New Physics Effects on Rare Decays B_u^+→π^+■^+■^-, ρ^+■^+■-in a Top Quark Two-Higgs-Doublet Model

Using the form factors from light-cone sum rules, we study the branching ratios and forward-backward asymmetries （FBAs） of the exclusive decays Bu^＋→π^＋e^＋e^- and Bu^＋ →ρ^＋e^＋e^- （e= e,μ） in the standard model （SM） and the top quark two-Higgs-doublet model （T2HDM）. From the numerical results, we find that the new physics contributions cannot provide very large enhancement to the branching ratios and the theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the SM ones. The T2HDM effects on FBAs of these decays are small. Precision measurements of the dilepton invariant mass distributions, especially in the lower dilepton mass region, and the FBAs in the decays Bu^＋ → π^＋ （ρ^＋ ）e^＋ e^- will greatly help in discriminating among the SM and the new physics models.

Rare Decay Process K→πv in Three-Site Higgsless Model

Rare decay processes K→πvv^- and KL→π^0vv^- are considered in the framework of three-site Higgsless model. The contributions of this new physics model to these two decay processes come from the new heavy gauge bosons and the correction terms for the couplings of the ordinary gauge bosons with fermions. Our numerical results show that the branching ratios of these two decay processes can be enhanced by 40% and 50% relative to those predicted by the standard model.

The Production of Pseudo Goldstone Boson in Top Quark Rare Decay

We calculate the flavor changing decay in the framework of the topcolor assisted multiscale technicolor model. We find that (a) the branching ratio of is insensitive to and , while it increases quickly as increases; (b) for reasonable ranges of the parameters, the maximum of the branching ratio in this model may reach , seven orders larger compared to the one calculated in the standard model. This might provide an opportunity to detect the rare decay of the top quark in experiments.

Search for the rare decays W^(+)→D_(s)^(+)γ and Z→D^(0)γ at LHCb

A search for the rare decays W^(+)→D_(s)^(+)γ and Z→D0γis performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV,corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0fb−1.No significant signal is observed for either decay mode and upper limits on their branching fractions are set using W^(+)→D_(s)^(+)γ and Z→μ+μ−decays as normalization channels.The upper limits are 6.5×10^(−4) and 2.1×10^(−3) at 95% confidence level for the W^(+)→D_(s)^(+)γ and Z→D^(0)γ decay modes,respectively.This is the first reported search for the Z→D^(0)γ decay,while the upper limit on the W+→D+sγbranching fraction improves upon the previous best limit.

Prospects for searching the η→e^+e^- rare decay at the CSR

We study the possibility of searching the η→e＋e- rare decay on the Cooling Storage Ring （CSR） at Lanzhou. The main features of the proposed Internal Target Experiment （ITE） and External Target Facility （ETF） are included in the Monte Carlo simulation. Both the beam condition at the CSR and the major physics backgrounds are carefully taken into account. We conclude that the ITE is more suitable for such a study due to better detector acceptance and higher beam density. At the maximum designed luminosity （1034cm-2s-1 ）, η→e＋e- events can be collected every～400 seconds at the CSR. With a mass resolution of 1 MeV, the expected signal-to-background （S/B） ratio is around 1.

Rare decays B_(s,d)~0→e+e^- in a top quark two-Higgs-doublet model

In the framework of T2HDM, we calculated the new physics contributions involving neutral Higgs bosons to the branching ratios of ^-Bs,d^0→e^＋e^-（e= e,μ） decays. Comparing the theoretical predictions with the experimental upper-limits, we found that （a） The data of Br（^-Bs,d^0→e^＋e^-） give the upper bound on tanβ： tanβ≤22, while Br（^-Bs^0→e^＋e^-） give tanβ≤12 for fixed δ = 0^0, mH＋ = 350 CeV, mH^0 = 160 GeV, mh^0 = 115 GeV and mA^0 = 120 GeV; （b） A light neutral Higgs boson mass mho （mA^0） less than 50 GeV （120 GeV） is excluded by the data of branching ratios for ^-Bs,d^0→e^＋e^-（e = μ） decays with tanβ= 10; （c） The bounds on mh^0 and tanβ, or mA^0 and tanβ are strongly correlated： a smaller （larger） tanβ means a lighter （heavier） neutral Higgs boson.

Search for the rare decay B^(0)→J/ψФ

A search for the rare decay B^(0)→J/ψФis performed using Pp collision data collected with the LHCb dete-ctor at centre-of-mass energies of 7,8 and 13 TeV,corresponding to an integrated luminosity of9 fb.No significant signal of the decay is observed and an upper limitof 1.1x 10^(-7)at 90%confidence level is set on the branching fraction.

Study of the rare decay J/ψ→e^+e^-φ

We study the decay process of J/ψ→ e＋e-φ where the relatively clean electromagnetic （EM） transitions appear at leading order at tree level while the hadronic contributions only emerge via hadronic loop transitions. We include the low-lying scalar f0（980） and pseudoscalar η/η′ as the dominant contributions in the evaluation of the hadronic loop contributions. It is found that the hadronic effects are negligible compared with the EM contributions. The decay width of J/ψ→ e＋e-φis determined to be about 2.12 × 10^-6 keV if there is no other leading mechanism contributing. This result will be tested by the BESIII experiment with a large J/ψ data sample.

Improved analysis of the rare decay processes of Λ_(b)

It is noted that in the new Particle Data Group(PDG) version the rare decays of the Λ_(b) baryon have been revised with more accuracy. The new results show that most of the existing theoretical results on the process Λ_(b)→Λ_(γ) Lgbare larger than those of experiments. With the improved higher-order light-cone distribution amplitudes of the Λ baryon, we reanalyze the process in the framework of light-cone quantum chromodynamics sum rules and the branching ratio is estimated to be Br (Λ_(b)→Λ_(γ))=(7.38-0.39+0.40)×10^(16), which is consistent with the new experimental result. Furthermore, another process Λ_(b)→Λl+l- is also analyzed in the same frame. The final branching ratio is calculated to be Br (Λ_(b)→Λl+l-)=1.20×10^(-6), which is in good accordance with the data from the PDG and other theoretical predictions.

Study of the rare decay J/ψ→2γ+hadrons at the BESIII

The two-photon radiative decay process J/ψ→2γ+hadrons was studied,and the main contribution processes,J/ψ→2γ+ggg and J/ψ→2γ+qˉq,were calculated.With the specific conditions at the BESIII,this rare decay process and the main background process e+e?→γγ+hadrons(qˉq)were investigated.The results show that the ratio of signal to background can reach 1.24 with optimized selection criteria at the BESIII.In addition,distributions of the signal and background are presented.All the results show that the signal is large enough to be experimentally measured.

Rare Decay B_c → D_s *μ^+ μ^- in a Family Non-Universal Z′ Model

Using the form factors calculated in the three-point QCD sum rules, we calculate the new physics contri- butions to the physical observables of Bc→D;μ＋ μ- decay in a family non-universal Z＇ model. Under the consideration of three cases of the new physics parameters, we find that： （a） the Z＇ boson can provide large contributions to the differential decay rates; （b） the forward-backward asymmetry （FBA） can be increased by about 47%, 38%, and 110% at most in S1, S2, and extreme limR values （ELV）, respectively. In addition, the zero crossing can be shifted in all the cases; （c） when s 〉 0.08, the value Of PL can be changed from -1 in the Standard Model （SM） to -0.5 in S1, -0.6 in S2, and 0 in extreme limit values, respectively; （d） the new physics corrections to PT will decrease the SM prediction about 25% for the cases of S1 and S2, 100% for the case of ELV.

Top Quark Flavor Changing Decay t→ cH^0 in Little Higgs Model

We study theoretically the quantum effects of the littlest Higgs model (LH) mediated by flavor changing one-loop Feynman diagrams on the rare decay process t → cH0. The comparison of the decay width in the LH model with that in the standard model (SM) is made. We find that the decay branch ratio of t → cH0 in the LH model is at most of the order ～ 10-12, which is two order larger than in the SM. The numerical results show that the difference between the branch ratios in the LH model and the SM is generally sensitive to the LH model parameters, such as symmetry breaking scale f, Higgs boson mass mH0, and x = v'4f /v2 in our chosen parameter space, but relatively insensitive to the value choice of the cosine of the mixing angle c and the ratio λ1/λ2.

Prospects for rare and forbidden hyperon decays at BESⅢ

The study of hyperon decays at the Beijing Electron Spectrometer Ⅲ （BESⅢ） is proposed to investigate the events of J/φ decay into hyperon pairs, which provide a pristine experimental environment at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider Ⅱ. About 10^6-10^8 hyperons, i.e., ∧, ∑, ∈, and Ω, will be produced in the J/φ and φ（2S） decays with the proposed data samples at BESⅢ. Based on these samples, the measurement sensitivity of the branching fractions of the hyperon decays is in the range of 10^-5-10^-8. In addition, with the known center-of-mass energy and ＂tag technique＂, rare decays and decays with invisible final states can be probed.

Looking for new physics via semi-leptonic and leptonic rare decays of D and Ds

It is well recognized that looking for new physics at lower energy colliders is a path wnmn is complemen- tary to high energy machines such as the LHC. Using the large volume of data collected by BESIII, we may have a unique opportunity to tackle this. In this paper we calculate the branching ratios of the semi-leptonic processes D＋ → K＋e-e＋ and D＋ → K＋e-P-＋, and the leptonic processes D0→ e-e＋ and D0→ e-μ＋, in the frameworks of the U（1） model, 2HDM and unparticle model. It is found that both the U（1） model and 2HDM may influence the semi-leptonic decay rates, but only the U（1） model offers substantial contributions to the pure leptonic decays, and the resultant branching ratio of DO → e- μ＋ can be as large as 10-7 - 10-8. This might be observed at the future super τ-charm factory.

Effects of Complex Parameters on t→ch^0 in Supersymmetric QCD

We investigate the leading SUSY-QCD contributions to the branch ratio (BR) oft→ch~0 within the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) with complex parameters,assuming more generally that there is a misalignment between the squark and quark that leads to a flavor non-diagonal squark mass matrix.We introduce complex phases only in μ and At,namely φ_μ and φ_(Aq),for simplicity,and study the dependence of the BR of t→ch~0 on these phase parameters.Our calculations show that these CP-violation phases and the flavor mixing parameter λ influence the BR oft→ch~0 considerably,and the effect induced by φ_(At) is much larger than that by φ_μ and φ_(Ac(?)u.For different values of the complex parameters μ and A_t that are set in this paper,the BR of t -+ ch~ is in the range of 10~(-7)～10~(-6),depending mainly on the value of the trilinear coupling A_t.

Rare Higgs three body decay induced by top-Higgs FCNC coupling in the littlest Higgs model with T-parity

Motivated by the search for flavor-changing neutral current（FCNC） top quark decays at the LHC,we calculate the rare Higgs three body decay H→Wbc induced by top-Higgs FCNC coupling in the littlest Higgs model with T-parity（LHT）.We find that the branching ratio of H→Wbc in the LHT model can reach O（10^-7） in the allowed parameter space.

Investigation of rare semileptonic Bc→(Ds,d(*)μ+μ- decays with non-universal Z’ effect

We analyze different decay observables of semileptonic decays Bc→(Ds,d(*))μ+μ-,such as the branching ratio,forward-backward asymmetry,polarization fraction,and lepton polarization asymmetry in the non-universal Z’model.We further study the dependence of the branching fraction to the new model parameters and find that the values of different decay parameters increase in the Z’model,which indicates a possible approach for the search of new physics as well as for the unknown phenomena of the charm B meson.

Constraints on the R-Parity Violating Couplings Using the Newest Measurement of the Decay B08 →μ＋μ-

Recently, the LHCb collaboration reported the first evidence for the decay B08 →μ＋μ-. A branching ratio of （B08 →μ＋μ-） = （3.2＋1.5-1.2） x 10-9 is given. Using the newest data, and together with the most precise predictions of the Standard Model contributions to the decay, we derive the constraints on the combinations of the R-parity violating parameters. Our results are several orders of magnitudes stronger than the constraints in the previous literature. We also update the constraints on the relevant parameters using the upper limit of B（B08 →μ＋μ-）.

Exclusive Semi-leptonic Decays b → s(d)ν in the Standard Model with Fourth Generation

We consider the effects of the fourth generation quarks on the rare B decay processes described by the b → s（d）vv processes at the quark level. We find that the values of the branching ratios for some of these rare decay processes are much larger than the standard model （SM） predictions. These processes can be used to constrain the relevant free parameters.

Search for new physics in the B→K^((*))l^+l^- decays at BABAR

Based on a data sample of 384 million BB pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-Ⅱ asymmetric e ＋ e ￣ storage ring,we measure branching fractions,direct CP,isospin and lepton-flavor asymmetries for the rare decays B → K （＊） l ＋ l￣ in two di-lepton mass bins above and below the J/ψ resonance.For the B → K＊ l ＋ l￣ decay,we also measure the K＊ longitudinal polarization fraction and the di-lepton forwardbackward asymmetry.