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The family of decays mediated by b -> sl+l- transitions provide a rich laboratory to search for effects of physics beyond the Standard Model. In recent years LHCb has found hints of deviations from theoretical predictions both in the rates and angular distributions of such processes. In addition, hints of lepton flavour non-universality have been seen when comparing B+ -> K+ mu+mu- and B+ -> K+ e+e- decay rates, with the so-called RK ratio. Similar observables in different decays, such as RK* = BR(B0 -> K*0mu+mu-)/BR(B0->K*0e+e-), have recently become available and indicate the same anomalous pattern. In this talk, an overview of the latest results in this sector and further avenues to test the effectiveness of lepton flavour universality will be presented.

Local: Sala Jayme Tiomno

The rate of entropy production in a classical dynamical system is characterized by the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy rate given by the sum of all positive Lyapunov exponents of the system. I will present a quantum version of this result valid for bosonic systems with unstable quadratic Hamiltonians: the entanglement entropy of squeezed coherent states grows linearly for large times, with a rate determined by the Lyapunov exponents and the choice of the subsystem. I will discuss the application of this result to quantum field theory and its conjectured implications for the behaviour of chaotic quantum systems prepared in a semiclassical state.

*Local: Sala Jayme Tyomno