Physics beyond the Standard Model through b → sμ+μ- transition

A comprehensive study of the impact of new-physics operators with different Lorentz structures on decays involving the b -> s mu(+)mu(-) transition is performed. The effects of new vector-axial vector (VA), scalar-pseudoscalar (SP) and tensor (T) interactions on the differential branching ratios, forward-backward asymmetries (A(FB)'s), and direct CP asymmetries of (B) over bar (0)(s) -> mu(+)mu(-), (B) over bar (0)(d) -> X-s mu(+)mu(-), (B) over bar (0)(s) -> mu(+)mu(-) gamma, (B) over bar (0)(d) -> (K) over bar mu(+)mu(-), and (B) over bar (0)(d) -> (K) over bar*mu(+)mu(-) are examined. In (B) over bar (0)(d) -> (K) over bar*mu(+)mu(-), we also explore the longitudinal polarization fraction f(L) and the angular asymmetries A(T)((2)) and A(LT), the direct CP asymmetries in them, as well as the triple-product CP asymmetries A(T)((im)) and A(LT)((im)). While the new VA operators can significantly enhance most of the observables beyond the Standard Model predictions, the SP and T operators can do this only for A(FB) in (B) over bar (0)(d) -> (K) over bar mu(+)mu(-).