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TTP08-33 Higgs hunting with B decays

TTP08-33 Higgs hunting with B decays

TTP08-33 Higgs hunting with B decays

B physics is sensitive to the effects of Higgs bosons in the

 Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, if
 the parameter $\tan\beta$ is large. I briefly summarise the role
 of $B\to \mu^+\mu^-$ and $\BTNp$ in the hunt for new Higgs effects
 and present new results on the decay $\BDTN$:
 Using the analyticity properties of form factors one can predict the
 ratio $R\equiv\mathcal{B}(\BDTN)/\mathcal{B}(\BDLN)$, $\ell=e,\mu$,
 with small hadronic uncertainties. In the Standard Model one
 finds $R= 0.31 \pm 0.02$, ${\cal B} (B^- \to D^0 \tau^-
 \bar{\nu}_{\tau}) = (0.71\pm 0.09)\% $ and ${\cal B} (\bar{B}^0 \to
 D^+ \tau^- \bar{\nu}_{\tau})= (0.66\pm 0.08)\% $, if the vector form
 factor of the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group is used. $\BDTN$ is
 competitive with $\BTNp$ in the search for effects of charged Higgs
 bosons. Especially sensitive to the latter is the differential
 distribution in the decay chain $\bar{B}\to
 D\bar{\nu}_{\tau}\tau^-[\to\pi^-\nu_{\tau}]$.
Ulrich Nierste
Talk given at 2nd International Workshop on Theory, Phenomenology and Experiments in Heavy Flavor Physics, Capri, Italy, 16-18 Jun 2008. To be published in the proceedings
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