Maximising the physics potential of $B^\pm\toπ^\pmμ^+μ^-$ decays

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Hauptverfasser: Marshall, Alexander Mclean, McCann, Michael Andrew, Patel, Mitesh, Petridis, Konstantinos A., Reboud, Méril, van Dyk, Danny
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author Marshall, Alexander Mclean
McCann, Michael Andrew
Patel, Mitesh
Petridis, Konstantinos A.
Reboud, Méril
van Dyk, Danny
author_facet Marshall, Alexander Mclean
McCann, Michael Andrew
Patel, Mitesh
Petridis, Konstantinos A.
Reboud, Méril
van Dyk, Danny
contents We present a method that maximises the experimental sensitivity to new physics contributions in $B^\pm\toπ^\pmμ^+μ^-$ decays. This method relies on performing an unbinned maximum likelihood fit to both the measured dimuon $q^2$ distribution of $B^\pm\toπ^\pmμ^+μ^-$ decays, and theory calculations at spacelike $q^2$, where QCD predictions are most reliable. We exploit the known analytic properties of the decay amplitude and employ a dispersion relation to describe the non-local hadronic contributions across spacelike and timelike $q^2$ regions. The fit stability and the sensitivity to new physics couplings and new sources of $CP$-violation are studied for current and future data-taking scenarios, with the LHCb experiment as an example. The proposed method offers a precise and reliable way to search for new physics in these decays.
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spellingShingle Maximising the physics potential of $B^\pm\toπ^\pmμ^+μ^-$ decays
Marshall, Alexander Mclean
McCann, Michael Andrew
Patel, Mitesh
Petridis, Konstantinos A.
Reboud, Méril
van Dyk, Danny
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We present a method that maximises the experimental sensitivity to new physics contributions in $B^\pm\toπ^\pmμ^+μ^-$ decays. This method relies on performing an unbinned maximum likelihood fit to both the measured dimuon $q^2$ distribution of $B^\pm\toπ^\pmμ^+μ^-$ decays, and theory calculations at spacelike $q^2$, where QCD predictions are most reliable. We exploit the known analytic properties of the decay amplitude and employ a dispersion relation to describe the non-local hadronic contributions across spacelike and timelike $q^2$ regions. The fit stability and the sensitivity to new physics couplings and new sources of $CP$-violation are studied for current and future data-taking scenarios, with the LHCb experiment as an example. The proposed method offers a precise and reliable way to search for new physics in these decays.
title Maximising the physics potential of $B^\pm\toπ^\pmμ^+μ^-$ decays
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06734