Rare decay $B \to X_{s} ν\bar ν$ in the two-Higgs-doublet model of type-III

Abstract

In this paper, we calculated the new physics contribution to theoretically very clean rare decay $B\to X_{s} ν\barν$ in the general two-Higgs-doublet model (model III). Within the considered parameter space, we found that (a) the new physics contribution can provide one to two orders of enhancement to the branching ratio $\calb(B\to X_s ν\barν)$ and can saturate the experimental bound on $\calb(B \to X_s ν\barν)$ in some regions of the parameter space; (b) besides the CLEO data of $B \to X_s γ$, the ALEPH upper limit on $\calb (B \to X_s ν\barν)$ also lead to further constraint on the size of the Yukawa coupling $λ_{tt}$: $λ_{tt}< 6.4$ for $λ_{bb}=2.7$ and $\mhp=200$ GeV.

10 pages, 3 figures in eps and 1 in ps, Latex file