Studies of Radiative Penguin B Decays at BaBar

TL;DR

This paper reports on the observation of radiative penguin B meson decays at BaBar, which are sensitive to new physics beyond the standard model due to their loop-level nature.

Contribution

First measurements of penguin dominated radiative B decays at BaBar, providing data for testing the standard model and probing new physics.

Findings

Observation of radiative penguin B decays

Results consistent with standard model predictions

Potential implications for physics beyond the standard model

Abstract

We summarize results on a number of observations of penguin dominated radiative decays of the B meson. Such decays are forbidden at tree level and proceed via electroweak loops. As such they may be sensitive to physics beyond the standard model. The observations have been made at the BaBar experiment at PEP-II, the asymmetric B factory at SLAC.