Faking $B_s \to \mu^+\mu^-$
Abstract
Recent evidence from observation of the flavor-changing neutral current decay B_s to mu+ mu- by the LHCb collaboration B(B_s to mu^+ mu^-) = (3.2 * 10^{-9}), is consistent with the latest standard model prediction B(B_s to mu^+ mu^-) = (3.23 +- 0.27) * 10^{-9}. While New Physics can still affect this decay amplitude, its contribution is certainly not the dominant one. We analyze branching ratios of the decays B_s to mu+ mu- X, with X = a photon or neutrino anti-neutrino pair, which can mimic B_s to mu+ mu- on portions of the parameter space where X is soft. We perform a model-independent standard model calculation of those processes incorporating heavy quark and chiral symmetries of QCD. We show that the considered contributions contribute to B_s to mu+ mu- at a sub-percent level.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1212.4166,
title = {Faking $B_s \to \mu^+\mu^-$},
author = {Y. G. Aditya and K. J. Healey and Alexey A. Petrov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.4166},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
14 pages, 7 figures, .v2 changes : fixed diagram TeX, small notation change, fixed reference