https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6280-4
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Revisiting R-parity violating interactions as an explanation of the B-physics anomalies
Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
* e-mail: trifinos@physik.uzh.ch
Received:
12
July
2018
Accepted:
22
September
2018
Published online:
3
October
2018
In the last few years, the ratios 
and of 
have reportedly exhibited significant deviations from the relevant standard model predictions, hinting towards a possible violation of Lepton Flavor Universality and a window to New Physics. We investigate to what extent the inclusion of R-parity violating couplings in the minimal supersymmetric standard model can provide a better fit to the anomalies simultaneously. We perform this analysis employing an approximate, non-abelian 
flavour symmetry, which features a natural explanation of the appropriate hierarchy of the R-parity violating couplings. We show that, under the requirement of a supersymmetric spectrum with much heavier left-handed doublet superpartners, our assumption favors a considerable enhancement in the tree-level charged-current 
, while the the anomalies induced by 
receive up to an approximate 
improvement. The consistency with all relevant low-energy constraints is assessed.
© The Author(s), 2018
