Speaker
ran zhou
(Fermilab)
Description
We present Standard Model predictions for phenomenologically interesting observables for the rare decays $B \to K \ell^+\ell^-$, $B \to \pi \ell^+\ell^-$, $B \to K \nu \bar{\nu}$, and $B \to \pi \nu \bar{\nu}$, as well as for $B \to\pi\tau\nu$. All of these processes are sensitive to new physics effects, and there are a number of tensions between experimental measurements and Standard Model expectations of these and similar processes. We recently completed lattice calculations of the form factors for the semileptonic $B\to\pi$ and $B\to K$ transitions. Here we use these form factors to explore the phenomenology
of these decays with quantitative control over the theoretical uncertainties.
Primary authors
Prof.
Aida El-Khadra
(University of Illinois)
Dr
Daping Du
(Syracuse University)
Co-authors
Dr
Andreas Kronfeld
(Fermilab)
Prof.
Enrico Lunghi
(Indiana University)
Prof.
John Laiho
(Syracuse University)
Dr
Ran Zhou
(Fermilab)
Dr
Ruth Van de Water
(Fermilab)
Prof.
Steven Gottlieb
(Indiana University)
Prof.
Yannick Meurice
(University of Iowa)
Dr
Yuzhi Liu
(University of Colorado)
