Flavor Changing processes in Quarkonium Decays

Abstract

We study flavor changing processes ${\rm Y}\to B/\bar{B}{X}_s$ and $J/\psi \to D/\bar{D}{X}_u$ in the B factories and the Tau-Charm factories. In the standard model, these processes are predicted to be unobservable, so they serve as a probe of the new physics. We first perform a model independent analysis, then examine the predictions of models; such as TopColor models, MSSM with R-parity violation and the two Higgs doublet model; for the branching ratios of ${\rm Y}\to B/\bar{B}{X}_s$ and $J/\psi \to D/\bar{D}{X}_u$ . We find that these branching ratios could be as large as $10^{-6}$ and $10^{-5}$ in the presence of new physics.

Minor changes in the last section. Latex 22 pages, one figure. To appear in Phys. Rev. D