Semileptonic decays of light quarks beyond the Standard Model

Details Semileptonic decays of light quarks beyond the Standard Model Semileptonic decays of light quarks beyond the Standard Model

2009-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/0908.1754v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

23 pages, 1 table and 5 eps figures

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We describe non-standard contributions to semileptonic processes in a model independent way in terms of an SU(2)_L X U(1)_Y invariant effective lagrangian at the weak scale, from which we derive the low-energy effective lagrangian governing muon and beta decays. We find that the deviation from Cabibbo universality, \Delta_CKM = |V_ud|^2 + |V_us|^2 + |V_ub|^2 - 1, receives contributions from four effective operators. The phenomenological bound of \Delta_CKM = -1E-4 +- 6E-4 provides strong constraints on all four operators, corresponding to an effective scale greater than 11 TeV (90% CL). Depending on the operator, this constraint is at the same level or better then the Z pole observables. Conversely, precision electroweak constraints alone would allow universality violations as large as \Delta_CKM = -0.01 (90% CL). An observed nonzero \Delta_CKM at this level could be explained in terms of a single four-fermion operator which is relatively poorly constrained by electroweak precision measurements.

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