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$b \to c$ semileptonic sum rule: Extension to angular observables

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-01-16 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Lepton flavor universality is a key prediction of the Standard Model of particle physics and any violation of it immediately indicates the existence of new physics. Given the recent more than 4σ4\sigma discrepancy in charged current semileptonic B meson decays and the absence of evident signals at the large hadron collider, independent cross-checks become invaluable. In this context, bcb \to c semileptonic sum rules based on heavy quark symmetry are interesting since they allow us to check the consistency of experimental results. In this paper, we report newly found sum rules among angular observables of mesonic and baryonic bclνb\to c l \overline{\nu} decays holding exactly in the large mass limit of heavy quarks. Moreover, we investigate corrections to the sum rule in realistic situations and discuss phenomenological implications.

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@article{arxiv.2506.16027,
  title  = {$b \to c$ semileptonic sum rule: Extension to angular observables},
  author = {Motoi Endo and Syuhei Iguro and Tim Kretz and Satoshi Mishima and Ryoutaro Watanabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.16027},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, published from EPJC, typo fixed

R2 v1 2026-07-01T03:24:42.037Z