Publications (123)
Search for the rare decays Bs -->mumu and Bd -->mumu
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +542
A search for the decays Bs-->mumu and Bd-->mumu is performed with about 37 pb^{-1} of pp collisions at sqrt{s} = 7 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider…
Flux Modulations seen by the Muon Veto of the GERDA Experiment
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, A. M. Bakalyarov +112
The GERDA experiment at LNGS of INFN is equipped with an active muon veto. The main part of the system is a water Cherenkov veto with 66~PMTs in the water tank surrounding the GERD…
Shapes, contact angles, and line tensions of droplets on cylinders
C. Bauer, S. Dietrich
Using an interface displacement model we calculate the shapes of nanometer-size liquid droplets on homogeneous cylindrical surfaces. We determine effective contact angles and line…
First observation of the decays B0bar -->D+ K- pi+ pi- and B- --> D0 K- pi+ pi-
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +586
First observations of the Cabibbo suppressed decays B0bar -->D+ K- pi+ pi- and B- --> D0 K- pi+ pi- are reported using 35 pb^{-1} of data collected with the LHCb detector. Their br…
First observation of the decay $B^0_s \rightarrow K^{*0} \bar{K]^{*0}$
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +584
The first observation of the decay $\kstarkstar$ is reported using 35\invpb of data collected by LHCb in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. A total of $4…
Measurement of the Ds+ - Ds- production asymmetry in 7 TeV pp collisions
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +605
Heavy quark production in 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy pp collisions at the LHC is not necessarily flavour symmetric. The production asymmetry, A_P, between Ds+ and Ds- mesons is st…
Determination of f_s/f_d for 7 TeV pp collisions and a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay Bd->D-K+
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +548
The relative abundance of the three decay modes , and produced in 7 TeV collisions at the LHC is determined from data…
Pulse shape analysis in GERDA Phase II
The GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. Araujo +113
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- decay in Ge using isotopically enriched high purity germanium detectors at the Labor…
Improved limit on neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge from GERDA Phase II
M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata +105
The GERDA experiment searches for the lepton number violating neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge (Ge Se + 2e) operating bare Ge diodes with…
Morphological phase transitions of thin fluid films on chemically structured substrates
C. Bauer, S. Dietrich, A. O. Parry
Using an interface displacement model derived from a microscopic density functional theory we investigate thin liquidlike wetting layers adsorbed on flat substrates with an embedde…
NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists
E. F. Redish, C. Bauer, K. L. Carleton +15
In response to increasing calls for the reform of the undergraduate science curriculum for life science majors and pre-medical students (Bio2010, Scientific Foundations for Future…
Observation of excited Lambda_b0 baryons
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +615
Using pp collision data corresponding to 1.0 fb-1 integrated luminosity collected by the LHCb detector, two narrow states are observed in the Lambda_b0pi+pi- spectrum with masses 5…
First observation of the decay Bc+ to J/psi pi+pi-pi+
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +592
The decay Bc+ --> J/psi pi+pi-pi+ is observed for the first time, using 0.8 fb-1 of pp collisions at sqrt{s}=7 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. The ratio of branching fraction…
Measurements of the branching fractions of the decays and
The LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +592
The decay mode $\B^{0}_{s} \to D^{\mp}_{s} K^{\pm} $ allows for one of the theoretically cleanest measurements of the CKM angle through the study of time-dependent $\ensuremat…
Observation of X(3872) production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)= 7 TeV
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +585
Using 34.7 pb-1 of data collected with the LHCb detector, the inclusive production of the X(3872) meson in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is observed for the first time. Candidat…
First evidence of direct CP violation in charmless two-body decays of Bs mesons
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +591
Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.35 collected by LHCb in 2011, we report the first evidence of CP violation in the decays of $B…
Measurement of the isospin asymmetry in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +615
The isospin asymmetries of decays and the partial branching fractions of and are measured as a function of th…
Quantitative study of laterally inhomogeneous wetting films
C. Bauer, S. Dietrich
Based on a microscopic density functional theory we calculate the internal structure of the three-phase contact line between liquid, vapor, and a confining wall as well as the morp…
First observation of Bs -> J/psi f0(980) decays
The LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +545
Using data collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, the hadronic decay Bs -> J/psi f0(980) is observed. This CP eigenstate…
Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)
F. Acero, B. S. Acharya, V. AcÃn Portella +1137
List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea.
The background in the neutrinoless double beta decay experiment GERDA
The GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, M. Allardt +111
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) of INFN is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge. The signature of th…
Measurement of the polarization amplitudes and triple product asymmetries in the B_s^0 -> phi phi decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +592
Using 1.0 fb^{-1} of pp collision data collected at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt{s}=7 TeV with the LHCb detector, measurements of the polarization amplitudes, strong phase diffe…
Measurement of the B+- production cross-section in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV
The LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +594
The production of B+- mesons in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV is studied using 35 pb-1 of data collected by the LHCb detector. The B+- mesons are reconstructed exclusiv…
The Discovery Potential of a Super B Factory
JoAnne. L. Hewett, David G. Hitlin, T. Abe +96
The Proceedings of the 2003 SLAC Workshops on flavor physics with a high luminosity asymmetric e+e- collider. The sensitivity of flavor physics to physics beyond the Standard Model…
First observation of the decay and a measurement of the ratio of branching fractions
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +578
The first observation of the decay using data collected by the LHCb detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated l…
The GERDA experiment for the search of 0νββ decay in ^{76}Ge
GERDA Collaboration, K. -H. Ackermann, M. Agostini +136
The GERDA collaboration is performing a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of ^{76}Ge with the eponymous detector. The experiment has been installed and commissioned at the…
An improved limit on the neutrinoless double-electron capture of Ar with GERDA
GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +110
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment operated enriched high-purity germanium detectors in a liquid argon cryostat, which contains 0.33% of Ar, a candidate isotope…
Observation of pair production in pp collisions at
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +567
The production of pairs in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV has been observed using an integrated luminosity of collected with the…
Improvement of the Energy Resolution via an Optimized Digital Signal Processing in GERDA Phase I
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, A. M. Bakalyarov +111
An optimized digital shaping filter has been developed for the GERDA experiment which searches for neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge. The GERDA Phase I energy calibration data…
Measurement of the inclusive phi cross-section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +551
The cross-section for inclusive phi meson production in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV has been measured with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Col…
Evidence for CP violation in time-integrated D0 -> h-h+ decay rates
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +586
A search for time-integrated CP violation in D0 -> h-h+ (h=K, pi) decays is presented using 0.62 fb^-1 of data collected by LHCb in 2011. The flavor of the charm meson is determine…
FlashCam: a fully-digital camera for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
G. Pühlhofer, C. Bauer, S. Bernhard +31
The FlashCam group is currently preparing photomultiplier-tube based cameras proposed for the medium-sized telescopes (MST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The cameras are…
decay of Ge into excited states with GERDA Phase I
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, A. M. Bakalyarov +113
Two neutrino double beta decay of Ge to excited states of Se has been studied using data from Phase I of the GERDA experiment. An array composed of up to 14 germanium…
Measurement of the half-life of the two-neutrino double beta decay of Ge-76 with the Gerda experiment
GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, M. Allardt +110
The primary goal of the GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN is the search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge-76…
Observation of Bs -> J/Ïf'2(1525) in J/ÏK+K- final states
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +583
The decay Bs -> J/ÏK+ K- is investigated using 0.16/fb of data collected with the LHCb detector using 7 TeV pp collisions. Although the J/ÏÏ channel is well known, final states…
Qualification Tests of 474 Photomultiplier Tubes for the Inner Detector of the Double Chooz Experiment
C. Bauer, E. Borger, R. Hofacker +9
The hemispherical 10" photomultiplier tube (PMT) R7081 from Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (HPK) is used in various experiments in particle and astroparticle physics. We describe the tes…
Measurement of the effective lifetime
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +616
A precise determination of the effective lifetime can be used to constrain contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model in the meson sys…
Measurement of the ratio of prompt to production in collisions at TeV
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +591
The prompt production of charmonium and states is studied in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. T…
Measurement of mixing and CP violation parameters in two-body charm decays
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +585
A study of mixing and indirect CP violation in D0 mesons through the determination of the parameters y_CP and A_Î is presented. The parameter y_CP is the deviation from unity of t…
Measurement of J/psi production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +543
The production of J/psi mesons in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector at the LHC. The differential cross-section for prompt J/psi production…
Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of the decay
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +585
The angular distributions and the partial branching fraction of the decay are studied using an integrated luminosity of of data…
Calibration of the GERDA experiment
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. R. Araujo +109
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- decay in Ge with an array of about 40 high-purity isotopically-enriched germanium de…
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions BR(B0 -> K*0 gamma)/BR(Bs0 -> phi gamma) and the direct CP asymmetry in B0 -> K*0 gamma
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +621
The ratio of branching fractions of the radiative B decays B0 -> K*0 gamma and Bs0 phi gamma has been measured using an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb-1 of pp collision data colle…
Probing Majorana neutrinos with double- decay
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov +111
A discovery that neutrinos are not the usual Dirac but Majorana fermions, i.e. identical to their antiparticles, would be a manifestation of new physics with profound implications…
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions BR(B0 -> K*0 gamma)/BR(Bs0 -> phi gamma)
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +594
The ratio of branching fractions of the radiative B decays B0 -> K*0 gamma and Bs0 -> phi gamma has been measured using 0.37 fb-1 of pp collisions at a centre of mass energy of sqr…
Observation of CP violation in B+ to DK+ decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +589
An analysis of B+ to DK+ and B+ to Dpi+ decays is presented where the D meson is reconstructed in the two-body final states: K+pi-, K+K-, pi+pi- and pi+K-. Using 1.0 fb-1 of LHCb d…
Extracting RABBITT-like phase information from time-dependent transient absorption spectra
J. Jakob, C. Bauer, M. -J. Ilhan +5
We explore how the spectral phase of atto\-second pulse trains influences the optical cross section in transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy. The interaction of extreme ultraviole…
Prompt K_short production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=0.9 TeV
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +627
The production of K_short mesons in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 0.9 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The luminosity of the analys…
Analysis of the resonant components in Bs->J/ÏÏ+Ï-
The LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +592
The decay Bs->J/ÏÏ+Ï- can be exploited to study CP violation. A detailed understanding of its structure is imperative in order to optimize its usefulness. An analysis of this th…
Absolute luminosity measurements with the LHCb detector at the LHC
The LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +571
Absolute luminosity measurements are of general interest for colliding-beam experiments at storage rings. These measurements are necessary to determine the absolute cross-sections…
Phase diagram for morphological transitions of wetting films on chemically structured substrates
C. Bauer, S. Dietrich
Using an interface displacement model we calculate the shapes of thin liquidlike films adsorbed on flat substrates containing a chemical stripe. We determine the entire phase diagr…
Measurements of the Branching fractions for and
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +566
Branching fractions of the decays relative to are presented, where () represents B^0-bar(), (), B_s^0-bar ($D_s…
Results on neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge from GERDA Phase I
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, E. Andreotti +112
Neutrinoless double beta decay is a process that violates lepton number conservation. It is predicted to occur in extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. This Letter…
Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA
GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov +103
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment located at the INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory (Italy), is looking for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge76, by using high-purity g…
Search for the in-situ production of Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment
M. Agostini, A. Alexander, G. Araujo +108
The beta decay of Ge and Ge, both produced by neutron capture on Ge, is a potential background for Germanium based neutrinoless double-beta decay sea…
Strong constraints on the rare decays Bs -> mu+ mu- and B0 -> mu+ mu-
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +607
A search for Bs -> mu+ mu- and B0 -> mu+ mu- decays is performed using 1.0 fb^-1 of pp collision data collected at \sqrt{s}=7 TeV with the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Colli…
Measurement of b-hadron masses
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +583
Measurements of b-hadron masses are performed with the exclusive decay modes B+ -> J/psi K+, B0 -> J/psi K*0, B0 -> J/psi K0S, B0_s -> J/psi phi and Lambda_b -> J/psi Lambda using…
The structure of low-lying states in Sm studied by Coulomb excitation
M. Klintefjord, K. HadyÅska-KlÈ©k, A. Görgen +41
The electromagnetic structure of Sm was studied in a low-energy Coulomb excitation experiment with a radioactive ion beam from the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN. The an…
Measurement of the branching fraction
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +594
The branching fraction is measured in a data sample corresponding to 0.41 of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector at the LHC. This c…
Searches for Majorana neutrinos in B- decays
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +589
Searches for heavy Majorana neutrinos in B- decays in final states containing hadrons plus a μ- μ- pair have been performed using 0.41/fb of data collected with the LHCb detector…
LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report
LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, I. Abt +261
We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one…
Measurement of sigma(pp -> b anti-b X) at \sqrt(s)=7 TeV in the forward region
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +628
Decays of b hadrons into final states containing a D0 meson and a muon are used to measure the b anti-b production cross-section in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass ene…
Search for exotic physics in double- decays with GERDA Phase II
The GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +111
A search for Beyond the Standard Model double- decay modes of Ge has been performed with data collected during the Phase II of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) exper…
Characterization of 30 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov +112
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double beta decay o…
Measurement of the fraction of \Y1S originating from \chib1P decays in collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7\tev$
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +616
The production of \chib1P mesons in collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $7\tev$ is studied using $32\invpb$ of data collected with the \lhcb detector. The $\chib1P$ meson…
Measurement of the CP-violating phase phi_s in the decay Bs->J/psi phi
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +585
We present a measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B_s -> J/psi phi decays, using data collected with the LHCb detector at the LHC. The decay time distributio…
Characterization of inverted coaxial Ge detectors in GERDA for future double- decay experiments
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. R. Araujo +108
Neutrinoless double- decay of Ge is searched for with germanium detectors where source and detector of the decay are identical. For the success of future experiments it…
Results on decay with emission of two neutrinos or Majorons in Ge from GERDA Phase I
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, A. M. Bakalyarov +109
A search for neutrinoless decay processes accompanied with Majoron emission has been performed using data collected during Phase I of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) ex…
Search for the rare decays Bs -> mu+ mu- and B0 -> mu+ mu-
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +590
A search for the decays Bs -> mu+ mu- and B0 -> mu+ mu- is performed with 0.37 fb^-1 of pp collisions at sqrt{s} = 7 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011. The upper limits…
Background free search for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA Phase II
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, A. M. Bakalyarov +113
The Standard Model of particle physics cannot explain the dominance of matter over anti-matter in our Universe. In many model extensions this is a very natural consequence of neutr…
Observation of double charm production involving open charm in pp collisions at =7 TeV
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +589
The production of mesons accompanied by open charm, and of pairs of open charm hadrons are observed in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV using an integrated…
Measurement of Upsilon production in pp collisions at \sqrt{s} = 7 TeV
The LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +594
The production of Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) mesons in proton-proton collisions at the centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s)=7 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector. The a…
First observation of the decay
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +621
A discovery of the rare decay is presented. This decay is observed for the first time, with 5.2 significance. The observation is made…
Measurement of -hadron branching fractions for two-body decays into charmless charged hadrons
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +589
Based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.37 fb^-1 collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011, the following ratios of branching fractions are measured: B(B0 -> pi…
Trigger performance verification of the FlashCam prototype camera
S. Sailer, F. Werner, G. Hermann +33
FlashCam is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We compare camera trigger rates obtained from measurements with the camera pro…
Measurement of the branching fraction and angular amplitudes
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +616
A search for the decay with is performed with 0.37 fb of collisions at = 7 TeV collected by the LH…
Production, characterization and operation of Ge enriched BEGe detectors in GERDA
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, E. Andreotti +109
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS) searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) of Ge. Germanium detectors mad…
A Trigger and Readout Scheme for future Cherenkov Telescope Arrays
G. Hermann, C. Bauer, C. Foehr +3
The next generation of ground-based gamma-ray observatories, such as e.g. CTA, will consist of about 50-100 telescopes, and cameras with in total ~100000 to ~200000 channels. The t…
The CKM Matrix and the Unitarity Triangle
M. Battaglia, A. J. Buras, P. Gambino +37
This report contains the results of the Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, held at CERN on 13-16 February 2002 to study the determination of the CKM matrix from the available…
Limit on the Radiative Neutrinoless Double Electron Capture of Ar from GERDA Phase I
M. Agostini, M. Allardt, A. M. Bakalyarov +115
Neutrinoless double electron capture is a process that, if detected, would give evidence of lepton number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. A search for neutrinoless…
Search for tri-nucleon decays of Ge in GERDA
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +111
We search for tri-nucleon decays of Ge in the dataset from the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment. Decays that populate excited levels of the daughter nucleus above…
Final Results of GERDA on the Two-Neutrino Double- Decay Half-Life of Ge
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +116
We present the measurement of the two-neutrino double- decay rate of Ge performed with the GERDA Phase II experiment. With a subset of the entire GERDA exposure, 11.8 kg…
Search for CP violation in decays
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +573
A model-independent search for direct CP violation in the Cabibbo suppressed decay in a sample of approximately 370,000 decays is carried out. The data were c…
Measurement of the CP-violating phase Ïs in Bs->J/ÏÏ+Ï- decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +592
Measurement of the mixing-induced CP-violating phase phi_s in Bs decays is of prime importance in probing new physics. Here 7421 +/- 105 signal events from the dominantly CP-odd fi…
Measurement of the Bs effective lifetime in the J/psi f0(980) final state
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +618
The effective lifetime of the Bs meson in the decay mode Bs->J/Ïf0(980) is measured using 1.0/fb of data collected in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the LHCb detector. The…
Measurements of the branching fractions and CP asymmetries of B+ to J/psi pi+ and B+ to psi(2S) pi+ decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +589
A study of B+ to J/psi pi+ and B+ to psi(2S) pi+ decays is performed with data corresponding to 0.37 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV. Their branching fractions ar…
Measurement of the B^0_s - \bar{B}^0_s oscillation frequency Delta m_s in B^0_s -> D_s^-(3) pi decays
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +579
The B^0_s-\bar{B}^0_s oscillation frequency Delta m_s is measured with 36 pb^{-1} of data collected in pp collisions at \sqrt{s} = 7 TeV by the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron…
Opposite-side flavour tagging of B mesons at the LHCb experiment
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +594
The calibration and performance of the opposite-side flavour tagging algorithms used for the measurements of time-dependent asymmetries at the LHCb experiment are described. The al…
Inclusive and production in the forward region at TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +606
Measurements of inclusive and boson production cross-sections in collisions at TeV using final states containing muons are presented. The data sample corr…
Wetting-induced effective interaction potential between spherical particles
C. Bauer, T. Bieker, S. Dietrich
Using a density functional based interface displacement model we determine the effective interaction potential between two spherical particles which are immersed in a homogeneous f…
Roadmap for selected key measurements of LHCb
The LHCb Collaboration, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +509
Six of the key physics measurements that will be made by the LHCb experiment, concerning CP asymmetries and rare B decays, are discussed in detail. The "road map" towards the preci…
Determination of the sign of the decay width difference in the B_s system
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +594
The interference between the K+K- S-wave and P-wave amplitudes in B_s -> J/psi K+K- decays with the K+K- pairs in the region around the phi(1020) resonance is used to determine the…
Measurement of prompt hadron production ratios in collisions at 0.9 and 7 TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +619
The charged-particle production ratios , , , , and are measured…
Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment
The LEGEND Collaboration, H. Acharya, M. Agostini +259
This paper describes the energy scale procedures and germanium detectors performance in the LEGEND-200 experiment, a critical component for the first unblinding in the search for n…
FlashCam: A fully digital camera for CTA telescopes
G. Pühlhofer, C. Bauer, A. Biland +20
The future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of several tens of telescopes of different mirror sizes. CTA will provide next generation sensitivity to very high energy ph…
Measurement of b hadron production fractions in 7 TeV pp collisions
The LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +587
Measurements of hadron production ratios in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 3 pb are presented. We study th…
Upgrade for Phase II of the GERDA Experiment
M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata +111
The GERDA collaboration is performing a sensitive search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The upgrade of the…
The first search for bosonic super-WIMPs with masses up to 1 MeV/c with GERDA
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov +106
We present the first search for bosonic super-WIMPs as keV-scale dark matter candidates performed with the GERDA experiment. GERDA is a neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment wh…
Final Results of GERDA on the Search for Neutrinoless Double- Decay
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. R. Araujo +112
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment searched for the lepton-number-violating neutrinoless double- () decay of Ge, whose discovery would have far-rea…
CTA Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015)
The CTA Consortium, :, A. Abchiche +1305
List of contributions from the CTA Consortium presented at the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands.