Leptoquarks: flavour anomalies, LHC and model building

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Werner R. Porod
• Subject Area: Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Fields
• Term: from 2017 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 326558480

Various deviations in the B-meson sector from the Standard Model predictions can potentially be explained by so-called leptoquarks. These are particles which couple simultaneously to lepton and quarks. Moreover, with the help of these particles one could in principle also explain a potential resonance in the di-photon spectrum close to 750 GeV which has been observed by the LHC collaborations ATLAS and CMS. In this project we will investigate to which extent different models are consistent with the combination of data from precision observables, flavour physics and high energy colliders like the LHC. In addition we will work out predictions of these models for the LHC.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants