Published 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

New physics in rare B decays after Moriond 2021

  • 1. Department of Physics and Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, 95064, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
  • 2. Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012, Bern (Switzerland)

Description

The anomalies in rare B decays endure. We present results of an updated global analysis that takes into account the latest experimental input -- in particular the recent results on RK and BR(Bs → µ+µ) - and that qualitatively improves the treatment of theory uncertainties. Fit results are presented for the Wilson coefficients of four-fermion contact interactions. We find that muon specific Wilson coefficients C9 -0.73 or C9 = -C10 -0.39 continue to give an excellent description of the data. If only theoretically clean observables are considered, muon specific C10 0.60 or C9 = -C10 -0.35 improve over the Standard Model by Δχ2 4.7σ and Δχ2 4.6σ, respectively. In various new physics scenarios we provide predictions for lepton flavor universality observables and CP asymmetries that can be tested with more data. We update our previous combination of ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb data on BR(Bs → µ+µ) and BR(B0 → µ+µ) taking into account the full two-dimensional non-Gaussian experimental likelihoods.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09725-1

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

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