Eluned Smith: Penguins going south: a march towards New Physics?

Friday 13 May 2022, 12:30 → 14:00 Europe/London

https://zoom.us/j/97041428849

Despite the success of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, it fails to explain certain cosmological observations. This points to the existence of physics beyond the SM (New Physics), generally expected to manifest in the form of new fundamental particles. Measurements of rare electroweak penguin (EWP) decays can probe energy scales significantly larger than the available collision energy at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). As such they are an invaluable tool in the search for heavy New Physics particles. Over the last decade, measurements of the EWP decay of a b-quark to an s-quark and two leptons (l) have consistently shown tensions with SM predictions. These tensions are referred to collectively as the neutral-current Flavour Anomalies. In this seminar, I will give an overview of the key measurements driving the Flavour Anomalies and outline future prospects for measurements in this sector.

The seminar will be given in person in Niels Bohr, Schuster. For those connecting remotely please use:

https://zoom.us/j/97041428849

Meeting ID: 970 4142 8849

Passcode: 6275

MarchOfThePenguins_Manchester.pdf