Semi-leptonic BB-physics anomalies: a general EFT analysis within U(2)nU(2)^n flavor symmetry

We analyse the recent hints of Lepton Flavor Universality violations in semi-leptonic $B$ decays within a general EFT based on a $U(2)^n$ flavor symmetry acting on the light generations of SM fermions. We analyse in particular the consistency of these anomalies with the tight constraints on various low-energy observables in $B$ and $\tau$ physics. We show that, with a moderate fine-tuning, a consistent picture for all low-energy observables can be obtained under the additional dynamical assumption that the NP sector is coupled preferentially to third generation SM fermions. We discuss how this dynamical assumption can be implemented in general terms within the EFT, and we identify a series of observables in $\tau$ decays which could provide further evidences of this NP framework.Comment: 25 pages, late

Impact of leptonic τ\tau decays on the distribution of B→PμνˉB \to P \mu\bar\nu decays

We calculate the fully-differential rate of the decays $B\to P\tau(\to \mu\bar\nu\nu)\bar\nu$ where $P = D,\pi$, which is a background to the semimuonic decays $B\to P\mu\bar\nu$. The decays with a $3\nu$ final state can have a sizeable impact on the experimental analyses of the ratios $R_D$ and $R_\pi$, depending on the event selection in the analysis. We outline a strategy which permits the extraction of $R_P \mathcal{B}(\tau \to \mu\bar\nu\nu)$ from the neutrino-inclusive rate. Our analytic results can also be used to test both existing and upcoming experimental analyses. We further provide Monte Carlo samples of the 5D rate of the neutrino-inclusive decays $B\to P\mu X_{\bar\nu}$.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, 3 ancillary files; v2 (as published): Corrected error in d^5Gamma, updated all numerical results; summary unchange

Probing Lepton Flavour Universality with K→πννˉK \to \pi \nu \bar\nu decays

We analyse the rare processes $K \to \pi\nu\bar\nu$ in view of the recent hints of violations of Lepton Flavour Universality (LFU) observed in B meson decays. If, as suggested by present data, the new interactions responsible for LFU violations couple mainly to the third generation of left-handed fermions, $K \to \pi\nu\bar\nu$ decays turn out to be particularly interesting: these are the only kaon decays with third-generation leptons (the $\tau$ neutrinos) in the final state. In order to relate B-physics anomalies and K decays we adopt an Effective Field Theory approach, assuming that the new interactions satisfy an approximate $U(2)_q\times U(2)_\ell$ flavour symmetry. In this framework we show that O(1) deviations from the Standard Model predictions in $K \to \pi\nu\bar\nu$ branching ratios, closely correlated to similar effects in $B \to K^{(*)}\nu\bar\nu$, are naturally expected. The correlation of $\mathcal{B}(K \to \pi\nu\bar\nu)$, $\mathcal{B}(B \to K^{(*)}\nu\bar\nu)$, and the LFU violations in B decays would provide a very valuable tool to shed more light on this interesting phenomenon.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure

Minimal muon anomalous magnetic moment

We classify all possible one-particle (scalar and fermion) extensions of the Standard Model that can contribute to the anomalous magnetic moment of leptons. We review the cases already discussed in the literature and complete the picture by performing the calculation for a fermionic doublet with hypercharge -3/2. We conclude that, out of the listed possibilities, only two scalar leptoquarks and the pseudoscalar of a peculiar two-Higgs-doublet model could be the responsibles for the muon anomalous magnetic moment discrepancy. Were this the case, this particles could be seen in the next LHC run. To this aim, especially to test the leptoquark hypothesis, we suggest to look for final states with tops and muons.Comment: 15 pages, uses axodra

Massive vectors and loop observables: the g−2g-2 case

We discuss the use of massive vectors for the interpretation of some recent experimental anomalies, with special attention to the muon $g-2$. We restrict our discussion to the case where the massive vector is embedded into a spontaneously broken gauge symmetry, so that the predictions are not affected by the choice of an arbitrary energy cut-off. Extended gauge symmetries, however, typically impose strong constraints on the mass of the new vector boson and for the muon $g-2$ they basically rule out, barring the case of abelian gauge extensions, the explanation of the discrepancy in terms of a single vector extension of the standard model. We finally comment on the use of massive vectors for $B$-meson decay and di-photon anomalies.Comment: 25 pages, 1 figure. References added, to appear in JHE

A three-site gauge model for flavor hierarchies and flavor anomalies

We present a three-site Pati-Salam gauge model able to explain the Standard Model flavor hierarchies while, at the same time, accommodating the recent experimental hints of lepton-flavor non-universality in $B$ decays. The model is consistent with low- and high-energy bounds, and predicts a rich spectrum of new states at TeV scale that could be probed in the near future by the high-$p_T$ experiments at the LHC.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures. v2: Added section II.B, matching the PLB versio

τBs/τBd\tau_{B_{s}}/\tau_{B_{d}} and ΔΓs\Delta\Gamma_{s} confront new physics in b→sττb\to s\tau\tau

Several new physics scenarios that address anomalies in $B$-physics predict an enhancement of $b \rightarrow s \tau \tau$ with respect to its Standard Model prediction. Such scenarios necessarily imply modifications of the lifetime ratio $\tau_{B_{s}}/\tau_{B_{d}}$ and the lifetime difference $\Delta\Gamma_{s}$. In this work, we explore indirect bounds provided by these observables over new physics scenarios. We also estimate future projections, showing that future experimental and theoretical improvements on both $\tau_{B_{s}}/\tau_{B_{d}}$ and $\Delta\Gamma_{s}$ have the potential to provide bounds competitive with those directly extracted from $b\rightarrow s \tau \tau$ transitions. After performing a model-independent analysis, we apply our results to the particular case of leptoquark mediators proposed to address the $R_{D^{(*)}}$ anomalies.Comment: 12 pages + Appendix, 4 Figure

Exploiting dijet resonance searches for flavor physics

In this work, we reinterpret ATLAS and CMS dijet resonance searches to set robust constraints on all hypothetical tree-level scalar and vector mediators with masses up to 5 TeV, assuming a diquark or a quark-antiquark coupling with an arbitrary flavor composition. To illustrate the application of these general results, we quantify the permissible size of new physics in $\bar B_q\to D_q^{(*)+} \,\{\pi, K\}$ consistent with the absence of signal in dijet resonance searches. Along the way, we perform a full SMEFT analysis of the aforementioned non-leptonic $B$ meson decays at leading-order in $\alpha_s$. Our findings uncover a pressing tension between the new physics explanations of recently reported anomalies in these decays and the dijet resonant searches. The high-$p_T$ constraints are crucial to drain the parameter space consistent with the low-$p_T$ flavor physics data.Comment: 42 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables. v2: Version accepted in JHE