| Seminar Date: | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| Time: | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Location: | TBA |
| Abstract: | The study of B decays can offer indirect searches of new physics effects such as contributions from charged Higgs bosons. Recent analyses at BaBar aim to measure decays that are sensitive to new physics models. In this talk, I will discuss the B -> D(*) tau-nu results from BaBar, which are > 3 sigma from SM expectations, and the recent extensions to the analysis that further constrain new physics models. I will also discuss the related B -> tau-nu measurements. In addition, flavor-changing neutral currents are sensitive to various new physics models which can enter into the loop diagrams, so I will discuss two recent BaBar analyses on rare electroweak penguin decays, B -> K(*) nu nubar and B -> pi/eta l+l-. |
| Speaker: | Dana Lindemann - SLAC
 Dr. Dana Lindemann is a postdoc at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, currently working on the BaBar experiment. Originally hailing from New York, she received her BA from Wake Forest University, North Carolina, and a Masters in Teaching secondary-level science from Johns Hopkins University, Maryland. She received her PhD from McGill University, Montreal, where she worked on the BaBar and SuperB experiments.
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| Presentation: | Presentation on 8/27/2013 |