July 31, 2017 to August 4, 2017
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
US/Central timezone

New physics searches in b->sll decays

Aug 2, 2017, 11:08 AM
20m
Curia II (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Curia II

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Presentation Quark and Lepton Flavor Quark and Lepton Flavor

Speaker

Prof. Sheldon Stone (Syracuse University)

Description

Rare b->sll decays are flavour changing neutral current processes that are forbidden at the lowest perturbative order in the Standard Model (SM). As a consequence, new particles in SM extensions can significantly affect the branching fractions of these decays and their angular distributions. The LHCb experiment is ideally suited for the analysis of these decays due to its high trigger efficiency, as well as excellent tracking and particle identification performance. Recent results from the LHCb experiment in the area of b->sll decays are presented and their interpretation is discussed.

Primary author

Prof. Sheldon Stone (Syracuse University)

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