KK-parity non-conservation in UED confronts LHC data

Kaluza-Klein (KK) parity can be violated in five-dimensional universal extra dimensional model with boundary-localized (kinetic or mass) terms (BLTs) at the fixed points of $S^1/Z_2$ orbifold. In this framework we study the resonant production of Kaluza-Klein excitations of the neutral electroweak gauge bosons at the LHC and their decay into an electron-positron pair or a muon-antimuon pair. We use the results (first time in our knowledge) given by the LHC experiment to constrain the mass range of the first KK-excitation of the electroweak gauge bosons ($B^1\ \textrm{and} \ W_3^1$). It is interesting to note that the LHC result puts an upper limit on the masses of the $n=1$ KK-leptons for positive values of BLT parameters and depending upon the mass of $\ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ resonance.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, minor changes in the text and references added, to appear in EPJ

Looking for B→Xsℓ+ℓ−B\rightarrow X_s \ell^+\ell^- in non-minimal Universal Extra Dimensional model

Non-vanishing boundary localised terms significantly modify the mass spectrum and various interactions among the Kaluza-Klein excited states of 5-Dimensional Universal Extra Dimensional scenario. In this scenario we compute the contributions of Kaluza-Klein excitations of gauge bosons and third generation quarks for the decay process $B\rightarrow X_s\ell^+\ell^-$ incorporating next-to-leading order QCD corrections. We estimate branching ratio as well as Forward Backward asymmetry associated with this decay process. Considering the constraints from some other $b \to s$ observables and electroweak precision data we show that significant amount of parameter space of this scenario has been able to explain the observed experimental data for this decay process. From our analysis we put lower limit on the size of the extra dimension by comparing our theoretical prediction for branching ratio with the corresponding experimental data. Depending on the values of free parameters of the present scenario, lower limit on the inverse of the radius of compactification ($R^{-1}$) can be as high as $\geq 760$ GeV. {Even this value could slightly be higher if we project the upcoming measurement by Belle II experiment.} Unfortunately, the Forward Backward asymmetry of this decay process would not provide any significant limit on $R^{-1}$ in the present model.Comment: 47 pages, 6 Figures, 3 Tables, typos corrected, references added, remarks added, version accepted in Physical Review

A note on gauge-fixing in the electroweak sector of nmUED

Electroweak observables are highly sensitive to the loop corrections. Therefore, a proper gauge-fixing mechanism is always needed to define the propagators which are involved in Feynman loop amplitude. With this spirit we compute gauge-fixing mechanism in five dimensional (5-D) Universal Extra-Dimensional (UED) model with boundary localised terms (BLTs). These BLTs are not 5-D operators in four-dimensional (4-D) effective theory but some sort of boundary conditions on the respective fields at the fixed points of $S^1/Z_2$ orbifold. Furthermore, these BLTs non-trivially modify the Kaluza-Klein (KK) spectra and some of the interactions among the KK-excitations compared to the minimal UED (mUED), in which, these BLTs are absent. In this note we calculate the gauge-fixing mechanism in the electroweak sector of such non-trivial UED scenario. Moreover, we discuss the composition and masses of Goldstone and any physical scalar that emerge after the symmetry breaking in this set up with different choices of gauge.Comment: 9 pages, title has been changed, matched with the published versio

The impact of nonminimal Universal Extra Dimensional model on ΔB=2\Delta B=2 transitions

We measure the impact of nonvanishing boundary localised terms on $\Delta B=2$ transitions in five-dimensional Universal Extra Dimensional scenario where masses and coupling strengths of several interactions of Kaluza-Klein modes are significantly modified with respect to the minimal counterpart. In such scenario we estimate the Kaluza-Klein contributions of quarks, gauge bosons and charged Higgs by evaluating the one-loop box diagrams that are responsible for the $\Delta B=2$ transitions. Using the loop function (obtained from one-loop box diagrams) we determine several important elements that are involved in Wolfenstein parametrisation. Moreover, with these elements we also study the geometrical shape of unitarity triangle. Besides, we compute the quantity $\Delta M_s$ scaled by the corresponding Standard Model value. Outcomes of our theoretical predictions have been compared to the allowed ranges of the corresponding observables simultaneously. Our current analysis shows that, depending on the parameters in this scenario the lower limit on the inverse of the radius of compactification can reach to an appreciable large value ($\approx 1.48$ TeV or even higher).Comment: A table added, some clarifying remarks added and version accepted for publication in The European Physical Journal