Friday, July 20, 2012

1207.4483 (Sebastien Descotes-Genon et al.)

On the origin of the D0 like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry    [PDF]

Sebastien Descotes-Genon, Jernej F. Kamenik
We reconsider the recent observation by the D0 experiment of a sizable like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry, highlighting that it could be affected by CP-violating New Physics contributions not only in Bd- and Bs-meson mixings, but also in semileptonic decays of b and c quarks producing muons. The D0 measurement could be reconciled with the Standard Model expectations for neutral-meson mixings, provided that the CP asymmetry in semileptonic b (c) decays reaches 0.3 % (1%). Such effects, which lie within the available (rather loose) experimental bounds, would be clear indications of New Physics and should be investigated experimentally.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4483

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