High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
[Submitted on 7 Aug 2013 (v1), last revised 20 Nov 2013 (this version, v3)]
Title:New physics in $B \to K^*μμ$?
View PDFAbstract:Recent experimental results on angular observables in the rare decay $B\to K^*\mu^+\mu^-$ show significant deviations from Standard Model predictions. We investigate the possibility that these deviations are due to new physics. Combining all relevant data on $b \to s$ rare decays, we show that a consistent explanation of most anomalies can be obtained by new physics contributing simultaneously to the semi-leptonic vector operator $O_9$ and its chirality-flipped counterpart $O_9'$. A partial explanation is possible with new physics in $O_9$ or in dipole operators only. We study in detail the implications for models of new physics, in particular the minimal supersymmetric standard model, models with partial compositeness and generic models with flavour-changing $Z^\prime$ bosons. In all considered models, contributions to $B\to K^*\mu^+\mu^-$ of the preferred size imply a spectrum close to the TeV scale. We stress that measurements of CP asymmetries in $B\to K^*\mu^+\mu^-$ could provide valuable information to narrow down possible new physics explanations.
Submission history
From: David M. Straub [view email][v1] Wed, 7 Aug 2013 08:29:25 UTC (2,148 KB)
[v2] Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:11:06 UTC (2,267 KB)
[v3] Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:19:35 UTC (2,460 KB)
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