scholarly journals Constraints on the Anomalous Wtb Couplings from B-Physics Experiments

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1506
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Kozachuk ◽  
Dmitri Melikhov
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
B Physics ◽  
Branching Fractions ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Linear Combinations ◽  
Anomalous Couplings ◽  
Physics Experiments

We analyze constraints on the anomalous Wtb couplings from B-physics experiments, performing a correlated analysis and allowing all anomalous couplings to differ simultaneously from their Standard Model (SM) values. The B-physics observables allow one to probe three linear combinations out of the four anomalous couplings, which parameterize the Wtb vertex under the assumption that the SM symmetries remain the symmetries of the effective theory. The constraints in this work are obtained by taking into account the following B-physics observables: the B¯0−B0 oscillations, the leptonic B→μ+μ− decays, the inclusive radiative B→Xsγ decays, and the differential branching fractions in the semileptonic inclusive B→Xsμ+μ− and exclusive B→(K,K*)μ+μ− decays at small q2, with q the momentum of the μ+μ− pair. We find that the SM values of the anomalous couplings belong to the 95% CL allowed region obtained this way, but lie beyond the 68% allowed region. We also report that the distributions of the anomalous couplings obtained within our scenario differ from the results of the 1D scenario, when only one of the couplings is allowed to deviate from its SM value.

scholarly journals Probing new physics in semileptonic $$\Xi _{b}\rightarrow \Lambda (\Xi _{c})\tau ^{-}\bar{\nu }_{\tau }$$ decays

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiao Zhang ◽  
Xiuyun An ◽  
Ruirui Sun ◽  
Jianfeng Su
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
B Meson ◽  
Branching Fraction ◽  
Branching Fractions ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Tau Decays ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Quark Level

Abstract Recently, several observed anomalies in semileptonic B meson decays have implied hints of lepton flavor universal violation. Motivated by these inspiring results, we study the baryon decays $$\Xi _{b}\rightarrow \Lambda (\Xi _{c})\tau ^{-}\bar{\nu }_{\tau }$$Ξb→Λ(Ξc)τ-ν¯τ which are mediated by $$b\rightarrow u(c)\tau ^{-}\bar{\nu }_{\tau }$$b→u(c)τ-ν¯τ transitions at quark level in the Standard Model and different New Physics scenarios. In the framework of the extended Standard Model on assuming a general effective theory, we constrain the Wilson coefficients of the NP operators using the experimental measurement results for the $$Br(B_{c}^+\rightarrow \tau ^+ \nu _{\tau })$$Br(Bc+→τ+ντ), $$R^{l}_{\pi }$$Rπl, $$R_{D^{(*)}}$$RD(∗), $$R_{J/\psi }$$RJ/ψ and $$F_{L}^{D^{*}}$$FLD∗ anomalies and investigate their New Physics effects on several observables relative to the $$\Xi _{b}\rightarrow \Lambda (\Xi _{c})\tau ^{-}\bar{\nu }_{\tau }$$Ξb→Λ(Ξc)τ-ν¯τ decays. We mention the differential branching fraction $${\text {d}}Br/{\text {d}}q^2$$dBr/dq2, the ratio of branching fractions $$R(q^2)$$R(q2), the lepton-side forward–backward asymmetry $$A_{FB}(q^2)$$AFB(q2), the longitudinal polarization $$P_{L}^{\Lambda (\Xi _{c})}(q^2)$$PLΛ(Ξc)(q2) of the daughter baryons $$\Lambda (\Xi _{c})$$Λ(Ξc) and $$P_{L}^{\tau }(q^2)$$PLτ(q2) of the $$\tau $$τ lepton, and the convexity parameter $$C_{F}(q^2)$$CF(q2).

scholarly journals Searching for charged lepton flavor violation at ep colliders

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Antusch ◽  
A. Hammad ◽  
Ahmed Rashed
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Lepton Flavor Violation ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Flavor Violation ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Abstract We investigate the sensitivity of electron-proton (ep) colliders for charged lepton flavor violation (cLFV) in an effective theory approach, considering a general effective Lagrangian for the conversion of an electron into a muon or a tau via the effective coupling to a neutral gauge boson or a neutral scalar field. For the photon, the Z boson and the Higgs particle of the Standard Model, we present the sensitivities of the LHeC for the coefficients of the effective operators, calculated from an analysis at the reconstructed level. As an example model where such flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) operators are generated at loop level, we consider the extension of the Standard Model by sterile neutrinos. We show that the LHeC could already probe the LFV conversion of an electron into a muon beyond the current experimental bounds, and could reach more than an order of magnitude higher sensitivity than the present limits for LFV conversion of an electron into a tau. We discuss that the high sensitivities are possible because the converted charged lepton is dominantly emitted in the backward direction, enabling an efficient separation of the signal from the background.

scholarly journals Flavour Anomalies in a U(1) SUSY Extension of the SM

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Alexander Bednyakov ◽  
Alfiia Mukhaeva
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Gauge Boson ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Meson Mixing ◽  
Additional Anomaly ◽  
Lepton Flavour

Flavour anomalies have attracted a lot of attention over recent years as they provide unique hints for possible New Physics. Here, we consider a supersymmetric (SUSY) extension of the Standard Model (SM) with an additional anomaly-free gauge U(1) group. The key feature of our model is the particular choice of non-universal charges to the gauge boson Z′, which not only allows a relaxation of the flavour discrepancies but, contrary to previous studies, can reproduce the SM mixing matrices both in the quark and lepton sectors. We pay special attention to the latter and explicitly enumerate all parameters relevant for our calculation in the low-energy effective theory. We find regions in the parameter space that satisfy experimental constraints on meson mixing and LHC Z′ searches and can alleviate the flavour anomalies. In addition, we also discuss the predictions for lepton-flavour violating decays B+→K+μτ and B+→K+eτ.

scholarly journals RECENT τ LEPTON RESULTS FROM BABAR

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 1460440
Author(s):  
ALBERTO LUSIANI
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Fractions ◽  
Charged Particles ◽  
Babar Collaboration ◽  
Final States ◽  
Final State ◽  
Experimental Knowledge ◽  
Electron Positron ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Positron Collisions

We report recent measurements on τ leptons obtained by the BABAR collaboration using the entire recorded sample of electron-positron collisions at and around the Υ(4S) (about 470fb-1). The events were recorded at the PEP-II asymmetric collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The measurements include high multiplicity τ decay branching fractions with 3 or 5 charged particles in the final state, a search for the second class current the τ decay τ → πη′ν, τ branching fractions into final states containing two KS mesons, [Formula: see text], with h = π, K, and preliminary measurements of hadronic spectra of τ decays with three hadrons (τ- → h-h+h-ντ decays, where h = π, K). The results improve the experimental knowledge of the τ lepton properties and can be used to improve the precision tests of the Standard Model.

scholarly journals B PHYSICS AT LHCb

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (32) ◽  
pp. 5117-5136 ◽  
Author(s):  
MONICA PEPE ALTARELLI ◽  
FREDERIC TEUBERT
Keyword(s):  
Large Hadron Collider ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
B Physics ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Concise Review ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Detector Design

LHCb is a dedicated detector for b physics at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider). In this paper we present a concise review of the detector design and performance together with the main physics goals and their relevance for a precise test of the Standard Model and search of New Physics beyond it.

scholarly journals Flavor physics: Precision as an avenue to discovery

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (01) ◽  
pp. 1930018
Author(s):  
Diego Guadagnoli
Keyword(s):  
Cp Violation ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Flavor Physics ◽  
Standard Model Prediction ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Impact

This paper describes the work pursued in the years 2008–2013 on improving the Standard Model prediction of selected flavor-physics observables. The latter includes: (1) [Formula: see text], that quantifies indirect CP violation in the [Formula: see text] system and (2) the very rare decay [Formula: see text], recently measured at the LHC. Concerning point (1), the paper describes our reappraisal of the long-distance contributions to [Formula: see text],[Formula: see text] that have permitted to unveil a potential tension between CP violation in the [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-system. Concerning point (2), the paper gives a detailed account of various systematic effects pointed out in Ref. 4 and affecting the Standard Model [Formula: see text] decay rate at the level of 10% — hence large enough to be potentially misinterpreted as nonstandard physics, if not properly included. The paper further describes the multifaceted importance of the [Formula: see text] decays as new physics probes, for instance how they compare with [Formula: see text]-peak observables at LEP, following the effective-theory approach of Ref. 5. Both cases (1) and (2) offer clear examples in which the pursuit of precision in Standard Model predictions offered potential avenues to discovery. Finally, this paper describes the impact of the above results on the literature, and what is the further progress to be expected on these and related observables.

scholarly journals D * Polarization as an Additional Constraint on New Physics in the b → cτ ν ¯ τ Transition

Particles ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-207
Author(s):  
Mikhail A. Ivanov ◽  
Jürgen G. Körner ◽  
Pietro Santorelli ◽  
Chien-Thang Tran
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Fractions ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Form Factors ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Constituent Quark Model ◽  
Tensor Operator ◽  
The Standard Model

Measurements of the branching fractions of the semileptonic decays B → D ( * ) τ ν ¯ τ and B c → J / ψ τ ν ¯ τ systematically exceed the Standard Model predictions, pointing to possible signals of new physics that can violate lepton flavor universality. The unknown origin of new physics realized in these channels can be probed using a general effective Hamiltonian constructed from four-fermion operators and the corresponding Wilson coefficients. Previously, constraints on these Wilson coefficients were obtained mainly from the experimental data for the branching fractions. Meanwhile, polarization observables were only theoretically studied. The situation has changed with more experimental data having become available, particularly those regarding the polarization of the tau and the D * meson. In this study, we discuss the implications of the new data on the overall picture. We then include them in an updated fit of the Wilson coefficients using all hadronic form factors from our covariant constituent quark model. The use of our form factors provides an analysis independent of those in the literature. Several new-physics scenarios are studied with the corresponding theoretical predictions provided, which are useful for future experimental studies. In particular, we find that under the one-dominant-operator assumption, no operator survives at 1 σ . Moreover, the scalar operators O S L and O S R are ruled out at 2 σ if one uses the constraint B ( B c → τ ν τ ) ≤ 10 % , while the more relaxed constraint B ( B c → τ ν τ ) ≤ 30 % still allows these operators at 2 σ , but only minimally. The inclusion of the new data for the D * polarization fraction F L D * reduces the likelihood of the right-handed vector operator O V R and significantly constrains the tensor operator O T L . Specifically, the F L D * alone rules out O T L at 1 σ . Finally, we show that the longitudinal polarization P L τ of the tau in the decays B → D * τ ν ¯ τ and B c → J / ψ τ ν ¯ τ is extremely sensitive to the tensor operator. Within the 2 σ allowed region, the best-fit value T L = 0.04 + i 0.17 predicts P L τ ( D * ) = − 0.33 and P L τ ( J / ψ ) = − 0.34 , which are at about 33% larger than the Standard Model (SM) prediction P L τ ( D * ) = − 0.50 and P L τ ( J / ψ ) = − 0.51 .

scholarly journals Softly broken conformal symmetry and the stability of the electroweak scale

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr H. Chankowski ◽  
Adrian Lewandowski ◽  
Krzysztof A. Meissner ◽  
Hermann Nicolai
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Conformal Symmetry ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Minimal Extension ◽  
Fundamental Theory ◽  
Hierarchy Problem ◽  
Physical Scale

We point out a possible mechanism by which the electroweak hierarchy problem can be avoided in the low energy effective quantum field theory. Assuming the existence of a UV complete underlying fundamental theory and treating the cutoff scale Λ of the effective field theory as a real physical scale we argue that the hierarchy problem would be solved if the coefficient in front of quadratic divergences vanished at the scale Λ, and if the effective theory mass parameters fixed at Λ by the fundamental theory were hierarchically smaller than Λ itself. While this mechanism most probably cannot work in the Standard Model if the scale Λ is to be close to the Planck scale, we show that it can work in a minimal extension (Conformal Standard Model) proposed recently for a different implementation of conformal symmetry breaking.

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