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 Effective Theories for Quark Flavour Physics

2020 ◽  
pp. 479-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Silvestrini
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Effective Hamiltonian ◽  
Weak Decays ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Quark Flavour ◽  
Meson Mixing ◽  
Effective Theories ◽  
Effective Hamiltonians

The purpose of the lectures that appear within this chapter is to provide the reader with an idea of how we can probe new physics with quark flavour observables using effective theory techniques. It begins by providing a concise review of the quark flavour structure of the standard model. Then it introduces the effective Hamiltonian for quark weak decays. Following on, it then considers the effective Hamiltonian for ?F=2 transitions in the standard model and beyond. It discusses how meson–anti–meson mixing and CP violation can be described in terms of the ?F=1 and ?F=2 effective Hamiltonians. Finally, it presents the Unitarity Triangle Analysis and discusses how very stringent constraints on new physics can be obtained from ?F=2 processes.

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 Rb, Rc and New Physics: An Updated Model Independent Analysis

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 723-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bamert
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Coupling Constant ◽  
A Value ◽  
Independent Analysis ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Do So

We analyze LEP and SLC data from the 1995 Summer Conferences as well as from low energy neutral current experiments for signals of new physics. The reasons for doing this are twofold: first to explain the deviations from the Standard Model observed in Rb and Rc and second to constrain nonstandard contributions to couplings of the Z0 boson to all fermions and to the oblique parameters. We do so by comparing the data with the Standard Model as well as with a number of test hypotheses concerning the nature of the new physics. These include nonstandard [Formula: see text]-, [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-couplings as well as the couplings of the Z0 to fermions of the entire first, second and third generations and universal corrections to all up- and down-type quark couplings (as can arise see for example in Z' mixing models). We find that nonstandard [Formula: see text] couplings are both necessary and sufficient to explain the data and in particular the Rb anomaly. It is not possible to explain Rb, Rc and a value of the strong coupling constant consistent with low energy determinations invoking only nonstandard [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-couplings. To do so one has to have also new physics contributions to the [Formula: see text] or universal corrections to all [Formula: see text] couplings.

scholarly journals Search for Charged Lepton Flavour Violation at CMS

2018 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 02090
Author(s):  
Swagata Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Symmetry ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Lepton Sector ◽  
Lepton Flavour Violation ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Flavour Violation ◽  
Lepton Flavour

Lepton flavour is a conserved quantity in the standard model of particle physics, but it does not follow from an underlying gauge symmetry. After the discovery of neutrino oscillation, it has been established that lepton flavour is not conserved in the neutral sector. Thus the lepton sector is an excellent place to look for New Physics, and in this perspective the Charged Lepton Flavour Violation is interesting. Various extensions of the standard model predict lepton flavour violating decays that can be observed at LHC. This report summarises several searches for lepton flavour violation with data collected by the CMS detector.

scholarly journals Leptoquarks in Flavour Physics

2018 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 01015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Müller
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Magnetic Moment ◽  
Anomalous Magnetic Moment ◽  
Z Boson ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Z Boson Decays ◽  
Flavour Physics ◽  
Lepton Flavour

While the LHC has not directly observed any new particle so far, experimental results from LHCb, BELLE and BABAR point towards the violation of lepton flavour universality in b ⟶ sℓ+ and b ⟶ c-ℓν. In this context, also the discrepancy in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon can be interpreted as a sign of lepton flavour universality violation. Here we discuss how these hints for new physics can also be explained by introducing leptoquarks as an extension of the Standard Model. Indeed, leptoquarks are good candidates to explain the anomaly in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon because of an mg/mμ enhanced contribution giving correlated effects in Z boson decays which is particularly interesting in the light of future precision experiments.

scholarly journals η′K PUZZLE OF B MESON DECAYS AND NEW PHYSICS EFFECTS IN THE TC2 MODEL

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (07) ◽  
pp. 441-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHENJUN XIAO ◽  
WENJUN LI ◽  
GONGRU LU ◽  
LIBO GUO
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
B Meson ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Decay Rates ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Effective Hamiltonian ◽  
B Meson Decays ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Input Parameters

Using the low energy effective Hamiltonian with the generalized factorization, we calculate the new physics contributions to B→π+π-, Kπ and Kη′ in the topcolor-assisted-technicolor (TC2) model, and compare the results with the available data. By using [Formula: see text] preferred by the CLEO data of B→π+π-decay, we find that the new physics enhancements to B→ Kη′ decays are significant in size, ~ 50% with respect to the standard model predictions, insensitive to the variations of input parameters and hence provide a simple and plausible new physics interpretation for the observed unexpectedly large B→ Kη′ decay rates.

scholarly journals DETERMINING αs FROM MEASUREMENTS AT Z: HOW NATURE PROMPTS US ABOUT NEW PHYSICS

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (07) ◽  
pp. 605-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SHIFMAN
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Standard Deviations ◽  
The One

The value of αs (Mz) emerging from the so-called global fits based mainly on the data at the Z peak (and assuming the standard model) is three standard deviations higher than the one stemming from the low-energy phenomenology. The corresponding value of Λ QCD is very large, ~500 MeV, and is incompatible with crucial features of QCD. If persists, the discrepancy should be interpreted as due to contributions to the Z-quark-antiquark vertices which go beyond the standard model.

scholarly journals Lepton flavor violating $$\Lambda _b\rightarrow \Lambda \ell _1\ell _2$$ decay

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diganta Das
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Axial Vector ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Effective Hamiltonian ◽  
Decay Distribution ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Pseudo Scalar

AbstractInspired by the recent hints of lepton flavor universality violation in $$b\rightarrow s\ell \ell $$b→sℓℓ and $$b\rightarrow c\ell \nu $$b→cℓν transitions, we study lepton flavor violating exclusive $$\Lambda _b\rightarrow \Lambda \ell _1^+\ell _2^-$$Λb→Λℓ1+ℓ2- ($$\ell _1\ne \ell _2$$ℓ1≠ℓ2) decay, which is forbidden in the Standard Model. Starting from a general effective Hamiltonian for a $$b\rightarrow s\ell _1^+\ell _2^-$$b→sℓ1+ℓ2- transition that includes vector and axial-vector operators, and scalar and pseudo-scalar operators, we derive a two-fold decay distribution of $$\Lambda _b\rightarrow \Lambda \ell _1^+\ell _2^-$$Λb→Λℓ1+ℓ2-. The distribution helps us to construct the differential branching ratio and the lepton-side forward–backward asymmetry, which are studied in a vector leptoquark model. The parameter space of the vector leptoquark model is constrained by low energy observables.

scholarly journals Lepton-flavour non-universality of $${\bar{B}}\rightarrow D^*\ell {{\bar{\nu }}}$$ angular distributions in and beyond the Standard Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Bobeth ◽  
Marzia Bordone ◽  
Nico Gubernari ◽  
Martin Jung ◽  
Danny van Dyk
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Angular Distributions ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Mass Effects ◽  
Muon Mass ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Current Experimental Data ◽  
Lepton Flavour

AbstractWe analyze in detail the angular distributions in $${\bar{B}}\rightarrow D^*\ell {{\bar{\nu }}}$$ B ¯ → D ∗ ℓ ν ¯ decays, with a focus on lepton-flavour non-universality. We investigate the minimal number of angular observables that fully describes current and upcoming datasets, and explore their sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) in the most general weak effective theory. We apply our findings to the current datasets, extract the non-redundant set of angular observables from the data, and compare to precise SM predictions that include lepton-flavour universality violating mass effects. Our analysis shows that the number of independent angular observables that can be inferred from current experimental data is limited to only four. These are insufficient to extract the full set of relevant BSM parameters. We uncover a $$\sim 4\sigma $$ ∼ 4 σ tension between data and predictions that is hidden in the redundant presentation of the Belle 2018 data on $${\bar{B}}\rightarrow D^*\ell {{\bar{\nu }}}$$ B ¯ → D ∗ ℓ ν ¯ decays. This tension specifically involves observables that probe $$e-\mu $$ e - μ lepton-flavour universality. However, we find inconsistencies in these data, which renders results based on it suspicious. Nevertheless, we discuss which generic BSM scenarios could explain the tension, in the case that the inconsistencies do not affect the data materially. Our findings highlight that $$e-\mu $$ e - μ non-universality in the SM, introduced by the finite muon mass, is already significant in a subset of angular observables with respect to the experimental precision.

scholarly journals Searches for new physics with free neutrons and radioactive atomic nuclei

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
N. Severijns
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Atomic Nuclei ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
New Particles

The Standard Model of Particle Physics is very successful but does not explain several experimental observations. Extensions of it, invoking new particles or phenomena, could overcome this. Experiments in different energy domains allow testing these extensions and searching for new particles. Here focus is on low-energy experiments with neutrons and radioactive nuclei.

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