$CP$ asymmetry in the angular distributions of $\tau \to K_S\pi {\nu }_{\tau }$ decays -- II: general effective field theory analysis

Abstract

We proceed to study the $CP$ asymmetry in the angular distributions of $\tau \to K_S\pi {\nu }_{\tau }$ decays within a general effective field theory framework including four-fermion operators up to dimension-six. It is found that, besides the commonly considered scalar-vector interference, the tensor-scalar interference can also produce a non-zero $CP$ asymmetry in the angular distributions. Bounds on the effective couplings of the non-standard scalar and tensor interactions are obtained under the combined constraints from the measured $CP$ asymmetries and the branching ratio of ${\tau }^{-}\to K_S{\pi }^{-}{\nu }_{\tau }$ decay, with $\mathrm{Im}[{\hat{\epsilon }}_S]=-0.008\pm 0.027$ and $\mathrm{Im}[{\hat{\epsilon }}_T]=0.03\pm 0.12$, at the scale ${\mu }_{\tau }=2\mathrm{GeV}$ in the $\overline{\mathrm{MS}}$ scheme. Using the best-fit values, we also find that the distributions of the $CP$ asymmetries can deviate significantly from the SM expectation in almost the whole $K\pi$ invariant-mass region. Nevertheless, the current bounds are still plagued by large experimental uncertainties, but will be improved with more precise measurements from Belle II as well as the proposed Tera-Z and STCF facilities. Assuming further that the non-standard scalar and tensor interactions originate from a weakly-coupled heavy new physics well above the electroweak scale, the $SU(2{)}_L$ invariance of the resulting SMEFT Lagrangian would indicate that very strong limits on $\mathrm{Im}[{\hat{\epsilon }}_S]$ and $\mathrm{Im}[{\hat{\epsilon }}_T]$ could also be obtained from the neutron electric dipole moment and the $D^0-{\bar{D}}^0$ mixing. With the bounds from these processes taken into account, it is then found that, unless there exist extraordinary cancellations between the new physics contributions, neither the scalar nor the tensor interaction can produce any significant effects on the $CP$ asymmetries in the processes considered.

36 pages, 2 tables, and 6 figures; bounds on the NP parameters from other processes together with more discussions and references added, final version to be published in JHEP

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