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Continuing search for new physics in $b \to s \mu \mu$ decays: two operators at a time

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arxiv 1903.09617 v3 pith:KJ3AK4H7 submitted 2019-03-22 hep-ph hep-ex

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The anomalies in the measurements of observables involving $b \to s \mu\mu$ decays, namely $R_K$, $R_{K^*}$, $P_5^{\prime}$, and $B_s^\phi$, may be addressed by adding lepton-universality-violating new physics contributions to the effective operators ${\cal O}_9, {\cal O}_{10}, {\cal O}^\prime_9, {\cal O}^\prime_{10}$. We analyze all the scenarios where the new physics contributes to a pair of these operators at a time. We perform a global fit to all relevant data in the $b \to s$ sector to estimate the corresponding new Wilson coefficients, $C_9^{\rm NP}, C_{10}^{\rm NP}, C_9^\prime, C_{10}^\prime$. In the light of the new data on $R_K$ and $R_{K^*}$ presented in Moriond 2019, we find that the scenarios with new physics contributions to the ($C_9^{\rm NP}$, $C_9^\prime$) or ($C_9^{\rm NP}$, $C_{10}^\prime$) pair remain the most favored ones. On the other hand, though the competing scenario ($C_9^{\rm NP}$, $C_{10}^{\rm NP}$) remains attractive, its advantage above the SM reduces significantly due to the tension that emerges between the $R_K$ and $R_{K^*}$ measurements with the new data. The movement of the $R_K$ measurement towards unity would also result in the re-emergence of the one-parameter scenario $C_9^{\rm NP} = -C_9^\prime$.

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