Lifetime of Mesons Constrains Explanations for Anomalies in
Abstract
Here, we investigate a new constraint on new-physics interpretations of the anomalies observed in B→D(*)τν decays making use of the lifetime of the B$$-\atop{c}$$ meson. A constraint is obtained by demanding that the rate for B$$-\atop{c}$$→τ-$$-\atop{v}$$ does not exceed the fraction of the total width that is allowed by the calculation of the lifetime in the standard model. This leads to a very strong bound on new-physics scenarios involving scalar operators since they lift the slight, but not negligible, chiral suppression of the B$$-\atop{c}$$→τ-$$-\atop{v}$$ amplitude in the standard model. The new constraint renders a scalar interpretation of the enhancement measured in RD* implausible, including explanations implementing extra Higgs doublets or certain classes of leptoquarks. We also discuss the complementarity of RD(*) and a measurement of the longitudinal polarization of the τ in the B→D*τν decay in light of our findings.
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland). Theoretical Physics Dept.
- Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
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- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
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- 1344615
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- OSTI ID: 1423951
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- SC0009919; sc0009919
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 118 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
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- American Physical Society (APS)
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- United States
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- English
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- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Alonso, Rodrigo, Grinstein, Benjamín, and Martin Camalich, Jorge. Lifetime of Bc− Mesons Constrains Explanations for Anomalies in B→D(*)τν. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.081802.
Alonso, Rodrigo, Grinstein, Benjamín, & Martin Camalich, Jorge. Lifetime of Bc− Mesons Constrains Explanations for Anomalies in B→D(*)τν. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.081802
Alonso, Rodrigo, Grinstein, Benjamín, and Martin Camalich, Jorge. Wed .
"Lifetime of Bc− Mesons Constrains Explanations for Anomalies in B→D(*)τν". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.081802.
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title = {Lifetime of Bc− Mesons Constrains Explanations for Anomalies in B→D(*)τν},
author = {Alonso, Rodrigo and Grinstein, Benjamín and Martin Camalich, Jorge},
abstractNote = {Here, we investigate a new constraint on new-physics interpretations of the anomalies observed in B→D(*)τν decays making use of the lifetime of the B$-\atop{c}$ meson. A constraint is obtained by demanding that the rate for B$-\atop{c}$→τ-$-\atop{v}$ does not exceed the fraction of the total width that is allowed by the calculation of the lifetime in the standard model. This leads to a very strong bound on new-physics scenarios involving scalar operators since they lift the slight, but not negligible, chiral suppression of the B$-\atop{c}$→τ-$-\atop{v}$ amplitude in the standard model. The new constraint renders a scalar interpretation of the enhancement measured in RD* implausible, including explanations implementing extra Higgs doublets or certain classes of leptoquarks. We also discuss the complementarity of RD(*) and a measurement of the longitudinal polarization of the τ in the B→D*τν decay in light of our findings.},
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.081802
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