Analysis of $B\to KM_X$ and $B\to K^* M_X$ decays in scalar- and vector-mediator dark-matter scenarios

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Main Authors: Berezhnoy, Alexander, Lucha, Wolfgang, Melikhov, Dmitri
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author Berezhnoy, Alexander
Lucha, Wolfgang
Melikhov, Dmitri
author_facet Berezhnoy, Alexander
Lucha, Wolfgang
Melikhov, Dmitri
contents The surprising excess of missing-energy events far beyond all standard-model expectations in the weak decays of the charged ground-state $B^+$ meson into some charged strange meson, rather recently observed by the Belle-II experiment, may (easily) be explained by the decay of the $B$ meson into the strange meson and a pair of dark-matter fermion and antifermion, mediated by an (intermediate) scalar or vector boson. Thorough inspections of both the total and the differential widths of these decays provide, among others, a simple means for the (straightforward) discrimination of such mediator boson's scalar or vector nature.
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spellingShingle Analysis of $B\to KM_X$ and $B\to K^* M_X$ decays in scalar- and vector-mediator dark-matter scenarios
Berezhnoy, Alexander
Lucha, Wolfgang
Melikhov, Dmitri
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The surprising excess of missing-energy events far beyond all standard-model expectations in the weak decays of the charged ground-state $B^+$ meson into some charged strange meson, rather recently observed by the Belle-II experiment, may (easily) be explained by the decay of the $B$ meson into the strange meson and a pair of dark-matter fermion and antifermion, mediated by an (intermediate) scalar or vector boson. Thorough inspections of both the total and the differential widths of these decays provide, among others, a simple means for the (straightforward) discrimination of such mediator boson's scalar or vector nature.
title Analysis of $B\to KM_X$ and $B\to K^* M_X$ decays in scalar- and vector-mediator dark-matter scenarios
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16222