Search for new physics in semileptonic B-decays

S. Klaver

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Abstract

© Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).Semileptonic decays provide an excellent environment for testing the Standard Model (SM). Violation of lepton universality would be a smoking gun for physics beyond the SM. Using semitauonic B decays, LHCb finds a value of R(D∗) = B(B0 → D∗+τ-vτ)/B(B0 → D∗+μ-νμ) = 0.336±0.027(stat) ±0.030(syst), which is 2.1 standard deviations larger than the value expected from the SM. Moreover, the measurement of the CP asymmetry in mixing of B0s mesons is highly sensitive to physics beyond the SM. This article presents the latest result on semileptonic asymmetries; using the full Run 1 dataset, it is found that assl = (0.39 ± 0.26(stat) ±0.20(syst))%, which is consistent with the Standard Model.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication38th International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP 2016
PublisherProceedings of Science (PoS)
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event38th International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP 2016 - Chicago, United States
Duration: 3 Aug 201610 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of Science
ISSN (Electronic)1824-8039

Conference

Conference38th International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period3/08/1610/08/16

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