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$R_K$ anomalies and simplified limits on $Z'$ models at the LHC

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The LHCb collaboration has recently reported a 2.5 $\sigma$ discrepancy with respect to the predicted value in a test of lepton universality in the ratio $R_{K^*}= \hbox{BR}(B \to K^* \mu^+ \mu^-) / \hbox{BR}(B \to K^* e^+ e^-)$. Coupled with an earlier observation of a similar anomaly in $R_{K}$, this has generated significant excitement. A number of new physics scenarios have been proposed to explain the anomaly. In this work we consider simplified limits on $Z'$ models from ATLAS and CMS searches for new resonances in dilepton and dijet modes, and we use the simplified limits variable $\zeta$ to correlate the results of the resonance and B-decay experiments. By examining minimal $Z'$ models that can accomodate the observed LHCb results, we show that the high-mass resonance search results are begining to be sensitive to these models and that future results will be more informative.

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$B$ anomalies and the tauphilic leptoquark model

hep-ph · 2026-05-09 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

A tauphilic leptoquark model with S1 explaining R(D(*)), ~R2 fitting B to K nu nu via right-handed coefficients, and S3 satisfying Delta m_Bs via mixing predicts subdominant negative C_VL, dominant positive C_SL, C9^LQ approx +1, and masses below 3 TeV.

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  • $\Lambda_b\to\Lambda^{(*)}\nu{\bar\nu}$ and $b\to s$ $B$ decays hep-ph · 2025-09-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 48 · internal anchor

    Predictions for Br(Λ_b → Λ^{(*)} ν ν̄) are 2.07 times the SM value with new physics scale constrained to 2.04–11.76 TeV at 1σ, plus a sum rule linking baryonic and mesonic modes.

  • $B$ anomalies and the tauphilic leptoquark model hep-ph · 2026-05-09 · unverdicted · none · ref 57

    A tauphilic leptoquark model with S1 explaining R(D(*)), ~R2 fitting B to K nu nu via right-handed coefficients, and S3 satisfying Delta m_Bs via mixing predicts subdominant negative C_VL, dominant positive C_SL, C9^LQ approx +1, and masses below 3 TeV.