Publications (17)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 $\sqrt{s…
Determination of f_s/f_d for 7 TeV pp collisions and a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay Bd->D-K+
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +548
The relative abundance of the three decay modes , and produced in 7 TeV collisions at the LHC is determined from data…
Absolute luminosity measurements with the LHCb detector at the LHC
The LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +571
Absolute luminosity measurements are of general interest for colliding-beam experiments at storage rings. These measurements are necessary to determine the absolute cross-sections…
Measurements of the Branching fractions for and
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +566
Branching fractions of the decays relative to are presented, where () represents B^0-bar(), (), B_s^0-bar ($D_s…
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…
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…
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…
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…