Indirect constraints on New Physics from the B-factories

Abstract

The existence of New Physics particles can be probed by performing precision measurements of physics phenomena at the few GeV energy scale. The decays of B and D mesons are an excellent example of relatively low energy phenomena that can be sensitive to New Physics scales at the TeV region or above. In this contribution, some recent results obtained by the BABAR and Belle Collaborations are presented, and their implications for the indirect searches for New Physics are discussed.

10 pages, 7 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Interplay between Particle and Astroparticle Physics (IPA 2014), 18-22 August 2014 Queen Mary University of London

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• Measurement of an Excess of B -> D(*) Tau Nu Decays and Implications for Charged Higgs Bosons
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