Probing the RK(*) anomaly at a muon collider

Mar 2, 2021
10 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 1, 015013
  • Published: Jan 1, 2022
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Abstract: (APS)
The LHCb measurements of the μ/e ratio in BK decays (RK) indicate a deficit with respect to the Standard Model prediction, supporting earlier hints of lepton universality violation observed in the RK(*) ratio. Possible explanations of these B-physics anomalies include heavy Z bosons or scalar and vector leptoquarks mediating bsμ+μ-. We note that a muon collider can directly measure this process via μ+μ-bs¯ and can shed light on the lepton nonuniversality scenario. Investigating currently discussed center-of-mass energies s=3, 6 and 10 TeV, we show that the parameter space of Z and leptoquark solutions to the RK(*) anomalies can be mostly covered. Effective operators explaining the anomalies can be probed with the muon collider setup s=6TeV and integrated luminosity L=4ab1.
  • B: semileptonic decay
  • B: branching ratio
  • branching ratio: ratio
  • lepton: universality: violation
  • leptoquark: scalar
  • Z'
  • effective operator
  • operator: Wilson
  • LHC-B
  • CERN LHC Coll: upgrade