4–9 Jun 2012
Life Sciences Centre, UBC
Canada/Pacific timezone
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Search for New Physics with rare decays at LHCb

7 Jun 2012, 18:00
20m
LSC-3 (Life Sciences Centre, UBC)

LSC-3

Life Sciences Centre, UBC

University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC Canada

Speaker

Cosme Adrover Pacheco (CPPM - Universite d'Aix - Marseille II (FR))

Description

Rare lepton decays of the B(s), D and K mesons and lepton flavor violating decays are sensitive probes of New Physics (NP). In particular, the search for the decays B(s)->μ+μ- provides information on the presence of new (pseudo-)scalar particles, while the angular analysis of decays such as B->K*μ+μ- provides information on possible new vector-axial contributions. The isospin asymmetry of B->K(*)μ+μ- events adds useful information on the structure of NP scenarios and other b->sμ+μ- transitions provide additional information. Similarly, exclusive radiative decays such as Bs->φγ provide valuable information of NP scenarios through the measurement of the photon polarization.

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LHCb collaboration

<strong>E-mail Address</strong> olafs@physik.uzh.ch

Primary author

Cosme Adrover Pacheco (CPPM - Universite d'Aix - Marseille II (FR))

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