Right-handed interactions in puzzling B-decays

We explain the difference between the measured decay widths of b→cτν processes and of B→Kνν¯ and their values predicted in the Standard Model by introducing the right-handed interactions both to quarks and to leptons. At low energy scales, in addition to the Standard Model particles, we assume the p...

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Main Authors: Damir Bečirević, Svjetlana Fajfer, Nejc Košnik, Lovre Pavičić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-02-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269325000450
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Summary:We explain the difference between the measured decay widths of b→cτν processes and of B→Kνν¯ and their values predicted in the Standard Model by introducing the right-handed interactions both to quarks and to leptons. At low energy scales, in addition to the Standard Model particles, we assume the presence of an additional neutral lepton (right-handed neutrino). We then show a specific realization of such a scenario in a model with a single scalar leptoquark (S1), and discuss the corresponding phenomenology.
ISSN:0370-2693