Interpretation of the "$f_{D_s}$ puzzle" in SM and beyond

Abstract

The recent measurement on the decay constant of $D_s$ shows a discrepancy between theory and experiment. We study the leptonic and semileptonic decays of $D$ and $D_s$ simultaneously within the standard model by employing a lightfront quark model. There is space by tuning phenomenological parameters which can explain the "$f_{D_s}$ puzzle" and do not contradict other experiments on the semileptonic decays. We also investigate the leptonic decays of D and $D_s$ with a new physics scenario, unparticle physics. The unparticle effects induce a constructive interference with the standard model contribution. The nontrivial phase in unparticle physics could produce direct CP violation which may distinguish it from other new physics scenarios.

Comments: 16 pages, 6 figures, be accepted by PRD