$R_K$ anomalies and simplified limits on $Z'$ models at the LHC
Abstract
The LHCb collaboration has recently reported a 2.5 discrepancy with respect to the predicted value in a test of lepton universality in the ratio . Coupled with an earlier observation of a similar anomaly in , this has generated significant excitement. A number of new physics scenarios have been proposed to explain the anomaly. In this work we consider simplified limits on models from ATLAS and CMS searches for new resonances in dilepton and dijet modes, and we use the simplified limits variable to correlate the results of the resonance and B-decay experiments. By examining minimal models that can accomodate the observed LHCb results, we show that the high-mass resonance search results are begining to be sensitive to these models and that future results will be more informative.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1706.06575,
title = {$R_K$ anomalies and simplified limits on $Z'$ models at the LHC},
author = {R. Sekhar Chivukula and Joshua Isaacson and Kirtimaan A. Mohan and Dipan Sengupta and Elizabeth H. Simmons},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.06575},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
24 pages, 5 figures. Typo corrected, resulting in strengthened limits. Additional references added; minor corrections found in referee process included