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A Complete Framework for Tau Polarimetry in $B\to D^{(*)}\tau\nu$ Decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-12-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The meson decays BDτνB\to D\tau\nu and BDτνB\to D^* \tau \nu are sensitive probes of the bcτνb\to c\tau\nu transition. In this work we present a complete framework to obtain the maximum information on the physics of BD()τνB\to D^{(*)}\tau\nu with polarized τ\tau leptons and unpolarized D()D^{(*)} mesons. Focusing on the hadronic decays τπν\tau\to \pi\nu and τρν\tau\to\rho\nu, we show how to extract seven τ\tau asymmetries from a fully differential analysis of the final-state kinematics. At Belle II with 50 ab150~\text{ab}^{-1} of data, these asymmetries could potentially be measured with percent level statistical uncertainty. This would open a new window into possible new physics contributions in bcτνb\to c\tau\nu and would allow us to decipher its Lorentz and gauge structure.

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@article{arxiv.2006.16416,
  title  = {A Complete Framework for Tau Polarimetry in $B\to D^{(*)}\tau\nu$ Decays},
  author = {Pouya Asadi and Anna Hallin and Jorge Martin Camalich and David Shih and Susanne Westhoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.16416},
  year   = {2020}
}

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20 pages + appendices, 5 figures