Higgs induced FCNC as a source of new physics in $b\to s $ transitions

TL;DR

This paper investigates how Higgs-induced flavor-changing neutral currents could explain anomalies in B_s mixing and predicts related rare decay rates, providing model-independent constraints and exploring CP violation effects.

Contribution

It introduces a model-independent analysis of Higgs-induced FCNC effects on B_s mixing and related decay processes, deriving constraints and exploring CP violation implications.

Findings

Higgs-induced FCNC can account for B_s mixing anomalies.

Predicted branching ratio for B_s→μ+μ− can be near current experimental limits.

Constraints on FCNC parameters depend on the pseudo-scalar Higgs mass.

Abstract

The observations in the $B_{s}$ sector suggest the existence of some new physics contribution to the $B_S-\bar{B}_s$ mixing. We study the implications of a hypothesis that this contribution is generated by the Higgs induced flavour changing neutral currents. We concentrate on the specific $b\to s$ transition which is described by two complex FCNC parameters $F_{23}$ and $F_{32}$ and parameters in the Higgs sector. Model independent constraints on these parameters are derived from the $B_S-\bar{B}_s$ mixing and are used to predict the branching ratios for $\bar{B}_s\to \mu^+\mu^-$ and $\bar{B}_d\to \bar{K}\mu^+\mu^-$ numerically by considering general variations in the Higgs parameters assuming that Higgs sector conserves CP. Taking the results on $B_{s}^0-\bar{B}_{s}^0$ mixing derived by the global analysis of UTfit group as a guide we present the general constraints on $F_{23}^*F_{32}$ in terms of the pseudo-scalar mass $M_A$. The former is required to be in the range $\sim (1-5) \times 10^{-11} M_A^2 {\rm GeV}^{-2}$ if the Higgs induced FCNC represent the dominant source of new physics. The phases of these couplings can account for the large CP violating phase in the $B_{s}^0-\bar{B}_{s}^0$ mixing except when $F_{23}=F_{32}$. The Higgs contribution to $\bar{B}_s\to \mu^+\mu^-$ branching ratio can be large, close to the present limit while it remains close to the standard model value in case of the process $\bar{B}_d\to \bar{K}\mu^+\mu^-$ for all the models under study. We identify and discuss various specific examples which can naturally lead to suppressed FCNC in the $K^0-\bar{K}^0$ mixing allowing at the same time the required values for $F_{23}^*$ and $F_{32}$.