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Search for New Physics Contributions in the Form of an Intermediate Charged Higgs

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Abstract

We present a measurement of the ratio R(D*) = BR(B to D^* tau nu) / BR(B -> D* ell nu), where ell is either electron or muon. Using a data sample of 426/fb electron-positron collisions with the BABAR detector at SLAC's PEP-II collider,we reconstructed tag B-mesons in semileptonic decays and signal B-mesons with tau decays into a purely leptonic.This ratio is sensitive to new physics contributions in the form of an intermediate charged Higgs boson. Combining this measurement with other measurements the disagreement with the Standard Model prediction will be presented.

Presenters

  • Romulus Godang

    University of South Alabama

Authors

  • Romulus Godang

    University of South Alabama