Global fits to data and signs for lepton non-universality
Oct 16, 2014
15 pages
Published in:
- JHEP 12 (2014) 053
- Published: Dec 5, 2014
e-Print:
- 1410.4545 [hep-ph]
Report number:
- CERN-PH-TH-2014-198,
- MITP-14-078
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Abstract: (Springer)
There are some slight tensions with the SM predictions within the latest LHCb measurements. Besides the known anomaly in one angular observable of the rare decay B → K μ μ, another small discrepancy recently occurred. The ratio R = BR(B → K μ μ)/BR(B → K e e) in the low-q region has been measured by LHCb showing a 2.6σ deviation from the SM prediction. In contrast to the anomaly in the rare decay B → K μ μ which is affected by power corrections, the ratio R is theoretically rather clean. We analyse all the b → sℓℓ data with global fits and in particular explore the possibility of breaking of lepton universality. Possible cross-checks with an analysis of the inclusive B → X ℓ ℓ decay are also explored.Note:
- 15 pages, 11 figures. v2: references added, published in JHEP
- Rare Decays
- Beyond Standard Model
- B-Physics
- new physics: signature
- lepton: universality: violation
- B+: semileptonic decay
- B+: rare decay
- B+: branching ratio
- branching ratio: ratio
- strange meson: final state
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