Axionlike particles resolve the B →πK and g-2 anomalies

Authors

Bhubanjyoti Bhattacharya, Lawrence Technological University
Alakabha Datta, University of Mississippi
Danny Marfatia, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Soumitra Nandi, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
John Waite, University of Mississippi

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2021

Abstract

We offer a new solution to an old puzzle in the penguin-dominated B→πK decays. The puzzle is the inconsistency among the measurements of the branching ratios and CP asymmetries of the four B→πK decays: B+→π+K0, B+→π0K+, Bd0→π-K+, Bd0→π0K0. We solve the B→πK puzzle by considering the effect of an axionlike particle (ALP) that mixes with the π0 and has mass close to the π0 mass. We show that the ALP can also explain the anomalies in the electron and muon anomalous magnetic moments.

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journal article

Recommended Citation

Bhattacharya, B., Datta, A., Marfatia, D., Nandi, S., & Waite, J. (2021). Axionlike particles resolve the B → π K and g − 2 anomalies. Physical Review D, 104(5), L051701. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.L051701

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevD.104.L051701

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