The universality of the weak interactions can be tested in semileptonic b→c transitions, and in particular in the ratios R(D(*)) ≡ Γ(B→D(*)τν)/Γ(B→D(*)lν) (where l=μ or e). Due to the recent differences between the experimental measurements of these observables by BaBar, Belle and LHCb on the one hand and the Standard Model predicted values on the other hand, we study the predicted ratios R(D(*))=Γ(B→D(*)τ+“missing”)/Γ(B→D(*)lν) in scenarios with an additional sterile heavy neutrino of mass ∼1 GeV. Further, we evaluate the newly defined ratio R(0)≡Γ(B→τ+“missing”)/Γ(B→μν) in such scenarios, in view of the future possibilities of measuring the quantity at Belle-II.
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Published on:
24 October 2017
Created on:
12 April 2018
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Institute of Physics Publishing/Chinese Academy of Sciences
Article funded by SCOAP3 and published under licence by Chinese Physical Society and the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing Ltd