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Using newly available form factors obtained from light cone QCD sum rules in full theory, we study the flavor changing neutral current transition of $Sigma_b rar Sigma mu^+ mu^-$ decay in the family non-universal $Z^prime$ model. In particular, we evaluate the differential branching ratio, forward-backward asymmetry as well as some related asymmetry parameters and polarizations. We compare the obtained results with the predictions of the standard model and discuss the sensitivity of the observables under consideration to family non-universal $Z^prime$ gauge boson. The order of differential branching ratio shows that this decay mode can be checked at LHC in near future.
We have studied phenomenological implications of several family non-universal U(1)$^prime$ sub-models in the U(1)$^prime$-extended Minimal Supersysmmetric Standard Model (UMSSM) possesing an extra down quark type exotic field. In doing this, we have started by enforcing anomaly cancellation criteria to generate a number of solutions in which the extra U(1)$^prime$ charges of the particles are treated as free parameters. We have then imposed existing bounds coming from colliders and astrophysical observations on the assumed sub-models and observed that current limits dictate certain charge orientations, for instance, $Q_{H_u}sim Q_{H_d}$ is preferred in general and the charge of the singlet $Q_S$ cannot be very small ($|Q_S|>$ 0.4) even if any of the charges is allowed to take any value within the $[-1, 1]$ range. We have finally studied the potential impact of such non-universal charges on $Z$ mediated processes and made predictions for existing and future experiments. It has turned out that UMSSMs with or without the presence of light exotic quarks can yield distinguisable signatures if non-universal charges are realised in the leptonic sector of such models.
We report the first evidence for the decay Sigma+ -> p mu+ mu- from data taken by the HyperCP experiment(E871) at Fermilab. Based on three observed events, the branching ratio is B(Sigma+ -> p,mu+,mu-) = [8.6 +6.6,-5.4(stat) +/-5.5(syst)] x 10**-8. The narrow range of dimuon masses may indicate that the decay proceeds via a neutral intermediate state, Sigma+ -> p P0, P0 -> mu+ mu-, with a P0 mass of 214.3 +/- 0.5 MeV/c**2 and branching ratio B(Sigma+ -> p P0; P0 -> mu+ mu-) = [3.1 +2.4,-1.(stat) +/-1.5(syst)] x 10**-8.
The Cabibbo-suppressed semileptonic decay $B^{+}to poverline{p}mu^{+} u_{mu}$ is observed for the first time using a sample of $pp$ collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0, 2.0 and 1.7fb$^{-1}$ at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13TeV, respectively. The differential branching fraction is measured as a function of the $poverline{p}$ invariant mass using the decay mode $B^{+}to J/psi K^{+}$ for normalisation. The total branching fraction is measured to be begin{align*} mathcal{B}(B^{+}to poverline{p}mu^{+} u_{mu}) = (5.27 ^{+0.23}_{-0.24} pm 0.21 pm 0.15)times 10^{-6}, end{align*} where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is from the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the normalisation channel.
A search for the rare decay $Sigma^+ to p mu^+ mu^-$ is performed using $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies $sqrt{s} = 7$ and $8$ TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3 fb^{-1}$. An excess of events is observed with respect to the background expectation, with a signal significance of 4.1 standard deviations. No significant structure is observed in the dimuon invariant mass distribution, in contrast with a previous result from the HyperCP experiment. The measured $Sigma^+ to p mu^+ mu^-$ branching fraction is $(2.2,^{+,1.8}_{-,1.3})times 10^{-8}$, where statistical and systematic uncertainties are included, which is consistent with the Standard Model prediction.
We consider the existence of the state X^0 (214 MeV) in Sigma^+ -> p mu^+ mu^- decay found by the HyperCP collaboration. We assume that a fundamental spin zero boson X^0 coupled to quarks leads to flavor changing s -> d X^0 process. We estimate the scalar and pseudoscalar coupling constants by considering Sigma^+ -> p X^0 and K^+ -> pi^+ X^0 processes, and find that pseudoscalar coupling dominates. We then evaluate the branching ratios for K_L -> pi^0 pi^0 X^0, pi^+ pi^- X^0 and Omega^- -> Xi^- X^0 decays. All these rates are found to be in the measurable ranges. We also comment on X^0 coupling to muons and constraints from muon g-2.