Searching for New Physics with Flavor Violating Observables

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current status and future prospects of low energy flavor observables, highlighting their sensitivity to potential New Physics effects, especially in B meson and charm decays.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent experimental results and discusses their implications for New Physics models in flavor physics.

Findings

Recent measurements of B_s mixing phase suggest possible deviations from the Standard Model.

The branching ratio of B_s --> mu+mu- aligns with Standard Model predictions, constraining New Physics.

Evidence for direct CP violation in charm decays may indicate New Physics contributions.

Abstract

In this talk, I review the status and prospects of several low energy flavor observables that are highly sensitive to New Physics effects. In particular I discuss the implications for possible New Physics in b --> s transitions coming from the recent experimental results on the B_s mixing phase, the branching ratio of the rare decay B_s --> mu+mu-, and angular observables in the B --> K* mu+mu- decay. Also the recent evidence for direct CP violation in singly Cabibbo suppressed charm decays and its interpretation in the context of New Physics models is briefly discussed.