The Anatomy of Z' and Z with Flavour Changing Neutral Currents in the Flavour Precision Era

Abstract

The simplest extension of the SM that generally introduces new sources of flavour and CP violation as well as right-handed currents is the addition of a U(1) gauge symmetry to the SM gauge group. If the corresponding heavy gauge boson Z' mediates FCNC processes in the quark sector at tree-level, these new physics contributions imply a pattern of deviations from SM expectations for FCNC processes depending only on Z' couplings to fermions and on its mass. This implies stringent correlations between Delta F=2 and Delta F=1 observables which govern the landscape of the allowed parameter space for Z'-models. Anticipating the Flavour Precision Era (FPE) ahead of us we illustrate this by searching for allowed oases in this landscape assuming significantly smaller uncertainties in CKM and hadronic parameters than presently available. To this end we analyze Delta F=2 observables in K^0-bar K^0 and B^0_{s,d}-bar B^0_{s,d} systems and rare K and B decays including both left-handed and right-handed Z'-couplings to quarks in various combinations. We identify a number of correlations between various flavour observables that could test and distinguish these different Z' scenarios. The important role of b->s l^+ l^- and b->s nu bar nu transitions in these studies is emphasized. Imposing the existing flavour constraints, a rich pattern of deviations from the SM expectations in B_{s,d} and K meson systems emerges provided M_Z'<3 TeV. While for M_Z'>5 TeV Z' effects in rare B_{s,d} decays are found typically below 10% and hard to measure even in the FPE, K->pi nu bar nu and K_L-> pi^0 l^+ l^- decays provide an important portal to scales beyond those explored by the LHC. We apply our formalism to NP scenarios with induced flavour changing neutral Z-couplings to quarks. We find that in the case of B_d and K decays, but not B_s decays, such Z-couplings still allow for sizable departures from the SM.

arXiv comment82 pages, 34 figures; new results from LHCb taken into account, references added, conclusions unchanged; v3: two tables in Summary added, accepted for publication in JHEP

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