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A New Light Particle in B Decays?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-11-22 v2

Abstract

We investigate the possibility whether the tensions with SM expectations observed in several b -> sll transitions, including hints for lepton flavour non-universality, could be due to the decay of B into a new light resonance. We find that qualitative agreement with the data can be obtained with a light vector resonance dominantly decaying invisibly. This scenario predicts a shift in the muon anomalous magnetic moment that could explain the long-standing discrepancy. The most stringent constraint comes from searches for B decays with missing energy. A striking prediction is a strong q^2 dependence of the lepton flavour universality ratios R_K and R_K* that should allow to clearly confirm or rule out this possibility experimentally. We also comment on the possible connection of the invisible decay product with Dark Matter.

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@article{arxiv.1704.06188,
  title  = {A New Light Particle in B Decays?},
  author = {Filippo Sala and David M. Straub},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06188},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures. v2: typos corrected, references and clarifications added

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