Addressing the LHC flavor anomalies with horizontal gauge symmetries

Mar 11, 2015
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 91 (2015) 7, 075006
  • Published: Apr 9, 2015
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-PH-TH-2015-046,
  • ULB-TH-15-03

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Abstract: (APS)
We study the impact of an additional U(1)′ gauge symmetry with flavor-dependent charges for quarks and leptons on the LHC flavor anomalies observed in B→K*μ+μ-, R(K)=B→Kμ+μ-/B→Ke+e-, and h→μτ. In its minimal version with two scalar doublets, the resulting model naturally explains the deviations from the Standard Model observed in B→K*μ+μ- and R(K). The CMS access in h→μτ can be explained by introducing a third scalar doublet, which gives rise to a prediction for τ→3μ. We investigate constraints from flavor observables and direct LHC searches for pp→Z′→μ+μ-. Our model successfully generates the measured fermion-mixing matrices and does not require vectorlike fermions, unlike previous attempts to explain these anomalies.
Note:
  • 14 pages, 6 figures. Added references; matches published version
  • 12.60.Cn
  • 11.30.Hv
  • 12.60.Fr
  • 13.25.Hw
  • horizontal symmetry
  • symmetry: gauge
  • symmetry: U(1)
  • Z': production
  • Z': signature
  • Z': decay