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Hauptverfasser: Bhattacharya, Bhubanjyoti, Bouchard, Marianne, Hudy, Luke, Jean, Alexandre, London, David, MacKenzie, Christopher
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11492
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author Bhattacharya, Bhubanjyoti
Bouchard, Marianne
Hudy, Luke
Jean, Alexandre
London, David
MacKenzie, Christopher
author_facet Bhattacharya, Bhubanjyoti
Bouchard, Marianne
Hudy, Luke
Jean, Alexandre
London, David
MacKenzie, Christopher
contents Recently, $B\to PP$ decays ($B = \{B^0, B^+, B_s^0\}$, $P = \{ π, K \}$) were analyzed under the assumption of flavor SU(3) symmetry (SU(3)$_F$). Although the individual fits to $ΔS=0$ or $ΔS=1$ decays are good, it was found that the combined fit is very poor: there is a $3.6σ$ disagreement with the SU(3)$_F$ limit of the standard model (SM$_{\rm{SU(3)}_F}$). One can remove this discrepancy by adding SU(3)$_F$-breaking effects, but 1000\% SU(3)$_F$ breaking is required. In this paper, we extend this analysis to include decays in which there is an $η$ and/or $η'$ meson in the final state. We now find that the combined fit exhibits a $4.1σ$ discrepancy with the SM$_{\rm{SU(3)}_F}$, and 1000\% SU(3)$_F$-breaking effects are still required to explain the data. These results are rigorous, group-theoretically -- no theoretical assumptions have been made. But when one adds some theoretical input motivated by QCD factorization, the discrepancy with the SM$_{\rm{SU(3)}_F}$ grows to $4.9σ$.
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spellingShingle Anomalies in Hadronic $B$ Decays: an Update
Bhattacharya, Bhubanjyoti
Bouchard, Marianne
Hudy, Luke
Jean, Alexandre
London, David
MacKenzie, Christopher
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Recently, $B\to PP$ decays ($B = \{B^0, B^+, B_s^0\}$, $P = \{ π, K \}$) were analyzed under the assumption of flavor SU(3) symmetry (SU(3)$_F$). Although the individual fits to $ΔS=0$ or $ΔS=1$ decays are good, it was found that the combined fit is very poor: there is a $3.6σ$ disagreement with the SU(3)$_F$ limit of the standard model (SM$_{\rm{SU(3)}_F}$). One can remove this discrepancy by adding SU(3)$_F$-breaking effects, but 1000\% SU(3)$_F$ breaking is required. In this paper, we extend this analysis to include decays in which there is an $η$ and/or $η'$ meson in the final state. We now find that the combined fit exhibits a $4.1σ$ discrepancy with the SM$_{\rm{SU(3)}_F}$, and 1000\% SU(3)$_F$-breaking effects are still required to explain the data. These results are rigorous, group-theoretically -- no theoretical assumptions have been made. But when one adds some theoretical input motivated by QCD factorization, the discrepancy with the SM$_{\rm{SU(3)}_F}$ grows to $4.9σ$.
title Anomalies in Hadronic $B$ Decays: an Update
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11492