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Publications (17)

hep-ex2012

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…

hep-ex2011

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…

hep-ex2012

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…

hep-ex2010

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2007

STM and ab initio study of holmium nanowires on a Ge(111) Surface

C. Eames, C. Bonet, E. W. Perkins +2

A nanorod structure has been observed on the Ho/Ge(111) surface using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The rods do not require patterning of the surface or defects such as step…

hep-ex2011

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…

hep-ex2011

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…

hep-ex2010

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…

hep-ex2011

First observation of Bs -> D_{s2}^{*+} X mu nu decays

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +586

Using data collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, the semileptonic decays Bs -> Ds+ X mu nu and Bs -> D0 K+ X mu nu are d…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of production ratios in collisions at and 7\,TeV

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +547

The and production ratios are measured by the LHCb detector from of collisions delivered by the LHC at $\sqrt{s…

hep-ex2011

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…

hep-ex2012

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…

hep-ex2011

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2007

Quantitative LEED I-V and ab initio study of the Si(111)-3x2-Sm surface structure and the missing half order spots in the 3x1 diffraction pattern

C. Eames, M. I. J. Probert, S. P. Tear

We have used Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) I-V analysis and ab initio calculations to quantitatively determine the honeycomb chain model structure for the Si(111)-3x2-Sm s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2008

Medium-energy ion-scattering study of strained holmium silicide nanoislands grown on silicon (100)

T. J. Wood, C. Eames, C. Bonet +4

We have used medium-energy ion scattering (MEIS) to quantitatively analyze the structure of holmium silicide islands grown on the Si(100) surface. Structure fitting to the experime…

hep-ex2010

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…

hep-ex2011

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…