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Title: New physics in the visible final states of B → D(*) τν

Abstract

We derive compact expressions for the helicity amplitudes of the many-body B → D (*) (→ DY)τ(→ Xν)ν decays, specifically for X = ℓν or π and Y = π or γ. We include contributions from all ten possible new physics four-Fermi operators with arbitrary couplings. Our results capture interference effects in the full phase space of the visible τ and D * decay products which are missed in analyses that treat the τ or D * or both as stable. The τ interference effects are sizable, formally of order mτ/mB for the standard model, and may be of order unity in the presence of new physics. Treating interference correctly is essential when considering kinematic distributions of the τ or D * decay products, and when including experimentally unavoidable phase space cuts. Our amplitude-level results also allow for efficient exploration of new physics effects in the fully differential phase space, by enabling experiments to perform such studies on fully simulated Monte Carlo datasets via efficient event reweighing. As an example, we explore a class of new physics interactions that can fit the observed R(D (*) ) ratios, and show that analyses including more differential kinematic information can provide greater discriminatingmore » power for new physics, than single kinematic variables alone.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1408404
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2017; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Beyond Standard Model; Heavy Quark Physics

Citation Formats

Ligeti, Zoltan, Papucci, Michele, and Robinson, Dean J. New physics in the visible final states of B → D(*) τν. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2017)083.
Ligeti, Zoltan, Papucci, Michele, & Robinson, Dean J. New physics in the visible final states of B → D(*) τν. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2017)083
Ligeti, Zoltan, Papucci, Michele, and Robinson, Dean J. 2017. "New physics in the visible final states of B → D(*) τν". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2017)083. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1408404.
@article{osti_1408404,
title = {New physics in the visible final states of B → D(*) τν},
author = {Ligeti, Zoltan and Papucci, Michele and Robinson, Dean J.},
abstractNote = {We derive compact expressions for the helicity amplitudes of the many-body B → D (*) (→ DY)τ(→ Xν)ν decays, specifically for X = ℓν or π and Y = π or γ. We include contributions from all ten possible new physics four-Fermi operators with arbitrary couplings. Our results capture interference effects in the full phase space of the visible τ and D * decay products which are missed in analyses that treat the τ or D * or both as stable. The τ interference effects are sizable, formally of order mτ/mB for the standard model, and may be of order unity in the presence of new physics. Treating interference correctly is essential when considering kinematic distributions of the τ or D * decay products, and when including experimentally unavoidable phase space cuts. Our amplitude-level results also allow for efficient exploration of new physics effects in the fully differential phase space, by enabling experiments to perform such studies on fully simulated Monte Carlo datasets via efficient event reweighing. As an example, we explore a class of new physics interactions that can fit the observed R(D (*) ) ratios, and show that analyses including more differential kinematic information can provide greater discriminating power for new physics, than single kinematic variables alone.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP01(2017)083},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1408404}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {1029-8479},
number = 1,
volume = 2017,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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