Optimal-observable analysis of possible new physics in $B\to D^{(\ast )}\tau {\nu }_{\tau }$

Abstract

We study all possible observables in $B\to D^{(\ast )}\tau {\nu }_{\tau }$ with new physics (NP), including new vector, scalar and tensor interactions, and investigate the prospects of extracting NP Wilson coefficients with optimal observables. Analysis of the full $q^2$ integrated branching fractions of $B\to D^{(\ast )}\tau {\nu }_{\tau }$ show that the overall sensitivity of the observables of $B\to D\tau {\nu }_{\tau }$ is more towards the scalar current, whereas the bin-by-bin analysis of $q^2$ distribution of the differential branching fraction points to regions of $q^2$ sensitive to tensor interactions. Interestingly, the observables in $B\to D^{\ast }\tau {\nu }_{\tau }$ are more sensitive to tensor interactions, and bin-by-bin analysis of this mode shows the distinct regions of $q^2$ sensitive to vector or scalar interactions. In addition to that, the $\tau$ polarisation asymmetry is found to be more sensitive to NP compared to the other observables, in both decay modes.

Comments: 13 pages, 26 figures, version accepted for publication in PRD