Summary of the CKM 2016 working group on rare decays

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent theoretical and experimental progress in rare decays of B, D, and K mesons, highlighting their potential to reveal new physics beyond the Standard Model at high energy scales.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive summary of recent findings and developments in the study of rare meson decays, emphasizing their importance in probing new physics.

Findings

Progress in measuring rare decay processes

Constraints on new physics models from decay data

Enhanced understanding of flavor physics phenomena

Abstract

Rare $B$, $D$, and $K$ decays offer unique opportunities to probe for evidence of new particles from physics beyond the Standard Model at mass scales extending from the electroweak scale to well above those directly accessible at the LHC. We review a selection of theoretical and experimental results on rare $B$, $D$, and $K$ decays illustrating the progress made during the past two years.