cLFV Searches at LHCb
Author(s) -
M. Pikies
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta physica polonica b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1509-5770
pISSN - 0587-4254
DOI - 10.5506/aphyspolb.49.1309
Subject(s) - physics , particle physics , nuclear physics
The LHCb detector [1, 2] covers a pseudorapidity region of 2 < η < 5, in which most of the b and c production occurs. This feature, together with excellent tracking and particle identification systems (shown in Fig. 1), makes it an excellent machine to study very rare decays. The LHCb Collaboration has reported numerous precise measurements aimed at observing indirect signals of new physics (NP). Interesting tensions with respect to SM expectations have been seen in lepton universality tests, where branching fraction ratios involving different leptons are measured. Measurements of these ratios using B →K∗`` and B →K`` decays [3, 4] lie below their Standard Model (SM) predictions, where the ratios are defined as
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