B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard Model

Abstract Within the Standard Model, the branching fraction of the rare decay B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ is related to other decay rates and CP asymmetries through the approximate SU(3) flavor symmetry of the strong interactions and the heavy-quark limit. Three such relation...

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Main Authors: Yuval Grossman, Matthias Neubert, Yosef Nir, Yogev Shpilman, Yehonatan Viernik
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2025)210
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Yosef Nir
Yogev Shpilman
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description Abstract Within the Standard Model, the branching fraction of the rare decay B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ is related to other decay rates and CP asymmetries through the approximate SU(3) flavor symmetry of the strong interactions and the heavy-quark limit. Three such relations were shown to be violated at a level of about 3σ each. By means of a systematic search for new-physics explanations of these puzzles, we find that possible solutions are highly fine-tuned and either excluded by other data or rather implausible. The tight correlation between B s → K K ¯ $$ {B}_s\to K\overline{K} $$ and B → πK decays, which is maintained even in the presence of flavor-specific new-physics operators, plays a central role in our analysis.
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spelling doaj-art-b4d12c69ee45487eb9eb6c159c8f3ae72025-08-20T02:05:45ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-05-012025512310.1007/JHEP05(2025)210B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard ModelYuval Grossman0Matthias Neubert1Yosef Nir2Yogev Shpilman3Yehonatan Viernik4Department of Physics & LEPP, Cornell UniversityDepartment of Physics & LEPP, Cornell UniversityDepartment of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of ScienceDepartment of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of ScienceDepartment of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of ScienceAbstract Within the Standard Model, the branching fraction of the rare decay B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ is related to other decay rates and CP asymmetries through the approximate SU(3) flavor symmetry of the strong interactions and the heavy-quark limit. Three such relations were shown to be violated at a level of about 3σ each. By means of a systematic search for new-physics explanations of these puzzles, we find that possible solutions are highly fine-tuned and either excluded by other data or rather implausible. The tight correlation between B s → K K ¯ $$ {B}_s\to K\overline{K} $$ and B → πK decays, which is maintained even in the presence of flavor-specific new-physics operators, plays a central role in our analysis.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2025)210Bottom QuarksRare DecaysEffective Field Theories of QCDFlavour Symmetries
spellingShingle Yuval Grossman
Matthias Neubert
Yosef Nir
Yogev Shpilman
Yehonatan Viernik
B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard Model
Journal of High Energy Physics
Bottom Quarks
Rare Decays
Effective Field Theories of QCD
Flavour Symmetries
title B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard Model
title_full B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard Model
title_fullStr B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard Model
title_full_unstemmed B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard Model
title_short B s → K 0 K ¯ 0 $$ {B}_s\to {K}^0{\overline{K}}^0 $$ beyond the Standard Model
title_sort b s k 0 k ¯ 0 b s to k 0 overline k 0 beyond the standard model
topic Bottom Quarks
Rare Decays
Effective Field Theories of QCD
Flavour Symmetries
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2025)210
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