Resolving the $(g-2)_μ$ and $B$ anomalies with leptoquarks and a dark Higgs boson
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Resolving the $(g-2)_μ$ and $B$ anomalies with leptoquarks and a dark Higgs boson

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Abstract

At present, there are outstanding discrepancies between standard model predictions and measurements of the muon's $g-2$ and several $B$-meson properties. We resolve these anomalies by considering a two-Higgs-doublet model extended to include leptoquarks and a dark Higgs boson $S$. The leptoquarks modify $B$-meson decays and also induce an $S \gamma \gamma$ coupling, which contributes to the muon's $g-2$ through a Barr-Zee diagram. We show that, for TeV-scale leptoquarks and dark Higgs boson masses $m_{S} \sim 10-200~\text{MeV}$, a consistent resolution to all of the anomalies exists. The model predicts interesting new decays, such as $B \to K^{(*)} e^+ e^-$, $B \to K^{(*)} \gamma \gamma$, $K \to \pi \gamma \gamma$, and $h \to \gamma \gamma \gamma \gamma$, with branching fractions not far below current bounds.

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