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Z-mediated charge and CP asymmetries and FCNCs in processes

arXiv:1006.5216 · doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2010)089

Abstract

We show model-independently that the negative like-sign charge asymmetry is less than when the constraints from the mixings and the time-dependent CP asymmetries (CPAs) for with and are taken into account. Although the result is smaller than the measured value by the DØ Collaboration at Fermilab, there is still plenty of room to have new physics, which is sensitive to new CP violating effects, as the standard model (SM) prediction is . To illustrate the potential large , we show the influence of new singlet exotic quarks in the vector-like quark model, where the -mediated flavor changing neutral currents (FCNCs) are generated at tree level. In particular, we demonstrate that (a) the like-sign charge asymmetry could be enhanced by a factor of two in magnitude; (b) the CPA of could reach to ; (c) the CPA of could be higher than when is larger than the SM prediction; and (d) the branching ratio for could be as large as .

1+19 pages, 8 figures, typos corrected and references added, version to appear in JHEP

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