Published June 20, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Accumulating Evidence for Nonstandard Leptonic Decays of Ds Mesons

  • 1. Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510-0500 (United States)

Description

The measured rate for Ds+→l+ν decays, where l is a muon or tau, is larger than the standard model prediction, which relies on lattice QCD, at the 3.8σ level. We discuss how robust the theoretical prediction is, and we show that the discrepancy with experiment may be explained by a charged Higgs boson or a leptoquark

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
100
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
p. 241802-241802.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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