Anomalies in charged-current $B$ decays

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental and collider efforts to investigate potential New Physics explanations for the observed anomalies in the lepton flavor universality ratio $R_{D^{(*)}}$ in charged-current B decays.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress in flavor and collider searches addressing the $R_{D^{(*)}}$ anomalies.

Findings

Summary of current experimental measurements of $R_{D^{(*)}}$

Analysis of collider search strategies for New Physics

Discussion of implications for flavor physics models

Abstract

This paper reviews the recent progresses of the flavor and collider searches that can probe New Physics effects responsible for the current discrepancy in the lepton flavor universality ratio of $R_{D^{(*)}}$ between the experimental measurements and SM values.