Maximising the physics potential of $B^{\pm }\to {\pi }^{\pm }{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ decays

Abstract

We present a method that maximises the experimental sensitivity to new physics contributions in $B^{\pm }\to {\pi }^{\pm }{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ decays. This method relies on performing an unbinned maximum likelihood fit to both the measured dimuon $q^2$ distribution of $B^{\pm }\to {\pi }^{\pm }{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ decays, and theory calculations at spacelike $q^2$, where QCD predictions are most reliable. We exploit the known analytic properties of the decay amplitude and employ a dispersion relation to describe the non-local hadronic contributions across spacelike and timelike $q^2$ regions. The fit stability and the sensitivity to new physics couplings and new sources of $CP$-violation are studied for current and future data-taking scenarios, with the LHCb experiment as an example. The proposed method offers a precise and reliable way to search for new physics in these decays.

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