New Physics in $b\to c \tau \nu$: Impact of Polarisation Observables and $B_c\to\tau\nu$

Abstract

The experimental values of the lepton-flavour-universality tests ${\cal R}(D)$ and ${\cal R}(D^*)$ show a tension of about $3.1\sigma$ with their Standard Model prediction. Motivated by this tension, we perform a fit of the $b\to c\tau\nu$ data. We consider one-particle scenarios imposing consecutive limits on $\text{BR}(B_c\to \tau\nu_\tau)$, and analyse how these limits affect the fits. We include the polarisation observables available to date and predict those that are still to be measured, and conclude that they have a high model-resolving power. For each scenario we also predict ${\cal R}(\Lambda_c)$, observing that an enhancement of ${\cal R}(D^{(*)})$ implies an enhancement of ${\cal R}(\Lambda_c)$ in any scenario. We trace back this enhancement to a sum-rule valid irrespective of the scenario used to fit ${\cal R}(D^{(*)})$.