Averages of b-hadron, c-hadron, and -lepton properties as of 2018: Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFLAV)

Y Amhis, S Banerjee, E Ben-Haim… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This paper reports world averages of measurements of b-hadron, c-hadron, and τ τ-lepton
properties obtained by the Heavy Flavour Averaging Group using results available through …

[HTML][HTML] 50 Years of quantum chromodynamics: Introduction and Review

F Gross, E Klempt, SJ Brodsky, AJ Buras… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

Averages of -hadron, -hadron, and -lepton properties as of 2021

Y Amhis, S Banerjee, E Ben-Haim, E Bertholet… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
This paper reports world averages of measurements of b-hadron, c-hadron, and τ-lepton
properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group using results available before …

[HTML][HTML] New physics in rare B decays after Moriond 2021

W Altmannshofer, P Stangl - The European Physical Journal C, 2021 - Springer
The anomalies in rare B decays endure. We present results of an updated global analysis
that takes into account the latest experimental input–in particular the recent results on\(R_K\) …

To (b) e or not to (b) e: no electrons at LHCb

M Algueró, A Biswas, B Capdevila… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
We discuss the impact of the recent LHCb update on the two lepton-flavour universality
ratios RK and RK∗, and the CMS update of B (B s→ μ+ μ-) regarding the possibility of New …

Constraints on lepton universality violation from rare decays

M Ciuchini, M Fedele, E Franco, A Paul, L Silvestrini… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
The LHCb Collaboration has recently released a new study of B+→ K+ ℓ+ ℓ-and B→ K* 0 ℓ+
ℓ-(ℓ= e, μ) decays, testing lepton universality with unprecedented accuracy using the whole …

Rare b decays meet high-mass Drell-Yan

A Greljo, J Salko, A Smolkovič, P Stangl - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract Rare b hadron decays are considered excellent probes of new semileptonic four-
fermion interactions of microscopic origin. However, the same interactions also correct the …

Reading the footprints of the B-meson flavor anomalies

C Cornella, DA Faroughy, J Fuentes-Martin… - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract Motivated by the recent LHCb announcement of a 3. 1σ violation of lepton-flavor
universality in the ratio RK= Γ (B→ Kμ+ μ−)/Γ (B→ Ke+ e−), we present an updated …

Analysis of Neutral -Meson Decays into Two Muons

R Aaij, C Abellán Beteta, T Ackernley, B Adeva… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Branching fraction and effective lifetime measurements of the rare decay B s 0→ μ+ μ-and
searches for the decays B 0→ μ+ μ-and B s 0→ μ+ μ-γ are reported using proton-proton …

Measurement of the decay properties and search for the and decays

R Aaij, C Abellán Beteta, T Ackernley, B Adeva… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
An improved measurement of the decay B s 0→ μ+ μ-and searches for the decays B 0→ μ+
μ-and B s 0→ μ+ μ-γ are performed at the LHCb experiment using data collected in proton …