Abstract: (arXiv)
The recent updated angular analysis of the BKμ+μB\to K^*\mu^+\mu^- decay by the LHCb collaboration is interpreted by performing a global fit to all relevant measurements probing the flavour-changing neutral current bsμ+μb\to s\mu^+\mu^- transition. A significant tension with Standard Model expectations is found. A solution with new physics modifying the Wilson coefficient C9C_9 is preferred over the Standard Model by 3.7σ3.7\sigma. The tension even increases to 4.2σ4.2\sigma including also bse+eb\to se^+e^- measurements and assuming new physics to affect the muonic modes only. Other new physics benchmarks are discussed as well. The q2q^2 dependence of the shift in C9C_9 is suggested as a means to identify the origin of the tension - new physics or an unexpectedly large hadronic effect.
Note:
  • 7 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of the 50th Rencontres de Moriond, Electroweak Session, 14-21 March 2015. v2: References added
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • LHC-B
  • new physics: signature
  • B: rare decay
  • B: semileptonic decay
  • B: branching ratio
  • decay: flavor changing
  • neutral current: flavor changing
  • quark: flavor: violation
  • dimuon: final state