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Analysis of Angular Observables of $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda (\to p\pi)\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ Decay in Standard and $Z^{\prime}$ Models

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-12-06 v1

Abstract

In 2015, the LHCb collaboration has measured dBdq2\frac{d{\mathcal{B}}}{dq^2}, the lepton- and hadron-side forward-backward asymmetries, denoted by AFBA^\ell_{FB} and AFBΛA^{\Lambda}_{FB}, respectively in the range 15<q2(=s)<2015 < q^2(=s) < 20 GeV2^2 with 3 fb1^{-1} of data. Motivated by these measurements, we perform an analysis of q2q^2 dependent ΛbΛ(pπ)μ+μ\Lambda_b \to \Lambda (\to p \pi ) \mu^+\mu^- angular observables at large- and low-recoil in the SM and in a family non-universal ZZ^{\prime} model. In the present study we use the recently performed high-precision lattice QCD calculations of the form factors that have well controlled uncertainties especially in 15<s<2015 < s < 20 GeV2^2 bin. Using the full four-folded angular distribution of ΛbΛ(pπ)μ+μ\Lambda_b \to \Lambda (\to p \pi ) \mu^+\mu^- decay, firstly we calculate the values of these measured quantitites in the SM and compare their numerical values with the measurements in appropriate bins of ss. In case of the possible discrepancy between the SM prediction and measurements, we try to see if these can be accommodated though the extra neutral ZZ^{\prime} boson. In addition, the fraction of longitudinal polarization of the dimuon FLF_{L} is measured to be 0.610.14+0.11±0.030.61^{+0.11}_{-0.14}\pm 0.03 in 15<s<2015 < s < 20 GeV2^2 at the LHCb. We find that in this bin the value found in the ZZ^{\prime} model is close to the observed values. After comparing the results of these observables, we have proposed a number of other observables whose values are calculated in different bins of ss in the SM and ZZ^{\prime} model. We illustrate that the experimental observations of these observables in several bins of ss can help to test the predictions of the SM and unravel NP contributions arises due to ZZ^{\prime} model in these decays.

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@article{arxiv.1803.06885,
  title  = {Analysis of Angular Observables of $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda (\to p\pi)\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ Decay in Standard and $Z^{\prime}$ Models},
  author = {Aqsa Nasrullah and M. Jamil Aslam and Saba Shafaq},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.06885},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

28 pages, 4 figures, A version accepted for Publication in PTEP