Search for new physics in the B→K^（＊）l^＋l^- decays at BABAR

Based on a data sample of 384 million BB pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-Ⅱ asymmetric e ＋ e ￣ storage ring,we measure branching fractions,direct CP,isospin and lepton-flavor asymmetries for the rare decays B → K （＊） l ＋ l￣ in two di-lepton mass bins above and below the J/ψ resonance.For the B → K＊ l ＋ l￣ decay,we also measure the K＊ longitudinal polarization fraction and the di-lepton forwardbackward asymmetry.     

The study of B→K*l+l- decays in family non-universal Z′ models

In a combined investigation of B → K ( * ) l + l - decays, constraints on the related couplings in family non-universal Z′ models are derived. We find that within the allowed parameter space, the recently observed forward-backward asymmetry in the B → K * l + l - decay can be explained by flipping the signs of the Wilson coefficients C eff 9 and C 10 . With the obtained constraints, we also calculate the branching ratio of the B s →μ + μ - decay. The upper bound of our prediction is nearly an order of magnitude smaller than the upper bound given by the CDF Collaboration recently.     

Analysis of B → a1（1260）（b1（1235））K decays in the perturbative QCD approach

Within the framework of the perturbative quantum chromodynamics（PQCD） approach, we study the charmless two-body decays B → a₁（1260）K*, b₁（1235）K*. Using the decay constants and the light-cone distribution amplitudes for these mesons derived from the QCD sum rule method, we find the following results.（a） Our predictions for the branching ratios are consistent with the QCD factorization（QCDF） results within errors, but much larger than the naive factorization approach calculation values.（b） We predict that the anomalous polarizations occurring in the decays B→φK*, ρK*also happen in B→a₁ K*decays, while they do not happen in B→b₁ K*decays. Here the contributions from the annihilation diagrams play an important role in explaining the larger transverse polarizations in the B→a₁ K*decays, while they are not sensitive to the polarizations for the B→b₁ K*decays.（c） Our predictions for the direct C P-asymmetries agree well with the QCDF results within errors. The decaysˉB⁰→b₁₊K*-, B-→b₁⁰K*-have larger direct C P-asymmetries, which could be measured by the present LHCb experiment and the forthcoming Super-B experiment.     

Charmless Hadronic Decays B→VV in the Topcolor-Assisted Technicolor Model

Based. On the effective Hamiltonian with the generalized factorization approach, we calculate the branchingratios and CP asymmetries of B → VV decays in the Topcolor-assisted Technicolor (TC2) model. Within the consideredparameter space we find that: (a) for the penguin-dominated B → K* φ and K*0 φ decays, the new physics enhancementsto the branching ratios are around 40%; (b) the measured branching ratios of B →K* φ and K*0φ decays prefer therange of 3 Neffc 5; (c) the SM and TC2 model predictions for the branching ratio B(B →ρ ρ0) are only about halfof the Belle‘s measurement; and (d) for most B → VV decays, the new physics corrections on their CP asymmetries are generally small or moderate in magnitude and insensitive to the variation of mπ and Neffc.     

Corrections to R_D and R_(D~*) in the BLMSSM

The deviation of the measurement of RD(R_(D*)) from the Standard Model(SM) expectation is 2.3σ(3.1σ). RD(R_(D*)) is the ratio of the branching fraction of B→Dτντ(B→D*τντ) to that of B→Dlνl(B→D*lνl),where l =e or μ. This anomaly may imply the existence of new physics(NP). In this paper, we restudy this problem in the supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model with local gauged baryon and lepton numbers(BLMSSM),and give one-loop corrections to RD(R_(D*)).     

Analysis of B → a_1(1260)(b_1(1235))K decays in the perturbative QCD approach

Within the framework of the perturbative quantum chromodynamics(PQCD) approach, we study the charmless two-body decays B → a_1(1260)K*, b_1(1235)K*. Using the decay constants and the light-cone distribution amplitudes for these mesons derived from the QCD sum rule method, we find the following results.(a) Our predictions for the branching ratios are consistent with the QCD factorization(QCDF) results within errors, but much larger than the naive factorization approach calculation values.(b) We predict that the anomalous polarizations occurring in the decays B→φK*, ρK*also happen in B→a_1 K*decays, while they do not happen in B→b_1 K*decays. Here the contributions from the annihilation diagrams play an important role in explaining the larger transverse polarizations in the B→a_1 K*decays, while they are not sensitive to the polarizations for the B→b_1 K*decays.(c) Our predictions for the direct C P-asymmetries agree well with the QCDF results within errors. The decaysˉB~0→b_1_+K*-, B-→b_1~0K*-have larger direct C P-asymmetries, which could be measured by the present LHCb experiment and the forthcoming Super-B experiment.     

Implications of the RK and R_(K*) anomalies

We discuss the implications of the recently reported R_K and R_(K*) anomalies, the lepton flavor nonuniversality in the B → Kl~+l~-and B → K~*l~+~l- decay channels. Using two sets of hadronic inputs of form factors, we perform a fit of new physics to the R_K and R_(K*) data, and significant new physics contributions are found. We suggest the study of lepton flavor universality in a number of related rare B,Bs,Bc and Λb decay channels, and in particular we give predictions for the μ-to-e ratios of decay widths with different polarizations of the final state particles, and of the b → dl~+l~- processes, which are presumably more sensitive to the structure of the underlying new physics. With the new physics contributions embedded in the Wilson coefficients, we present theoretical predictions for lepton flavor non-universality in these processes.     

Probing anomalous top-Higgs couplings at the HL-LHC via H→WW~* decay channels

We study the prospects of probing the anomalous tHq(q=u,c)couplings via SS2L or 3L signatures at the High Luminosity(HL-LHC)run of the 14 Te V CERN collider.We focus on signals of the tH associated production followed by the decay modes t→b?~+ν_?and H→W W~*,and ■ production followed by the decay modes t→b?~+ν_?and■where?=e,μ.Based on two types of H→W W~*decay topologies,one assuming the semileptonic decay mode H→W W~*→?~+νjj and the other the fully leptonic decay mode■,we perform a full simulation for signals and backgrounds.It is shown that,at the future HL-LHC,the branching ratio Br(t→uh)(Br(t→ch))can be probed to 1.17(1.56)×10~(-3)for the same-sign di-lepton channel,and to7.1×10~(-4)(1.39×10~(-3))for the 3L channel at 3σsensitivity.     

Charmed baryon decay asymmetry in e~+e~- annihilation

We propose to measure the decay asymmetry parameters in the hadronic weak decays of singly charmed baryons, such as Λ_c~+ →Λπ~+, Σ~0π~+, pK_0, Ξ0c →Ξ-π+and ?0c →?-π+. The joint angular formulae for these processes are presented, and are used to extract the asymmetry parameters in e+e-annihilation data. Base on the currentΛ+c data set collected at BESIII, we estimate the experimental sensitivities to measure the parameters αΛπ+forΛ+c →Λπ+, αΣ+π0for Λ+c →Σ+π0and αΣ0π+for Λ+c →Σ0π+.     

The littlest Higgs model with T-parity and some lepton flavor violation decay processes

The new particles predicted by the littlest Higgs model with T-parity (called LHT model) can induce the lepton flavor violation (LFV) couplings at the one-loop level,which can add contributions to some LFV processes.Taking into account the constraints of the experimental data on the relevant free parameters,we calculate the branching ratios of the LFV decay processes Z → l ˉl and τ-→μ-P 1 P 2 with P 1 P 2 = π + π-,K + K-,and K0 ˉK 0 in the context of this new physics model.We find that the LHT model can indeed make significant contributions to some of these LFV decay processes.The Z factory option for the future high energy e + e-collider experiments will give severe constraints on the LHT model.     

Lepton-number-violating decays of singly-charged Higgs bosons in the type-(Ⅰ+Ⅱ) seesaw model

The lepton-number-violating decays of singly-charged Higgs bosons H± are investigated in the minimal type-(Ⅰ+Ⅱ) seesaw model with one SU(2)L Higgs triplet Δ and one heavy Majorana neutrino N1 at the TeV scale.We find that the branching ratios B(H+ → lα+ ν)(for α = e,μ,τ) depend not only on the mass and mixing parameters of three light neutrinos νi(for i=1,2,3) but also on those of N1.Assuming that the mass of N1 lies in the range of 200 GeV to 1 TeV,we figure out the generous interference bands for the contributions of νi and N1 to B(H+ →lα+ ν).We illustrate some salient features of such interference effects by considering three typical mass patterns of νi,and show that the relevant Majorana CP-violating phases can affect the magnitudes of B(H+ →l+αν) in this parameter region.     

Can contributions to B_s→l~+l~-γ from the magnetic-penguin operator with real photons in the standard model be neglected?

Using the Bs meson wave function extracted from non-leptonic Bs decays, we reevaluate the rare decays Bs→l+l- γ,(l=e,μ) in the Standard Model, including two kinds of contributions from the magnetic-penguin operator with virtual and real photons. We find that contributions to the exclusive decays from the magnetic-penguin operator b→sγ with real photons, which were regarded as negligible in the previous literature, are large and the branching ratios Bs→l+l-γ are enhanced by a factor of almost 2. With the predicted branching ratios of the order of 10-8, it is expected that these radiative dileptonic decays will be detected in LHC-b and B factories in the near future.     

Branching ratio and CP asymmetry of Bs→K0(1430)η(') decays in the PQCD approach

In the two-quark model supposition for K0*(1430), which can be viewed as either the first excited state (ScenarioⅠ) or the lowest lying state (Scenario Ⅱ), the branching ratios and the direct CP-violating asymmetries for decays s0 → K0*0(1430)η (’) are studied by employing the perturbative QCD factorization approach. We find the following results: (a) The CP averaged branching ratios ofs0 → K0*0 (1430)η ands0→ K0*0(1430)η’ are small and both in the order of 10-7 . If one views K0* (1430) as the lowest lying state, B(s0→K0*0(1430)η) ≈ 3.9×10-7 and B(s0→K0*0(1430)η’) ≈ 7.8×10-7.(b) While the direct CP-violating asymmetries of these two decays are not small: if we still take the parameters of K0* (1430) in scenario , ACPdir(s0→K0*0(1430)η) ≈ 56.2% and ACPdir(s0→ K0*0(1430)η’) ≈ 42.4%. (c) The annihilation contributions will play an important role in accounting for future data, because both the branching ratios and the direct CP asymmetries of these two decays are sensitive to the annihilation type contributions.     

Evidence for a new resonance Σ~* (1380) with J~P=1/2~(-*)

A new particle Σ * with J P = 1/2-was predicted by unquenched quark models with its mass around the well established Σ * (1385) with J P = 3/2 + .Here we re-examine some old data of the K￣p→Λπ*π + reaction.Firstly we re-fit the data for kaon beam momenta in the range of 1.0 - 1.8 GeV.Secondly we study the reaction at the energies around Λ*(1520) peak.Both studies show evidence for the existence of Σ*with J P = 1/2-around 1380 MeV.Higher statistic data on relevant reactions are needed to clarify the situation.     

Evidence for e~+e~-→γχ_(c1,2) at center-of-mass energies from 4.009 to 4.360 GeV

Using data samples collected at center-of-mass energies of √s=4.009, 4.230, 4.260, and 4.360 Ge V with the BES detector operating at the BEPC collider, we perform a search for the process e+e-→γχc J(J =0, 1, 2)and find evidence for e+e-→γχc1 and e+e-→γχc2 with statistical significances of 3.0σ and 3.4σ, respectively. The Born cross sections σB(e+e-→γχc J), as well as their upper limits at the 90% confidence level(C.L.) are determined at each center-of-mass energy.     

Study of the η’→Ve~+e~- decay with hidden local symmetry model

Within the hidden local symmetry framework, the Dalitz decay η→Ve+e-is studied with the vector meson dominance model. It is found that the partial width Γ(η→ωe+e-)≈40 e V and branching ratio B(η→ωe+e-)≈2×10-4, and Γ(η→ρe+e-)≈10Γ(η→ωe+e-) and B(η→ρe+e-)≈10B(η→ωe+e-). The maximum position of the dilepton distribution is m e+e-≈1.33 Me V. These decays are measurable with the advent of high statistic ηexperiments.     

Study of the η'→Ve~+e~- decay with hidden local symmetry model

Within the hidden local symmetry framework, the Dalitz decay η→Ve+e-is studied with the vector meson dominance model. It is found that the partial width Γ(η→ωe+e-)≈40 e V and branching ratio B(η→ωe+e-)≈2×10-4, and Γ(η→ρe+e-)≈10Γ(η→ωe+e-) and B(η→ρe+e-)≈10B(η→ωe+e-). The maximum position of the dilepton distribution is m e+e-≈1.33 Me V. These decays are measurable with the advent of high statistic ηexperiments.     

Branching fractions and direct C P asymmetries of ■_s →K~0h~+h′~-(h(′)=K,π) decays

Motivated by the recent LHCb collaboration measurements of charmless three-body decays of ■s meson, we calculate the branching fractions of ■ s →K0π+π-, ■s→K0K+K-, ■s→K0π+K- and ■s→K0K+π- decay modes using the factorization approach.Both the resonant and nonresonant contributions are studied in detail. For the decays ■s→K0π+π- and ■s→K0K+K-, our results agree well with experimental data, and the former is dominated by the K*, while the latter one is dominated by the nonresonant contribution. Considering the flavor S U(3) symmetry violation, the sum of branching fractions of ■s→K0π+K- and ■s→K0K+π-could accommodate the data well too. It should be noted that both branching fractions are sensitive to the scalar density Kπ|ˉsq|0.Furthermore, the resonant contributions are dominated by the scalar K*0(1430). We hope that these branching fractions could be measured individually in the experiments so as to test the factorization approach and the flavor S U(3) asymmetry. Moreover, the direct C P asymmetries of these decays are also investigated, which could be measured in the running LHCb experiment and Super-b factory in the future.     

Anomalies in(semi)-leptonic B decays B~±→τ~±ν,B~±→Dτ~±ν and B~±→D~*τ~±ν,and possible resolution with sterile neutrino

The universality of the weak interactions can be tested in semileptonic b→c transitions,and in particular in the ratios R(D~(*)) ≡Γ(B → D(*)τν)/Γ(B → D~(*)lν)(where 1 = μ or e).Due to the recent differences between the experimental measurements of these observables by Ba Bar,Belle and LHCb on the one hand and the Standard Model predicted values on the other hand,we study the predicted ratios R(D~(*))=Γ(B→D~(*)τ+"missing")/Γ(B→D(*)lν)in scenarios with an additional sterile heavy neutrino of mass ～1 Ge V.Further,we evaluate the newly defined ratio R(0)≡Γ(B→τ+"missing")/Γ(B→μν) in such scenarios,in view of the future possibilities of measuring the quantity at Belle-Ⅱ.     

B → X_sγ in BLMSSM

Applying the effective Lagrangian method,we study the flavor changing neutral current process b→ sγwithin the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model,where baryon and lepton numbers are local gauge symmetries.Constraints on the parameters are investigated numerically with the experimental data for the branching ratio of B→ X_sγ.Additionally,we present the corrections to direct CP-violation in B→ X_sγ and time-dependent CP-asymmetry in B→K~*γ.With appropriate assumptions on the parameters,we find the direct CP-violation Acp is very small,while one-loop contributions to S_(K~*_γ) can be significant.