Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-06-13
Phys.Rev.D63:014015,2000
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Minor modifications; version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.63.014015
The rare decays $B\to K^{(*)}\ell^+\ell^-$, $B\to K^{(*)}\nu\bar\nu$ and $B_s\to\mu^+\mu^-$ are analyzed in a generic scenario where New Physics effects enter predominantly via $Z$ penguin contributions. We show that this possibility is well motivated on theoretical grounds, as the $\bar sbZ$ vertex is particularly susceptible to non-standard dynamics. In addition, such a framework is also interesting phenomenologically since the $\bar sbZ$ coupling is rather poorly constrained by present data. The characteristic features of this scenario for the relevant decay rates and distributions are investigated. We emphasize that both sign and magnitude of the forward-backward asymmetry of the decay leptons in $\bar B\to \bar K^*\ell^+\ell^-$, ${\cal A}^{(\bar B)}_{FB}$, carry sensitive information on New Physics. The observable ${\cal A}^{(\bar B)}_{FB}+{\cal A}^{(B)}_{FB}$ is proposed as a useful probe of non-standard CP violation in $\bar sbZ$ couplings.
Buchalla Gerhard
Hiller Gerald
Isidori Gino
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