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Tau Polarimetry in B Meson Decays
by Rodrigo Alonso, Jorge Martin Camalich, Susanne Westhoff
- Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 012 (2019)
Submission summary
| As Contributors: | Susanne Westhoff |
| Preprint link: | scipost_201811_00014v1 |
| 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) |
| Discipline: | Physics |
| Subject area: | High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| Approach: | Theoretical |
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.
Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 012 (2019)
Submission & Refereeing History
Submission scipost_201811_00014v1 on 13 November 2018
Reports on this Submission
Anonymous Report 1 on 2018-11-26 Contributed Report
Report
The writeup discusses recent theoretical studies to use tau polarimetry in B-meson decays as a tool to probe new physics. It is a valuable contribution to the proceedings.