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Impact of $b\to s\mu\mu$ anomalies on $B\to K^{(*)}\nu\bar{\nu}$ observables

A. V. Bednyakov, A. I. Mukhaeva

Memoirs of the Faculty of Physics 2022. N 4.

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Semileptonic flavor changing neutral current transitions with a pair of neutrinos in the final state are very accurately determined in the standard model (SM) and thus provide an accurate and sensitive probe for physics beyond the SM. Until recently, the poor tagging efficiency for the $B\to K^{(*)}\nu\bar{\nu}$ modes made them less advantageous as a probe of new physics (NP) compared to the charged lepton counterparts. The most recent Belle II result on $B^+\to K^+\nu\bar{\nu}$ uses an innovative inclusive tagging technique resulting in a higher tagging efficiency; this together with previous BaBar and Belle results indicates a possible enhancement in the branching fraction of $B^+\to K^+\nu\bar{\nu}$. A reanalysis of the full Belle dataset together with upcoming Belle II dataset is expected to result in a much more precise measurement of this mode. If the branching ratio is indeed found to be enhanced with improved measurements, this would provide an unambiguous signal of NP without uncertainties due to long-distance non-factorizable effects or power corrections (in contrast to $B\to K^{(*)}ll$). We have explored the possibilities of such an enhancement as a signal of NP within scenario dicribed on \cite{1} which can also explain some of the other tensions observed in neutral as well as charged current B-decays.

Received: 2022 May 20
Approved: 2022 June 22
PACS:
11.10.-z Field theory
Authors
A. V. Bednyakov, A. I. Mukhaeva
$^1$Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
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