The recent measurements of $R_K$, $B_stomu^+mu^-$, a set of CP-averaged angular observables for the $B^0to K^{*0}mu^+mu^-$ decay, and its isospin partner $B^+to K^{*+}mu^+mu^-$ by the LHCb Collaboration, consistently hint at lepton universality viola
tion in the $bto sellell$ transitions. The so-called $B$ anamolies can be best explained in five one-dimensional scenarios, i.e, $delta C_9^{mu}$, $delta C_{10}^{mu}$, $delta C_L^{mu}$, $delta C_9^{mu}=delta C_{10}^{muprime}$, and $delta C_9^{mu}=-delta C_9^{muprime}$, as demonstrated in recent model independent anlayses~cite{Alok:2019ufo,Alguero:2021anc,Geng:2021nhg,Altmannshofer:2021qrr}. In this work we explore how these scenarios can be distinguished from each other. We show that the combinations of four angular asymmetries $A_i$~$(i=3,4,5,9)$ together with the ratio $R_6$ first proposed in~cite{Jager:2014rwa} can discriminate the five new physics scenarios in proper intervals of $q^2$ and with future high-precision measurements.
Recently, the LHCb Collaboration reported on the evidence for a hidden charm pentaquark state with strangeness, i.e., $P_{cs}(4459)$, in the $J/psiLambda$ invariant mass distribution of the $Xi_b^-to J/psi Lambda K^-$ decay. In this work, assuming th
at $P_{cs}(4459)$ is a $bar{D}^*Xi_c$ molecular state, we study this decay via triangle diagrams $Xi_brightarrow bar{D}_s^{(*)}Xi_cto (bar{D}^{(*)}bar{K})Xi_cto P_{cs} bar{K}to (J/psiLambda) bar{K}$. Our study shows that the production yield of a spin 3/2 $bar{D}^*Xi_c$ state is approximately one order of magnitude larger than that of a spin $1/2$ state due to the interference of $bar{D}_sXi_c$ and $bar{D}_s^*Xi_c$ intermediate states. We obtain a model independent constraint on the product of couplings $g_{P_{cs}bar{D}^*Xi_c}$ and $g_{P_{cs}J/psiLambda}$. With the predictions of two particular molecular models as inputs, we calculate the branching ratio of $Xi_b^-to (P_{cs}to)J/psiLambda K^- $ and compare it with the experimental measurement. We further predict the lineshape of this decay which could be useful to future experimental studies.
Inspired by the discovery of the spin-$frac{1}{2}$ doubly charmed baryon $Xi_{cc}^{++}$ and the subsequent theoretical studies of its magnetic moments, we study the magnetic moments of its spin-$frac{3}{2}$ heavy quark spin symmetry counterparts, up
to the next-to-leading order in covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory (BChPT) with the extended-on-mass-shell renormalization (EOMS) scheme. With the tree-level contributions fixed by the quark model while the two low energy constants (LECs) $C$ and $H$ controlling the loop contributions determined in two ways: the quark model (case 1) and lattice QCD simulations together with the quark model (case 2), we study the quark mass dependence of the magnetic moments and compare them with the predictions of the heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory (HB ChPT). It is shown that the difference is sizable in case 1, but not in case 2 due to the smaller LECs $C$ and $H$, similar to the case of spin-$frac{1}{2}$ doubly charmed baryons. Second, we predict the magnetic moments of the spin-$frac{3}{2}$ doubly charmed baryons and compare them with those of other approaches. The predicted magnetic moments in case 2 for the spin-$frac{3}{2}$ doubly charmed baryons are closer to those of other approaches. In addition, the large differences in case 1 and case 2 for the predicted magnetic moments may indicate the inconsistency between the quark model and the lattice QCD simulations, which should be checked by future experimental or more lattice QCD data.
We revisit the status of the new-physics interpretations of the anomalies in semileptonic $B$ decays in light of the new data reported by Belle on the lepton-universality ratios $R_{D^{(*)}}$ using the semileptonic tag and on the longitudinal polariz
ation of the $D^*$ in $Bto D^*tau u$, $F_L^{D^*}$. The preferred solutions involve new left-handed currents or tensor contributions. Interpretations with pure right-handed currents are disfavored by the LHC data, while pure scalar models are disfavored by the upper limits derived either from the LHC or from the $B_c$ lifetime. The observable $F_L^{D^*}$ also gives an important constraint leading to the exclusion of large regions of parameter space. Finally, we investigate the sensitivity of different observables to the various scenarios and conclude that a measurement of the tau polarization in the decay mode $Bto Dtau u$ would effectively discriminate among them.
