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$$M_W$$ helps select $$Z^\prime $$ models for $$b\rightarrow s \ell \ell $$ anomalies

B. C. Allanach, Joe Davighi

2022The European Physical Journal C11 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract As shown in Allanach et al. (Global fits of third family hypercharge models to neutral current B-anomalies and electroweak precision observables. arXiv:2103.12056 ), the Third Family Hypercharge ( $$Y_3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Y</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> ) Model changes the Standard Model prediction for $$M_W$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> whilst simultaneously explaining anomalies in $$b\rightarrow s\ell \ell $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> transitions via a heavy $$Z^\prime $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> gauge boson which is spawned by a spontaneously broken gauged $$U(1)_{Y_3}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>U</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Y</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> symmetry. The 2022 CDF II measurement of $$M_W$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> , which is far from the Standard Model prediction in the statistical sense, somewhat disfavours the $$Y_3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Y</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> model. Here, we generalise the gauge charge assignments to the anomaly-free combination $$s Y_3 + t (B_3-L_3)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Y</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and show that incorporating the 2022 CDF II measurement of $$M_W$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> selects a viable domain of integers s and t . For example, $$s=1, t=-3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> yields a p value of .08 in a two-parameter global fit to 277 electroweak and flavour changing b data, much improving a SM p value of $$1\times 10^{-6}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> .

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