Resolution of RD/RD⁎ puzzle

Abstract

One of the exciting results in flavor physics in recent times is the RD/RD⁎ puzzle. The measurements of these flavor ratios performed by the B-factory experiments, BaBar and Belle, and the LHCb experiment are about 4σ away from the Standard Model expectation. These measurements indicate that the mechanism of b→cτν¯ decay is not identical to that of b→c(μ/e)ν¯. This charge lepton universality violation is particularly intriguing because these decays occur at tree level in the Standard Model. In particular, we expect a moderately large new physics contribution to b→cτν¯. The different types of new physics amplitudes, which can explain the RD/RD⁎ puzzle, have been identified previously. In this letter, we show that the polarization fractions of τ and D⁎ and the angular asymmetries AFB and ALT in B→D⁎τν¯ decay have the capability to uniquely identify the Lorentz structure of the new physics. A measurement of these four observables will lead to such an identification. Keywords: Physics beyond Standard Model, B meson decays, Angular distribution