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Cornering New Physics in b --> s Transitions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-11-19 v3

Abstract

We derive constraints on Wilson coefficients of dimension-six effective operators probing the b --> s transition, using recent improved measurements of the rare decays Bs --> mu+mu-, B --> K mu+mu- and B --> K* mu+mu- and including all relevant observables in inclusive and exclusive decays. We consider operators present in the SM as well as their chirality-flipped counterparts and scalar operators. We find good agreement with the SM expectations. Compared to the situation before winter 2012, we find significantly more stringent constraints on the chirality-flipped coefficients due to complementary constraints from B --> K mu+mu- and B --> K* mu+mu- and due to the LHCb measurement of the angular observable S_3 in the latter decay. We also list the full set of observables sensitive to new physics in the low recoil region of B --> K* mu+mu-.

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@article{arxiv.1206.0273,
  title  = {Cornering New Physics in b --> s Transitions},
  author = {Wolfgang Altmannshofer and David M. Straub},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0273},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

18 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables. v3: typos corrected

R2 v1 2026-06-21T21:13:12.687Z