PRECISE TESTS OF e-μ UNIVERSALITY

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (36) ◽  
pp. 3357-3364 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOSHIO NUMAO

The status of experimental tests of electron-muon universality in weak interactions is reviewed. The average of the new measurements of the π+→e+ν branching ratio, R ave =Γ(π→eν+π→eνγ)/Γ(π→μν+π→μνγ)=(1.2312±0.0037)×10−4, is consistent with standard model calculations R th =(1.234±0.001)×10−4 and confirms the hypothesis of electron-muon universality at the 0.2% level.

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (29) ◽  
pp. 2199-2214
Author(s):  
THOMAS ZIEGLER

By reviewing the status of time-dependent CP-violation in b →s transitions and double charmonium production in e+e- collisions, two examples of the rich and exciting physics outcome from the B-factories are presented. Both analyses exhibited significant differences in measurement and standard model calculations in the last two years and therefore received particular interest. After a short introduction into the subjects, the results from BaBar and Belle are presented and discussed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1781-1795 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOBIAS HURTH

We report the recent progress in Standard Model calculations of b→s transitions. We discuss the first NNLL prediction of the [Formula: see text] branching ratio, including important additional subtleties due to nonperturbative corrections and logarithmically-enhanced cut effects, and also the recent results on the inclusive mode [Formula: see text]. Moreover, new results on the corresponding exclusive modes are reviewed. Finally, we comment on the present status of the so-called B→Kπ puzzle in hadronic b→s transitions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Cortina Gil ◽  
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A. Kleimenova ◽  
E. Minucci ◽  
S. Padolski ◽  
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Abstract The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS reports a study of a sample of 4 × 109 tagged π0 mesons from K+ → π+π0(γ), searching for the decay of the π0 to invisible particles. No signal is observed in excess of the expected background fluctuations. An upper limit of 4.4 × 10−9 is set on the branching ratio at 90% confidence level, improving on previous results by a factor of 60. This result can also be interpreted as a model- independent upper limit on the branching ratio for the decay K+ → π+X, where X is a particle escaping detection with mass in the range 0.110–0.155 GeV/c2 and rest lifetime greater than 100 ps. Model-dependent upper limits are obtained assuming X to be an axion-like particle with dominant fermion couplings or a dark scalar mixing with the Standard Model Higgs boson.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoife Bharucha ◽  
Diogo Boito ◽  
Cédric Méaux

Abstract In this paper we consider the decay D+ → π+ℓ+ℓ−, addressing in particular the resonance contributions as well as the relatively large contributions from the weak annihilation diagrams. For the weak annihilation diagrams we include known results from QCD factorisation at low q2 and at high q2, adapting the existing calculation for B decays in the Operator Product Expansion. The hadronic resonance contributions are obtained through a dispersion relation, modelling the spectral functions as towers of Regge-like resonances in each channel, as suggested by Shifman, imposing the partonic behaviour in the deep Euclidean. The parameters of the model are extracted using e+e− → (hadrons) and τ → (hadrons) + ντ data as well as the branching ratios for the resonant decays D+ → π+R(R → ℓ+ℓ−), with R = ρ, ω, and ϕ. We perform a thorough error analysis, and present our results for the Standard Model differential branching ratio as a function of q2. Focusing then on the observables FH and AFB, we consider the sensitivity of this channel to effects of physics beyond the Standard Model, both in a model independent way and for the case of leptoquarks.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (32) ◽  
pp. 1850194
Author(s):  
Aritra Biswas ◽  
Sanjoy Mandal ◽  
Nita Sinha

We show that for a heavy vector-like quark model with a down type isosinglet, branching ratio for [Formula: see text] decay is enhanced by more than [Formula: see text] as compared to that in the Standard model when QCD corrections to next-to-leading order are incorporated. In a left–right symmetric model (LRSM) along with a heavy vector-like fermion, enhancement of this order can be achieved at the bare (QCD uncorrected) level itself. We propose that a measurement of the photon polarization could be used to signal the presence of such new physics in spite of the large long distance effects. We find that there is a large region within the allowed parameter space of the model with a vector-like quark and an additional left–right symmetry, where, the photon polarization can be dominantly right-handed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1738-1749 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCA SILVESTRINI

We review the status of rare decays and CP violation in extensions of the Standard Model. We analyze the determination of the unitarity triangle and the model-independent constraints on new physics that can be derived from this analysis. We find stringent bounds on new contributions to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] mixing, pointing either to models of minimal flavour violation or to models with new sources of flavour and CP violation in b → s transitions. We discuss the status of the universal unitarity triangle in minimal flavour violation, and study rare decays in this class of models. We then turn to supersymmetric models with nontrivial mixing between second and third generation squarks, discuss the present constraints on this mixing and analyze the possible effects on CP violation in b → s nonleptonic decays and on [Formula: see text] mixing. We conclude presenting an outlook on Lepton-Photon 2009.


2014 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 1460390
Author(s):  
SIMEONE DUSSONI

The MEG experiment started taking data in 2009 looking for the Standard Model suppressed decay μ → e + γ, which, if observed, can reveal Beyond Standard Model physics. It makes use of state-of-the art detectors optimized for operating in conditions of very high intensity, rejecting as much background as possible. The data taking ended August 2013 and an upgrade R&D is started to push the experimental sensitivity. The present upper limit on the decay Branching Ratio (BR) is presented, obtained with the subset of data from 2009 to 2011 run, together with a description of the key features of the upgraded detector.


Author(s):  
S. Mahata ◽  
P. Maji ◽  
S. Biswas ◽  
S. Sahoo

Recently, many discrepancies between the Standard Model (SM) predictions and experimental results have been found in [Formula: see text] quark transitions. Motivated by these discrepancies, we investigated the semileptonic [Formula: see text] decay in [Formula: see text] model. In this paper, we have estimated different decay observables such as branching ratio, lepton flavor universality (LFU) ratio [Formula: see text] and forward–backward asymmetry in the SM as well as in the [Formula: see text] model. In [Formula: see text] model, we find significant deviations from the SM for the observables except for the forward–backward asymmetry. This deviation gives us a possible indication of new physics (NP).


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