diff --git a/draft.tex b/draft.tex index 9769bb5..e4ca6b3 100644 --- a/draft.tex +++ b/draft.tex @@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ and Lattice results~\cite{Becirevic:2006nm,Horgan:2013hoa}, %sure full agreement among the LCSRs and Lattice results. uncertainties on the form factors parameters are doubled with respect to Ref.~\cite{Straub:2015ica}}, -the $\mathcal{H}_\lambda(q^{2})$ +the $\mathcal{H}_\lambda(q^{2})$ encode the aforementioned non-factorisable +hadronic contribution and are described using two complementary parametrisations~\cite{Bobeth:2017vxj,Hurth:2017sqw} - for brevity only a subset of results is shown for the latter approach. In the following this function is expressed in terms of a ``conformal'' @@ -315,8 +316,10 @@ Therefore, in a common framework these hadronic contributions are treated as nuisance parameters, while only the Wilson coefficients $\widetilde{\WC}_9^{(\mu,e)}$ and $\widetilde{\WC}_{10}^{(\mu,e)}$ are kept separately for the two channels. -For consistency the WC $\widetilde{C}_{7}$ is also shared in the fit, -given its universal coupling to photons~\cite{Paul:2016urs}. +For consistency the WC $\widetilde{C}_{7}$ is also shared in the fit +and fixed to its SM value, given its universal coupling to photons +and the strong constraint from radiative $B$ decays~\cite{Paul:2016urs}. +Similarly, all the right-handed WCs are fixed to their SM values, \textit{i.e.} $\WC_i^{\prime\,(\mu,e)} = 0$. Signal-only ensembles of pseudo-experiments are generated with sample size corresponding roughly to the yields foreseen in LHCb Run-II [$8\,$fb$^{-1}$] and future upgrades @@ -357,8 +360,8 @@ % \begin{enumerate} % - \item[i.] baseline $\mathcal{H}_\lambda[z^2]$ SM prediction - parametrisation~\cite{Bobeth:2017vxj} as a multivariate Gaussian constraint; + \item[i.] baseline $\mathcal{H}_\lambda[z^2]$ SM prediction~\cite{Bobeth:2017vxj} + included as a multivariate Gaussian constraint; % \item[ii.] no theoretical assumption on $\mathcal{H}_\lambda[z^2]$ and with free-floating parameters; @@ -368,14 +371,14 @@ % \item[iv.] and re-parametrisation of its description as proposed in Ref.~\cite{Hurth:2017sqw}, \textit{i.e.} - using instead a series of $1 + a_{\lambda} + b_{\lambda}(q^{2}/6\,$GeV$^{2})$. + using instead an expansion in terms of $1 + a_{\lambda} + b_{\lambda}(q^{2}/6\,$GeV$^{2})$. % \end{enumerate} % -The stability of the model and the convergency to the global minimum is enforced by -repeating the fit with randomised starting parameters; -the solution with smallest negative log-likelihood is taken as the default. +%The stability of the model and the convergency to the global minimum is enforced by +%repeating the fit with randomised starting parameters; +%the solution with smallest negative log-likelihood is taken as the default. Figure~\ref{fig:C9ellipse} shows the fit results for several alternative parametrisations @@ -488,12 +491,13 @@ including a set of values that minimises the tension with the $P_5'$ anomaly~\cite{Aaij:2015oid}, while keeping $\WC_9^{(\mu)}$ and $\WC_{10}^{(\mu)}$ at their SM values. -Despite the mis-modelling of the non-local hadronic effects in the fit results, we observe +Despite the mis-modelling of the non-local hadronic effects in the fit, we observe that the determination of $\Delta\WC_9$ and $\Delta\WC_{10}$ is always unbiased, thanks to the relative cancellation of all the shared parameters between the two channels. -It is worth emphasizing that a hypothetical determination of the individual -$\widetilde{\WC}_9^{(\mu,e)}$ and $\widetilde{\WC}_{10}^{(\mu,e)}$ WCs would result -in a strong bias that mimics the behaviour of NP and makes impossible any claim in this direction. +It is worth mentioning that a hypothetical determination of the individual +$\widetilde{\WC}_9^{(\mu,e)}$ and $\widetilde{\WC}_{10}^{(\mu,e)}$ WCs +can also produce a shift in their central values +that mimics the behaviour of NP~\cite{Mauri:2018}.% and makes impossible any claim in this direction. %