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Effects of Universal Extra Dimensions on $B^0 - {\bar B^0}$ Mixing

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We study contributions coming to ΔmB\Delta m_B from one or more universal extra dimensions (UED) in which all the Standard Model fields can propagate. In the model with a single UED, the box diagrams for mixing are convergent and therefore insensitive to the cutoff scale of the theory. In the case of two UEDs, the result is not very sensitive to the cut-off scale due to GIM mechanism. Within the present range of the parameters at 1σ1 \sigma level, the lower bound on the compactification scale 1/R has been estimated to be 165 GeV for one UED and 280 GeV for two UEDs. The bound increases drastically if one can have a better determination of the BB meson decay constant fBf_B and the QCD correction parameter BBB_B. For example, it rises to 740 GeV (for one UED) if the error (at 1σ1\sigma) in the determination of fBBBf_B\sqrt{B_B} from quenched lattice calculation is reduced to one-third from its present value. The UED contributions to the KK system are strongly suppressed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0212047,
  title  = {Effects of Universal Extra Dimensions on $B^0 - {\bar B^0}$ Mixing},
  author = {Debrupa Chakraverty and Katri Huitu and Anirban Kundu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0212047},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

12 pages, 1 postscript figure Some modifications, including the correction of a computational error, with an effect of less than 20 per cent change in the final result. A few references added