# Measurement of $R(D^*)$ with hadronic $\tau^+$ decays at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV by the LHCb collaboration

- Institution: CERN
- Department: LHC Seminar
- Speaker: Resmi Puthumanaillam
- Year: 2023
- Language: English
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3000969)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The ratios of branching fractions $R(D^{(*)}) = {\cal B}(B^0 \to D^{(*)}\tau \nu_{\tau})/{\cal B}(B^0 \to D^{(*)} \ell \nu_{\ell})$, with $\ell = \mu, e$, allow to test lepton flavour universality in semi-leptonic $b$-decays and have been measured by BaBar, Belle and LHCb collaborations. The measurements have attracted significant attention as the difference between the experimental world-average values of $R(D^*)$ and $R(D)$ and their theoretical prediction is at the level of three standard deviations. LHCb presented results on $R(D)$ and $R(D^*)$ with muonic $\tau^+$ decays in autumn 2022 using the Run 1 data sample. This seminar presents an updated measurement on $R(D^{*-})$ using $B^0 \to D^{*-}\tau^+ \nu_{\tau}$ decays with hadronic $\tau^+$ decay channels, based on $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb collaboration at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb$^{-1}$ . This new sample has about 1.5 times more $B^0$ decays than the one used in the previous Run 1 analysis. The excellent vertexing capabilities of the LHCb detector allow for the exploration of interesting features of the three-prong $\tau^+$ decays which will be discussed in this talk. This measurement provides one of the most precise single results on $R(D^*)$ to date.

Refreshments will be served at 10:30 .

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## Lectures

1. [Measurement of $R(D^*)$ with hadronic $\tau^+$ decays at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV by the LHCb collaboration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3000969/adc8b34f2ed0), 56 min (CERN's player)