Non-resonant new physics search at the LHC for the $b\to c\tau \nu$ anomalies

Abstract

Motivated by the $b\to c\tau \overline{\nu }$ anomalies, we study non-resonant searches for new physics at the large hadron collider (LHC) by considering final states with an energetic and hadronically decaying $\tau$ lepton, a $b$-jet and large missing transverse momentum ($pp\to {\tau }_h\overline{b}+E_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{miss}}$). Such searches can be useful to probe new physics contributions to $b\to c\tau \overline{\nu }$. They are analyzed not only within the dimension-six effective field theory (EFT) but also in explicit leptoquark (LQ) models with the LQ non-decoupled. The former is realized by taking a limit of large LQ mass in the latter. It is clarified that the LHC sensitivity is sensitive to the LQ mass for $O(1)$ TeV even in the search of $pp\to {\tau }_h\overline{b}+E_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{miss}}$. Although the LQ models provide a weaker sensitivity than the EFT limit, it is found that the non-resonant search of $pp\to {\tau }_h\overline{b}+E_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{miss}}$ can improve the sensitivity by $\approx 40\%$ versus a conventional mono-$\tau$ search ($pp\to {\tau }_h+E_{\mathrm{T}}^{\mathrm{miss}}$) in the whole LQ mass region. Consequently, it is expected that most of the parameter regions suggested by the $b\to c\tau \overline{\nu }$ anomalies can be probed at the HL-LHC. Also, it is shown that ${\text{R}}_2$ LQ scenario is accessible entirely once the LHC Run 2 data are analyzed. In addition, we discuss a charge selection of ${\tau }_h$ to further suppress the standard-model background, and investigate the angular correlations among $b,\tau$ and the missing transverse momentum to discriminate the LQ scenarios.

39 pages, 9 figures, 14 tables. Ancillary files are available, JHEP published version

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