ASymmetryNamedCP | CP symmetries in rare decays of beauty mesons

Summary
In the recent years, measurements of rare B decays involving b->sll transitions have shown discrepancies compared to predictions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. These transitions are flavor-changing neutral currents (FCNC): they are forbidden at tree level in the SM and therefore sensitive to contributions of new particles in loops. Global fits to these data suggest new physics contributions that can be explained new physics models involving a tree-level exchange of a lepto-quark or a flavor changing $Z^\prime$ boson. In the decay of neutral Bs meson to a CP eigenstate, the interference between the decay and the B-meson mixing leads to additional observables that are not accessible to flavor specific final states. In the SM, all CP-violating effects are expected to be very small, therefore these observables can make powerful contributions to our understanding of the B-anomalies as they can differ significantly depending on the properties of new physics contributions. This project will measureme the CP violating observables arising in the interference of the decay and mixing of Bs mesons using a tagged analysis for the first time in phimumu decays using full LHCb data set which corresponds to 9 inverse-fb. Additionally a new method to calibrate decay time resolution at LHCb will be developed and tested on run 1-2 data collected at LHCb and will be ready to use for the run 3 which is expected to start at the end of 2021.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101027131
Start date: 01-09-2021
End date: 31-08-2023
Total budget - Public funding: 191 149,44 Euro - 191 149,00 Euro
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Original description

In the recent years, measurements of rare B decays involving b->sll transitions have shown discrepancies compared to predictions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. These transitions are flavor-changing neutral currents (FCNC): they are forbidden at tree level in the SM and therefore sensitive to contributions of new particles in loops. Global fits to these data suggest new physics contributions that can be explained new physics models involving a tree-level exchange of a lepto-quark or a flavor changing $Z^\prime$ boson. In the decay of neutral Bs meson to a CP eigenstate, the interference between the decay and the B-meson mixing leads to additional observables that are not accessible to flavor specific final states. In the SM, all CP-violating effects are expected to be very small, therefore these observables can make powerful contributions to our understanding of the B-anomalies as they can differ significantly depending on the properties of new physics contributions. This project will measureme the CP violating observables arising in the interference of the decay and mixing of Bs mesons using a tagged analysis for the first time in phimumu decays using full LHCb data set which corresponds to 9 inverse-fb. Additionally a new method to calibrate decay time resolution at LHCb will be developed and tested on run 1-2 data collected at LHCb and will be ready to use for the run 3 which is expected to start at the end of 2021.

Status

CLOSED

Call topic

MSCA-IF-2020

Update Date

28-04-2024
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EU-Programme-Call
Horizon 2020
H2020-EU.1. EXCELLENT SCIENCE
H2020-EU.1.3. EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
H2020-EU.1.3.2. Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
H2020-MSCA-IF-2020
MSCA-IF-2020 Individual Fellowships