Searches for New Physics Contributions in the Form of a Charged Higgs Boson
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Abstract
Using a full BABAR data sample of 426/fb, we present the measurements of the ratio R(D(*)) $=$ BR (B to D(*) tau nu) / BR (B to D(*) ell nu) where ell is either electron or muon. We measure R(D) $=$ 0.440 $\backslash $pm 0.058 $\backslash $pm 0.042 and R(D*) $=$ 0.332 $\backslash $pm 0.024 $\backslash $pm 0.018. These ratios exceed the Standard Model predictions by 2.0 sigma and 2.7 sigma, respectively. The results disagree with the Standard Model predictions at the level of 3.4 sigma. These ratios are sensitive to new physics contributions in the form of a charged Higgs boson.
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Authors
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Romulus Godang
University of South Alabama