed an excess in the same-sign dimuon final state. In this work, we try to find out if these two seemingly uncorrelated excesses are related or not. Our analysis reveals that a LFV Higgs decay [Formula: see text] can partially explain the excess in the same-sign dimuon final state in the [Formula: see text] search, infact brings down the excess well within 2[Formula: see text] error of the SM expectation. Probing such non-standard Higgs boson decay is of interest and might contain hints of new physics at the electroweak scale.

scholarly journals Relations between b → cτν decay modes in scalar models

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Schacht ◽  
Amarjit Soni
Keyword(s):  
Decay Mode ◽  
Semileptonic Decay ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Decay Rates ◽  
Scalar Form Factor ◽  
Scalar Form ◽  
Decay Modes ◽  
Pseudoscalar Mesons ◽  
Quark Level ◽  
Level Transition

Abstract As a consequence of the Ward identity for hadronic matrix elements, we find relations between the differential decay rates of semileptonic decay modes with the underlying quark-level transition b → cτν, which are valid in scalar models. The decay-mode dependent scalar form factor is the only necessary theoretical ingredient for the relations. Otherwise, they combine measurable decay rates as a function of the invariant mass-squared of the lepton pair q2 in such a way that a universal decay-mode independent function is found for decays to vector and pseudoscalar mesons, respectively. This can be applied to the decays $$ B\to {D}^{\ast}\tau v,{B}_s\to {D}_s^{\ast}\tau v,{B}_c\to J/\psi \tau v $$ B → D ∗ τv , B s → D s ∗ τv , B c → J / ψτv and B → Dτv, Bs → Dsτv, Bc → ηcτv, with implications for R(D(*)), $$ R\left({D}_s^{\left(\ast \right)}\right) $$ R D s ∗ , R(J/ψ), R(ηc), and ℬ(Bc → τv). The slope and curvature of the characteristic q2-dependence is proportional to scalar new physics parameters, facilitating their straight forward extraction, complementary to global fits.

scholarly journals A comprehensive study on the semileptonic decay of heavy flavor mesons

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Xian-Wei Kang ◽  
Xin-Heng Guo ◽  
Ling-Yun Dai ◽  
Tao Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vector Meson ◽  
Quark Model ◽  
Semileptonic Decay ◽  
Branching Fraction ◽  
Form Factors ◽  
Good Control ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Heavy Flavor ◽  
Final State

Abstract The semileptonic decay of heavy flavor mesons offers a clean environment for extraction of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements, which describes the CP-violating and flavor changing process in the Standard Model. The involved form factors where the dynamical information is encoded play an essential role in achieving any conclusive statement. That is, the knowledge of the form factors should be under good control, requiring one to examine more observables in addition to the branching fraction. In this paper, we provide the mean value and the q2-dependent shape for further observables [differential decay distribution (dΓ/dq2), forward-backward asymmetry $$ \left({\mathcal{A}}_{FB}^{ls}\right) $$ A FB ls , longitudinal $$ \left({P}_L^l\right) $$ P L l and transverse $$ \left({P}_T^l\right) $$ P T l polarization of a charged lepton, longitudinal polarization of a vector meson in the final state $$ \left({F}_L^l(V)\right) $$ F L l V , leptonic convexity parameter $$ \left({C}_F^l\right) $$ C F l , and trigonometric moments $$ \left({W}_i^l\right) $$ W i l in the decay of D(s) and B(s) to P/Vl+νl (l = e, μ or τ)], based on the predictions of the relevant form factors from the covariant light-front quark model. P and V denote the pseudoscalar and vector meson, respectively. As a comparison, we find a good agreement with the results from the covariant confining quark model and the relativistic quark model in the literature. As it has been observed that the $$ {P}_L^l $$ P L l and $$ {F}_L^l(V) $$ F L l V are crucial quantities to discriminate various New Physics models, the reexamination of these observables from a different method is also essential and necessary.

scholarly journals Charged lepton flavor violation at the EIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Cirigliano ◽  
Kaori Fuyuto ◽  
Christopher Lee ◽  
Emanuele Mereghetti ◽  
Bin Yan
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Background Suppression ◽  
Lepton Flavor Violation ◽  
Final State ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Violation ◽  
Discovery Potential

Abstract We present a comprehensive analysis of the potential sensitivity of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) to charged lepton flavor violation (CLFV) in the channel ep→τX, within the model-independent framework of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). We compute the relevant cross sections to leading order in QCD and electroweak corrections and perform simulations of signal and SM background events in various τ decay channels, suggesting simple cuts to enhance the associated estimated efficiencies. To assess the discovery potential of the EIC in τ-e transitions, we study the sensitivity of other probes of this physics across a broad range of energy scales, from pp→eτX at the Large Hadron Collider to decays of B mesons and τ leptons, such as τ→eγ, τ→eℓ+ℓ−, and crucially the hadronic modes τ→eY with Y∈π, K, ππ, Kπ, …. We find that electroweak dipole and four-fermion semi-leptonic operators involving light quarks are already strongly constrained by τ decays, while operators involving the c and b quarks present more promising discovery potential for the EIC. An analysis of three models of leptoquarks confirms the expectations based on the SMEFT results. We also identify future directions needed to maximize the reach of the EIC in CLFV searches: these include an optimization of the τ tagger in hadronic channels, an exploration of background suppression through tagging b and c jets in the final state, and a global fit by turning on all SMEFT couplings, which will likely reveal new discovery windows for the EIC.

scholarly journals Effects of Rifaximin on Luminal and Wall-Adhered Gut Commensal Microbiota in Mice

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 500
Author(s):  
Marina Ferrer ◽  
Mònica Aguilera ◽  
Vicente Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fragment Length Polymorphism ◽  
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Antibacterial Properties ◽  
Broad Spectrum Antibiotic ◽  
Commensal Microbiota ◽  
Bacterial Biodiversity ◽  
Rule Out

Rifaximin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that ameliorates symptomatology in inflammatory/functional gastrointestinal disorders. We assessed changes in gut commensal microbiota (GCM) and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) associated to rifaximin treatment in mice. Adult C57BL/6NCrl mice were treated (7/14 days) with rifaximin (50/150 mg/mouse/day, PO). Luminal and wall-adhered ceco-colonic GCM were characterized by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and microbial profiles determined by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). Colonic expression of TLR2/3/4/5/7 and immune-related markers was assessed (RT-qPCR). Regardless the period of treatment or the dose, rifaximin did not alter total bacterial counts or bacterial biodiversity. Only a modest increase in Bacteroides spp. (150 mg/1-week treatment) was detected. In control conditions, only Clostridium spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. were found attached to the colonic epithelium. Rifaximin showed a tendency to favour their adherence after a 1-week, but not 2-week, treatment period. Minor up-regulation in TLRs expression was observed. Only the 50 mg dose for 1-week led to a significant increase (by 3-fold) in TLR-4 expression. No changes in the expression of immune-related markers were observed. Rifaximin, although its antibacterial properties, induces minor changes in luminal and wall-adhered GCM in healthy mice. Moreover, no modulation of TLRs or local immune systems was observed. These findings, in normal conditions, do not rule out a modulatory role of rifaximin in inflammatory and or dysbiotic states of the gut.

scholarly journals Highly boosted Higgs bosons and unitarity in vector-boson fusion at future hadron colliders

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Kilian ◽  
Sichun Sun ◽  
Qi-Shu Yan ◽  
Xiaoran Zhao ◽  
Zhijie Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Pair Production ◽  
Vector Boson ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Vector Boson Fusion ◽  
Final State ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Effective Lagrangian ◽  
Discovery Potential ◽  
New Interactions

Abstract We study the observability of new interactions which modify Higgs-pair production via vector-boson fusion processes at the LHC and at future proton-proton colliders. In an effective-Lagrangian approach, we explore in particular the effect of the operator $$ {h}^2{W}_{\mu \nu}^a{W}^{a,\mu \nu} $$ h 2 W μν a W a , μν , which describes the interaction of the Higgs boson with transverse vector-boson polarization modes. By tagging highly boosted Higgs bosons in the final state, we determine projected bounds for the coefficient of this operator at the LHC and at a future 27 TeV or 100 TeV collider. Taking into account unitarity constraints, we estimate the new-physics discovery potential of Higgs pair production in this channel.

scholarly journals SUSY breaking constraints on modular flavor S3 invariant SU(5) GUT model

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaokang Du ◽  
Fei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Susy Breaking ◽  
Flavor Symmetry ◽  
Modular Invariance ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Structure ◽  
Flavor Mixing ◽  
Breaking Mechanism ◽  
Gut Scale ◽  
Additional Constraints ◽  
Rule Out

Abstract Modular flavor symmetry can be used to explain the quark and lepton flavor structures. The SUSY partners of quarks and leptons, which share the same superpotential with the quarks and leptons, will also be constrained by the modular flavor structure and show a different flavor(mixing) pattern at the GUT scale. So, in realistic modular flavor models with SUSY completion, constraints from the collider and DM constraints can also be used to constrain the possible values of the modulus parameter. In the first part of this work, we discuss the possibility that the S3 modular symmetry can be preserved by the fixed points of T2/ZN orbifold, especially from T2/Z2. To illustrate the additional constraints from collider etc on modular flavor symmetry models, we take the simplest UV SUSY-completion S3 modular invariance SU(5) GUT model as an example with generalized gravity mediation SUSY breaking mechanism. We find that such constraints can indeed be useful to rule out a large portion of the modulus parameters. Our numerical results show that the UV-completed model can account for both the SM (plus neutrino) flavor structure and the collider, DM constraints. Such discussions can also be applied straightforwardly to other modular flavor symmetry models, such as A4 or S4 models.

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