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Tau Polarimetry in B Meson Decays
by Rodrigo Alonso, Jorge Martin Camalich, Susanne Westhoff
Submission summary
| As Contributors: |
Susanne Westhoff
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| Preprint link: |
scipost_201811_00014v1
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| Date accepted: |
2019-01-15 |
| Date submitted: |
2018-11-13 |
| Submitted by: |
Westhoff, Susanne |
| Submitted to: |
SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: |
The 15th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics (Amsterdam, 2018-09) |
| Domain(s): |
Theoretical |
| Subject area: |
High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
Abstract
This article summarizes recent developments in $B\to D^{(\ast)}\tau\nu$ decays. We explain how to extract the tau lepton's production properties from the kinematics of its decay products. The focus is on hadronic tau decays, which are most sensitive to the tau polarizations. We present new results for effects of new physics in tau polarization observables and quantify the observation prospects at BELLE II.
