Scrutinizing R-parity violating interactions in light of RK(*) data.

The LHCb has measured the ratios of B → K∗μ+μ- to B → K∗e+e- branching fractions in two dilepton invariant mass squared bins, which deviate from the standard model predictions by approximately 2.5σ. These new measurements strengthen the hint of lepton flavor universality breaking which was observed earlier in B → Kℓ+ℓ- decays. In this work we explore the possibility of explaining these anomalies within the framework of R-parity violating interactions. In this framework, b → sℓ+ℓ- transitions are generated through tree and one loop diagrams involving exchange of down-type right-handed squarks, up-type left-handed squarks and left-handed sneutrinos. We find that the tree level contributions are not enough to explain the anomalies, but at one loop, simultaneous explanation of the deviations in B → K∗ℓ+ℓ- and B → Kℓ+ℓ- is feasible for a parameter space of the Yukawa couplings that is consistent with the bounds coming from B → K(*)νν and D0 → μ+μ- decays and Bs -Bs mixing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]