Status of indirect searches for New Physics with heavy flavour decays after the initial LHC run

Abstract

We present a status report on the indirect searches for New Physics performed by means of heavy flavour decays. Particular attention is devoted to the recent experimental results in B and charm physics obtained by the LHC experiments. The implications of these results for physics beyond the Standard Model are discussed both in general terms and by means of a few specific examples.

Comments: Invited review based on talks presented at the Open Symposium on the European Strategy for Particle Physics (Krakow, Sept. 2012). arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1302.0661 (v2: few refs. updated)