The meson decays $Bto Dtau u$ and $Bto D^* tau u$ are sensitive probes of the $bto ctau u$ transition. In this work we present a complete framework to obtain the maximum information on the physics of $Bto D^{(*)}tau u$ with polarized $tau$ leptons and unpolarized $D^{(*)}$ mesons. Focusing on the hadronic decays $tauto pi u$ and $tautorho u$, we show how to extract seven $tau$ asymmetries from a fully differential analysis of the final-state kinematics. At Belle II with $50~text{ab}^{-1}$ of data, these asymmetries could potentially be measured with percent level statistical uncertainty. This would open a new window into possible new physics contributions in $bto ctau u$ and would allow us to decipher its Lorentz and gauge structure.
This article summarizes recent developments in $Bto D^{(ast)}tau u$ decays. We explain how to extract the tau leptons 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.
At present, the measurements of $R_{D^{(*)}}$ and $R_{J/psi}$ hint at new physics (NP) in $b to c tau^- {bar u}$ decays. The angular distribution of ${bar B} to D^* (to D pi) , tau^{-} {bar u}_tau$ would be useful for getting information about the NP, but it cannot be measured. The reason is that the three-momentum ${vec p}_tau$ cannot be determined precisely since the decay products of the $tau^-$ include an undetected $ u_tau$. In this paper, we construct a measurable angular distribution by considering the additional decay $tau^- to pi^- u_tau$. The full process is ${bar B} to D^* (to D pi) , tau^{-} (to pi^- u_tau) {bar u}_tau$, which includes three final-state particles whose three-momenta can be measured: $D$, $pi$, $pi^-$. The magnitudes and relative phases of all the NP parameters can be extracted from a fit to this angular distribution. One can measure CP-violating angular asymmmetries. If one integrates over some of the five kinematic parameters parametrizing the angular distribution, one obtains (i) familiar observables such as the $q^2$ distribution and the $D^*$ polarization, and (ii) new observables associated with the $pi^-$ emitted in the $tau$ decay: the forward-backward asymmetry of the $pi^-$ and the CP-violating triple-product asymmetry.
We investigate the possibility of explaining the enhancement in semileptonic decays of $bar B to D^{(*)} tau bar u$, the anomalies induced by $bto smu^+mu^-$ in $bar Bto (K, K^*, phi)mu^+mu^-$ and violation of lepton universality in $R_K = Br(bar Bto K mu^+mu^-)/Br(bar Bto K e^+e^-)$ within the framework of R-parity violating (RPV) MSSM. Exchange of down type right-handed squark coupled to quarks and leptons yield interactions which are similar to leptoquark induced interactions that have been proposed to explain the $bar B to D^{(*)} tau bar u$ by tree level interactions and $bto s mu^+mu^-$ anomalies by loop induced interactions, simultaneously. However, the Yukawa couplings in such theories have severe constraints from other rare processes in $B$ and $D$ decays. Although this interaction can provide a viable solution to $R(D^{(*)})$ anomaly, we show that with the severe constraint from $bar B to K u bar u$, it is impossible to solve the anomalies in $bto s mu^+mu^-$ process simultaneously.
In this addendum to arXiv:1811.09603 we update our results including the recent measurement of ${cal R}(D)$ and ${cal R}(D^*)$ by the Belle collaboration: ${cal R}(D)_{rm Belle} = 0.307pm0.037pm0.016$ and ${cal R}(D^*)_{rm Belle}=0.283pm0.018pm0.014$, resulting in the new HFLAV fit result ${cal R}(D) = {0.340pm0.027 pm 0.013}$, ${cal R}(D^*) = {0.295pm0.011 pm 0.008 }$, exhibiting a $3.1,sigma$ tension with the Standard Model. We present the new fit results and update all figures, including the relevant new collider constraints. The updated prediction for ${cal R}(Lambda_c)$ from our sum rule reads ${cal R}(Lambda_c)= mathcal{R}_{rm SM}(Lambda_c) left( 1.15 pm 0.04 right) = 0.38 pm 0.01 pm 0.01$. We also comment on theoretical predictions for the fragmentation function $f_c$ of $bto B_c$ and their implication on the constraint from $B_{u/c}totau u$ data.
Present experimental datas have shown a 3.8$sigma$ level discrepancy with the standard model in $overline{B}to D^{(*)}taubar{ u}_{tau}$. Some new physics models have been considered to explain this discrepancy possibly with new source of the CP violation. In this paper, we construct CP violating observables by using multi-pion decays in $Bto Dtau u_{tau}$, and estimate sensitivity of these observables to generic CP violating operators. We also discuss possibilities of CP violation in leptoquark models and in 2HDM of type-III.