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Abstract |
In recent years, hints of lepton flavor universality (LFU) violation in B-physics have apeared in
different experimental measurements. In particular, large deviations from the SM predictions in
semi-leptonic B-decays have been reported by Belle, BaBar and LHCb in the R_D(*) ratios for b
—>c transitions, and more recently by LHCb in the R_K(*) ratios for b—>s transitions. In the
meanwhile, a huge amount of theoretical work has been put forward in order to explain these
experimental discrepancies with physics beyond the SM. In this talk we argue that high energy
experiments at the LHC are capable of probing at current luminosities many of these models by
directly searching for new heavy states in neutral currents. As an example we focus on R_D(*)
and show, by using model independent arguments and simplified models, that existing data
from LHC searches in high-mass ττ tails pose a serious challenge to many BSM solutions.
Finally, we briefly discuss recent attempts of building a UV complete model that can explain
simultaneously R_D(*) and R_K(*). |
