Searching for New Physics in Rare $B \to τ$ Decays

Details Searching for New Physics in Rare $B \to τ$ Decays Searching for New Physics in Rare $B \to τ$ Decays

1997-07-17

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9707371v4

Phys.Rev.D58:012001,1998

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

30 pages, LaTeX, 8 ps-figures (uses epsfig.sty) Equations (2.7) (3.10) (3.14) (3.18) (3.19) (3.20) (4.6) corrected, conclusion

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.58.012001

The rare decays {$B^- \to \tau \bar\nu$}, \mbox{$B \to \tau^+ \tau^-$}, {$b \to X \nu \bar\nu$} and \mbox{$b \to X \tau^+ \tau^-$} all contain third generation leptons in the final state, and hence are sensitive to new physics that couples more strongly to the third family. We present model independent expressions for these decays that can be useful to study several types of new physics effects. We concentrate on supersymmetric models without R-parity and without lepton number. We also assume a horizontal U(1) symmetry with fermion horizontal charges chosen to explain the magnitude of fermion masses and quark mixing angles. This allows us to estimate the order of magnitude of the new effects, and to derive numerical predictions for the various decay rates and for the forward-backward asymmetry and the $\tau$ polarization components measurable in \mbox{$b \to X \tau^+ \tau^-$}. In some cases the branching ratios are enhanced by more than one order of magnitude, rendering foreseeable their detection at upcoming B-factories. We also discuss how a measurement of asymmetries in \mbox{$b \to X \tau^+ \tau^-$} can be crucial in distinguishing between different sources of new physics.

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