The exclusive B_s -> phi mu+ mu- process in a constituent quark model

Abstract

We consider the exclusive B_s -> phi mu+ mu- process in the standard model using a constituent quark loop model approach together with a simple parameterization of the quark dynamics. The model allows to compute the decay form factors and therefore can give predictions for the decay rates, the invariant mass spectra and the asymmetries. This process is suppressed in the standard model but can be enhanced if new physics beyond the standard model is present, such as flavor-violating supersymmetric models. It constitutes therefore an interesting precision test of the standard model at forthcoming experiments.

17 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables, LaTeX; minor changes to the introduction, table III and figure 3. Few references added