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Z penguins and rare B decays

2000/09/04 by Gino Isidori, Isidori, Gino
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0009024

4 pages, 1 figure, talk presented at ICHEP2000 (Osaka, Japan, July 27-Aug 2, 2000)

arxiv created 2000/09/04 · openalex publication_date 2000/09/04 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Rare B decays of the type b → s~ℓ+-(νν) are analyzed in a generic scenario where New Physics effects enter predominantly via Z penguin contributions. We show that this possibility is both phenomenologically allowed and well motivated on theoretical grounds. The important role played in this context by the lepton forward-backward asymmetry in B→ K^*ℓ+- is emphasized.

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