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Equation 10 · Part 1 · How Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model Actually Works

Symbol R

R(K∗)R(K^{*})
RR

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Resolved: the LHCb lepton-universality ratios. Measurements of R(K) and R(K∗K^{*}) — ratios comparing B -meson decays to muon pairs versus electron pairs, which the Standard Model predicts should be equal — showed apparent deviations through 2021 that fueled substantial theoretical interest in new mediator particles. LHCb’s December 2022 reanalysis, using the…

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