$b\to s{\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ Physics at Future $Z$ Factories

Abstract

$b\to s{\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ measurements are highly motivated for addressing lepton-flavor-universality (LFU)-violating puzzles such as $R_{K^{(\ast )}}$ anomalies. The anomalies of $R_{D^{(\ast )}}$ and $R_{J/\psi }$ further strengthen their necessity and importance, given that the LFU-violating hints from both involve the third-generation leptons directly. $Z$ factories at the future $e^{-}{e}^{+}$ colliders stand at a great position to conduct such measurements because of their relatively high production rates and reconstruction efficiencies for $B$ mesons at the $Z$ pole. To fully explore this potential, we pursue a dedicated sensitivity study in four $b\to s{\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ benchmark channels, namely $B^0\to K^{\ast 0}{\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$, $B_s\to \varphi {\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$, $B^{+}\to K^{+}{\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ and $B_s\to {\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$, at the future $Z$ factories. We develop a fully tracker-based scheme for reconstructing the signal $B$ mesons and introduce a semi-quantitative method for estimating their major backgrounds. The simulations indicate that branching ratios of the first three channels can be measured with a precision $\sim \mathcal{O}(10^{-7}-10^{-6})$ and that of $B_s\to {\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ with a precision $\sim \mathcal{O}(10^{-5})$ at Tera-$Z$. The impacts of luminosity and tracker resolution on the expected sensitivities are explored. The interpretations of these results in effective field theory are also presented.

Comments: 31 pages, 10 figures, comments welcome