RK(*) and the origin of Yukawa couplings
RK(*) and the origin of Yukawa couplings
We explore the possibility that the semi-leptonic B decay ratios RK(*) which violate μ − e universality are related to the origin of the fermion Yukawa couplings in the Standard Model. Some time ago, a vector-like fourth family (without a Z′) was used to generate fermion mass hierarchies and mixing patterns without introducing any family symmetry. Recently the idea of inducing flavourful Z′ couplings via mixing with a vector-like fourth family which carries gauged U(1)′ charges has been proposed as a simple way of producing controlled flavour universality violation while elegantly cancelling anomalies. We show that the fusion of these two ideas provides a nice connection between RK(*) and the origin of Yukawa couplings in the quark sector. However the lepton sector requires some tuning of Yukawa couplings to obtain the desired coupling of Z′ to muons.
Beyond Standard Model, Heavy Quark Physics, Neutrino Physics, Quark Masses and SM Parameters
King, Stephen F.
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King, Stephen F.
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King, Stephen F.
(2018)
RK(*) and the origin of Yukawa couplings.
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 (9), [69].
(doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2018)069).
Abstract
We explore the possibility that the semi-leptonic B decay ratios RK(*) which violate μ − e universality are related to the origin of the fermion Yukawa couplings in the Standard Model. Some time ago, a vector-like fourth family (without a Z′) was used to generate fermion mass hierarchies and mixing patterns without introducing any family symmetry. Recently the idea of inducing flavourful Z′ couplings via mixing with a vector-like fourth family which carries gauged U(1)′ charges has been proposed as a simple way of producing controlled flavour universality violation while elegantly cancelling anomalies. We show that the fusion of these two ideas provides a nice connection between RK(*) and the origin of Yukawa couplings in the quark sector. However the lepton sector requires some tuning of Yukawa couplings to obtain the desired coupling of Z′ to muons.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2 September 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 September 2018
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Beyond Standard Model, Heavy Quark Physics, Neutrino Physics, Quark Masses and SM Parameters
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423765
ISSN: 1126-6708
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