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Title: Probing lepton flavor violation in meson decays with LHC data

Abstract

Abstract In this letter, we use LHC data from the Drell–Yan processes $$$$pp\rightarrow \ell _i\ell _j$$$$ p p i j (with $$$$i\ne j$$$$ i j ) to derive model-independent upper limits on lepton-flavor-violating meson decays. Our analysis is based on an Effective Field Theory (EFT) approach and it does not require a specific assumption regarding the basis of effective operators. We find that current LHC data (140  $$$$\textrm{fb}^{-1}$$$$ fb - 1 ) already provides competitive limits on $$$${\mathcal {B}}(B\rightarrow \pi e \tau )$$$$ B ( B π e τ ) and $$$${\mathcal {B}}(B\rightarrow \pi \mu \tau )$$$$ B ( B π μ τ ) with respect to the ones obtained through experimental searches at the B -factories. Moreover, we derive upper limits on several decays that have not been searched for experimentally yet, such as $$$$D^0\rightarrow e\tau $$$$ D 0 e τ in the charm sector, and various semileptonic decays such as $$$$B\rightarrow \rho \mu \tau $$$$ B ρ μ τ , $$$$B_s\rightarrow K \mu \tau $$$$ B s K μ τ and $$$$B_s\rightarrow \phi \mu \tau $$$$ B s ϕ μ τ . Lastly, we discuss the validity of the EFT description of LHC data and the impact of loop corrections in our analysis.

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Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1997035
Grant/Contract Number:  
DOE-DESC0010008; ANR-11-IDEX-0003- 01; 860881
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online) Journal Volume: 83 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6052
Publisher:
Springer Science + Business Media
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Descotes-Genon, S., Faroughy, D. A., Plakias, I., and Sumensari, O. Probing lepton flavor violation in meson decays with LHC data. Germany: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11860-w.
Descotes-Genon, S., Faroughy, D. A., Plakias, I., & Sumensari, O. Probing lepton flavor violation in meson decays with LHC data. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11860-w
Descotes-Genon, S., Faroughy, D. A., Plakias, I., and Sumensari, O. Mon . "Probing lepton flavor violation in meson decays with LHC data". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11860-w.
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title = {Probing lepton flavor violation in meson decays with LHC data},
author = {Descotes-Genon, S. and Faroughy, D. A. and Plakias, I. and Sumensari, O.},
abstractNote = {Abstract In this letter, we use LHC data from the Drell–Yan processes $$pp\rightarrow \ell _i\ell _j$$ p p → ℓ i ℓ j (with $$i\ne j$$ i ≠ j ) to derive model-independent upper limits on lepton-flavor-violating meson decays. Our analysis is based on an Effective Field Theory (EFT) approach and it does not require a specific assumption regarding the basis of effective operators. We find that current LHC data (140  $$\textrm{fb}^{-1}$$ fb - 1 ) already provides competitive limits on $${\mathcal {B}}(B\rightarrow \pi e \tau )$$ B ( B → π e τ ) and $${\mathcal {B}}(B\rightarrow \pi \mu \tau )$$ B ( B → π μ τ ) with respect to the ones obtained through experimental searches at the B -factories. Moreover, we derive upper limits on several decays that have not been searched for experimentally yet, such as $$D^0\rightarrow e\tau $$ D 0 → e τ in the charm sector, and various semileptonic decays such as $$B\rightarrow \rho \mu \tau $$ B → ρ μ τ , $$B_s\rightarrow K \mu \tau $$ B s → K μ τ and $$B_s\rightarrow \phi \mu \tau $$ B s → ϕ μ τ . Lastly, we discuss the validity of the EFT description of LHC data and the impact of loop corrections in our analysis.},
doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11860-w},
journal = {European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)},
number = 8,
volume = 83,
place = {Germany},
year = {Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}

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