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arxiv: 1206.0273 · v3 · pith:NYDORNNTnew · submitted 2012-06-01 · ✦ hep-ph

Cornering New Physics in b --> s Transitions

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords constraintsoperatorschirality-flippedcoefficientsdecaysfindobservablesphysics
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We derive constraints on Wilson coefficients of dimension-six effective operators probing the b --> s transition, using recent improved measurements of the rare decays Bs --> mu+mu-, B --> K mu+mu- and B --> K* mu+mu- and including all relevant observables in inclusive and exclusive decays. We consider operators present in the SM as well as their chirality-flipped counterparts and scalar operators. We find good agreement with the SM expectations. Compared to the situation before winter 2012, we find significantly more stringent constraints on the chirality-flipped coefficients due to complementary constraints from B --> K mu+mu- and B --> K* mu+mu- and due to the LHCb measurement of the angular observable S_3 in the latter decay. We also list the full set of observables sensitive to new physics in the low recoil region of B --> K* mu+mu-.

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