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Unified Framework for $B$-Anomalies, Muon $g-2$, and Neutrino Masses

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-03-31 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We present a model of radiative neutrino masses which also resolves anomalies reported in BB-meson decays, RD()R_{D^{(\star)}} and RK()R_{K^{(\star)}}, as well as in muon g2g-2 measurement, Δaμ\Delta a_\mu. Neutrino masses arise in the model through loop diagrams involving TeV-scale leptoquark (LQ) scalars R2R_2 and S3S_3. Fits to neutrino oscillation parameters are obtained satisfying all flavor constraints which also explain the anomalies in RD()R_{D^{(\star)}}, RK()R_{K^{(\star)}} and Δaμ\Delta a_\mu within 1σ1\, \sigma. An isospin-3/2 Higgs quadruplet plays a crucial role in generating neutrino masses; we point out that the doubly-charged scalar contained therein can be produced in the decays of the S3S_3 LQ, which enhances its reach to 1.1 (6.2) TeV at s=14\sqrt s=14 TeV high-luminosity LHC (s=100\sqrt s=100 TeV FCC-hh). We also present flavor-dependent upper limits on the Yukawa couplings of the LQs to the first two family fermions, arising from non-resonant dilepton (pp+pp \rightarrow \ell^+ \ell^-) processes mediated by tt-channel LQ exchange, which for 1 TeV LQ mass, are found to be in the range (0.150.36)(0.15 - 0.36). These limits preclude any explanation of RD()R_{D^{(\star)}} through LQ-mediated BB-meson decays involving νe\nu_e or νμ\nu_\mu in the final state. We also find that the same Yukawa couplings responsible for the chirally-enhanced contribution to Δaμ\Delta a_\mu give rise to new contributions to the SM Higgs decays to muon and tau pairs, with the modifications to the corresponding branching ratios being at (2-6)% level, which could be tested at future hadron colliders, such as HL-LHC and FCC-hh.

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@article{arxiv.2009.01771,
  title  = {Unified Framework for $B$-Anomalies, Muon $g-2$, and Neutrino Masses},
  author = {K. S. Babu and P. S. Bhupal Dev and Sudip Jana and Anil Thapa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.01771},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

43 pages + references, expanded $h \to \mu \mu$ discussion, added references, matches published version