Analysis of $B\to K{M}_X$ and $B\to K^{\ast }{M}_X$ decays in scalar- and vector-mediator dark-matter scenarios

Abstract

The surprising excess of missing-energy events far beyond all standard-model expectations in the weak decays of the charged ground-state $B^{+}$ meson into some charged strange meson, rather recently observed by the Belle-II experiment, may (easily) be explained by the decay of the $B$ meson into the strange meson and a pair of dark-matter fermion and antifermion, mediated by an (intermediate) scalar or vector boson. Thorough inspections of both the total and the differential widths of these decays provide, among others, a simple means for the (straightforward) discrimination of such mediator boson's scalar or vector nature.

Comments: 12 pages, 6 figures, contributed to "QFTHEP'270 - XXV International Workshop-School on High Energy Physics and Quantum Field Theory" (30 June - 5 July 2025, Moscow, Russia)