https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08471-0
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Angular and polarization observables for Majorana-mediated B decays with effective interactions
1
Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
2
Instituto de Física de Mar del Plata (IFIMAR) CONICET, UNMDP Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Received:
22
June
2020
Accepted:
14
September
2020
Published online:
27
September
2020
We probe the effective field theory extending the Standard Model with a sterile neutrino in B meson decays at B factories and lepton colliders, using angular and polarization observables. We put bounds on different effective operators characterized by their distinct Dirac–Lorentz structure, and probe the N-mediated B decays sensitivity to these interactions. We define a forward–backward asymmetry 
between the muon and photon directions for the 
decay, which allows us to separate the SM contribution from the effective lepton number conserving and violating processes, mediated by a near on-shell N. Using the most stringent constraints on the effective parameter space from Belle and BaBar we find that a measurement of the final polarization 
in the rare 
decays can help us infer the scalar or vector interaction content in the N production or decay vertices. We find that the B meson decays are more sensitive to scalar operators.
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