The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics has awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the period of September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. This grant, funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research into understanding anomalies observed in the decays of B-quarks at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The key objectives of the project are to:
- Perform novel data-driven measurements of non-local hadronic effects in the decay B^0 → K^(*0) μ^+ μ^-, which are crucial for interpreting the observed flavor anomalies.
- Measure B(B^0 → K^(*0) τ^+ τ^-) to study tauonic contributions to the flavor anomalies.
- Conduct the first fit for the imaginary contributions to the underlying effective couplings in B^0 → K^(*0) μ^+ μ^-, significantly improving constraints on CP violation in B → sℓ⁺ℓ⁻ decays.
- Commission and validate the performance of the upgraded LHCb detector for Run 3 of the LHC, enabling subsequent measurements of the B → sℓ⁺ℓ⁻ processes.
No subcontractors are planned for this award.
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