Publications (398)
Characterization and performance of an upgraded front-end-board for NectarCAM
F. Bradascio, F. Brun, F. Cangemi +17
This paper presents an analysis of the updated version of the Front-End Board (FEB) for the NectarCAM camera, developed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). The FE…
Test of lepton universality with decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +904
The ratio of branching fractions of the decays and , , is measured for the first time using proton-p…
A model-independent confirmation of the state
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +723
The decay is analyzed using of collision data collected with the LHCb detector. A model-independent description of the mass…
Measurement of the CP-violating phase in decays and limits on penguin effects
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697
Time-dependent CP violation is measured in the channel for each resonant final state using data collected with an integrated luminosity of…
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…
Search for decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +905
Searches are performed for both prompt-like and long-lived dark photons, , produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. These searches look for $A…
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…
Search for the lepton flavour violating decay using decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +904
A search is presented for the lepton flavour violating decay using a sample of proton--proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13…
Angular analysis of the decay in the low- region
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +703
An angular analysis of the decay is performed using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 ${\mbox{fb}^{-1}}$, collected b…
Evidence for the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +788
A search for the decay is presented using data sets corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.6 of integrated luminosity co…
Measurement of differential - and -dijet cross-sections in the forward region of collisions at
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +975
The inclusive - and -dijet production cross-sections in the forward region of collisions are measured using a data sample collected with the LHCb detecto…
Measurement of violation in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +704
Measurements are presented of the violation observables and in the decays of and mesons to the final state. The data sample corres…
Amplitude analysis of decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763
The Dalitz plot analysis technique is used to study the resonant substructures of decays in a data sample corresponding to 3.0 of $p…
Model-independent measurement of the CKM angle using decays with and
R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta, B. Adeva +727
A binned Dalitz plot analysis of the decays , with and , is performed to measure the observables $x_\pm…
Measurement of forward , and production in collisions at TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767
The production of , and is studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 Te…
Observation of the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +730
The decay is observed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0fb recorded by the LHCb experiment. The decay proceeds at leading order via…
Observation of a new baryon state in the mass spectrum
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +905
A new baryon state is observed in the mass spectrum with high significance using a data sample of collisions, collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-ma…
Model-independent measurement of mixing parameters in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +724
The first model-independent measurement of the charm mixing parameters in the decay is reported, using a sample of collision data recorded by the LHCb…
Observation of several sources of violation in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +868
Observations are reported of different sources of violation from an amplitude analysis of decays, based on a data sample corresponding to an integrate…
Measurement of forward top pair production in the dilepton channel in collisions at TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +791
Forward top quark pair production is studied in collisions in the final state using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.93 fb collected…
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…
Study of the rare and decays into the final state
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +699
A search for the rare decays and is performed in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb colle…
Challenges and strategies in verification of FastRICH ASIC for the LHCb RICH detector
M. Lupi, R. Ballabriga, F. N. Bandi +13
The FastRICH ASIC provides high-precision, triggerless readout for the LS3 Enhancements and Upgrades II of the LHCb RICH detector. The demands of continuous data acquisition and va…
Observation of the decay in the mass region
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +828
The decay mode is observed and its branching fraction relative to the corresponding decay mode, in a $\pm 15 \textrm{MeV}/…
Observation of the decays and
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +776
The first observation of the decays and is reported using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of fb$…
Measurement of forward production in collisions at TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763
A measurement of the cross-section for production in collisions is presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of fb collected by th…
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…
Measurement of the baryon lifetime
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +834
We report a measurement of the lifetime of the baryon using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8~TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosi…
Measurement of indirect asymmetries in and decays using semileptonic decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +707
Time-dependent asymmetries in the decay rates of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays and are measured in collision data…
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…
Search for the rare decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +792
A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay is reported using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of collect…
Measurement of the polarizations in collisions at =7 and 8TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +801
The polarization of the , and mesons, produced in collisions at centre-of-mass energies =7 and 8TeV, is measured using data samples collect…
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.
Measurement of the production cross-section in pp collisions at 7 and 13 TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +796
The production of mesons is studied in collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 13 TeV, using decays and data samples correspo…
Angular analysis and differential branching fraction of the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722
An angular analysis and a measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay are presented, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity o…
Measurement of the exclusive production cross-section in collisions at 7 TeV and 8 TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705
A study is presented of central exclusive production of states, where the resonances decay to the final state, using collision data recorded by th…
Study of boson production in association with beauty and charm
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722
The associated production of a boson with a jet originating from either a light parton or heavy-flavor quark is studied in the forward region using proton-proton collisions. Th…
Observation of resonances consistent with pentaquark states in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +720
Observations of exotic structures in the channel, that we refer to as pentaquark-charmonium states, in decays are presented. The data sample correspon…
Observation of the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +903
Using proton-proton collision data, collected with the LHCb detector and corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.9fb of integrated luminosity at the centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8,…
Measurements of prompt charm production cross-sections in collisions at
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +724
Production cross-sections of prompt charm mesons are measured with the first data from collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of . The data sample…
Application of large area SiPMs for the readout of a plastic scintillator based timing detector
C. Betancourt, A. Blondel, R. Brundler +10
In this study an array of eight 6 mm x 6 mm area SiPMs was coupled to the end of a long plastic scintillator counter which was exposed to a 2.5 GeV/c muon beam at the CERN PS. Timi…
Search for decays to two charm mesons
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +791
A search for decays of mesons to two charm mesons is performed for the first time using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb, collected by the LH…
Search for the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705
A search for decays is performed using of collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. Th…
Observation of a narrow pentaquark state, , and of two-peak structure of the
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +866
A narrow pentaquark state, , decaying to is discovered with a statistical significance of in a data sample of decays which is a…
First observation and measurement of the branching fraction for the decay
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697
The first observation of the decay is reported using 3.0 of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment. The …
Measurement of the time-integrated asymmetry in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722
The time-integrated asymmetry in the decay is measured using of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-ma…
Measurement of the mass difference between neutral charm-meson eigenstates
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +842
We report a measurement of the mass difference between neutral charm-meson eigenstates using a novel approach that enhances sensitivity to this parameter. We use $…
Amplitude analysis of the decays and measurement of the branching fraction of the decay
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +844
The and decays are studied using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3…
Forward production of mesons in collisions at and 8TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +720
The production of mesons in collisions at and is studied with the LHCb detector using data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity o…
Measurement of the pair production cross-section in collisions at
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763
The production cross-section of pairs is measured using a data sample of collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 13 \,{\ma…
Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in $Z/γ^{\ast} \rightarrow μ^{+}μ^{-}$ decays and determination of the effective weak mixing angle
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722
The forward-backward charge asymmetry for the process $q\bar{q} \rightarrow Z/γ^{\ast} \rightarrow μ^{+}μ^{-}$ is measured as a function of the invariant mass of the dimuon syst…
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…
First measurement of charm production in fixed-target configuration at the LHC
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +834
The first measurement of heavy-flavour production by the LHCb experiment in its fixed-target mode is presented. The production of and mesons is studied with beams of p…
First observation of the decay in the - region of the dimuon mass spectrum
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +730
A study of the decay is performed using data collected by the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 T…
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…
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…
Observation of the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +703
The first observation of the decay is reported. The study is based on a sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to of integrated lum…
Physics case for an LHCb Upgrade II - Opportunities in flavour physics, and beyond, in the HL-LHC era
LHCb collaboration, I. Bediaga, M. Cruz Torres +828
The LHCb Upgrade II will fully exploit the flavour-physics opportunities of the HL-LHC, and study additional physics topics that take advantage of the forward acceptance of the LHC…
Measurement of CP violation in the decay and search for the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +868
A measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in decays is presented. Using a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integra…
Measurement of the inelastic cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy of 13\,TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +782
The cross-section for inelastic proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13\,TeV is measured with the LHCb detector. The fiducial cross-section for inelastic interact…
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…
Search for the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763
A search for the charmless decay is performed using collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of and TeV…
Evidence for exotic hadron contributions to decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +739
A full amplitude analysis of decays is performed with a data sample acquired with the LHCb detector from 7 and 8 TeV collisions, corresponding to an in…
Measurement of the branching fraction and effective lifetime and search for decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +771
A search for the rare decays and is performed at the LHCb experiment using data collected in collisions corresponding to a total integrated…
First observation of the decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +713
A search for decays is performed using collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of , collected…
Measurements of asymmetries in charmless four-body and decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +841
A search for violation in charmless four-body decays of and baryons with a proton and three charged mesons in the final state is performed. To cancel out produ…
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Large Size Telescope
G. Ambrosi, Y. Awane, H. Baba +129
The two arrays of the Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will include four Large Size Telescopes (LSTs) each with a 23 m diameter dish and 28 m…
Study of the production of and hadrons in collisions and first measurement of the branching fraction
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722
The product of the () differential production cross-section and the branching fraction of the decay ($\overline{B}^0\rightarro…
Measurement of production in proton-proton collisions at TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +821
A measurement of production cross-section is presented using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb, from collisions at $\sqrt{s…
Observation of an excited state
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +848
Using collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of , and…
Study of correlations in high energy proton-proton collisions
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +802
Kinematic correlations for pairs of beauty hadrons, produced in high energy proton-proton collisions, are studied. The data sample used was collected with the LHCb experiment at ce…
Search for the doubly charmed baryon
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abelán Beteta +905
A search for the doubly charmed baryon is performed through its decay to the final state, using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb…
Measurement of the branching fraction and asymmetry in decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +844
The branching fraction and direct asymmetry of the decay are measured using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at ce…
Search for structure in the invariant mass spectrum
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +761
The invariant mass distribution is investigated in order to search for possible exotic meson states. The analysis is based on a data sample recorded with the LHCb det…
Amplitude analysis of decays
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +843
The first untagged decay-time-integrated amplitude analysis of decays is performed using a sample corresponding to $3.0\,…
Measurement of the inelastic cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy of TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +699
The cross-section for inelastic proton-proton collisions, with at least one prompt long-lived charged particle of transverse momentum GeV/ in the pseudorapidity…
Prompt K_short production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=0.9 TeV
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +627
The production of K_short mesons in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 0.9 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The luminosity of the analys…
Search for decays of neutral beauty mesons into four muons
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +768
A search for the non-resonant decays and is presented. The measurement is performed using th…
Measurement of antiproton production in collisions at GeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +839
The cross-section for prompt antiproton production in collisions of protons with an energy of TeV incident on helium nuclei at rest is measured with the LHCb experiment from…
Improved limit on the branching fraction of the rare decay
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767
A search for the decay is performed, based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{…
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +755
The ratio of branching fractions is measured with collision data collected by the…
Measurement of variation with proton-proton collision energy and -meson kinematics
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +903
The ratio of the and fragmentation fractions and is studied with and $B^+\to\mathrm…
Observation of decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +764
A search for the decays and is performed with data collected at the LHCb experiment corresponding to an integrated lumi…
Measurement of the forward boson production cross-section in collisions at = 7 TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705
A measurement of the production cross-section for bosons that decay to muons is presented. The data were recorded by the LHCb detector during collisions at a centre-of-mas…
Precision measurement of violation in decays
R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +696
The time-dependent asymmetry in decays is measured using collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of fb, collected wit…
Search for long-lived particles decaying to jet pairs
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +699
A search is presented for long-lived particles with a mass between 25 and 50 GeV and a lifetime between 1 and 200 ps in a sample of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-ma…
Measurement of observables in the process with two- and four-body decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +876
Measurements of observables in decays are presented, where represents a superposition of and states. The meson is reconstructed i…
Near-threshold spectroscopy and observation of a new charmonium state
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +846
Using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9, collected with the~LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018, a new narrow charmonium state,…
Search for long-lived particles decaying to
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +975
Long-lived particles decaying to , with masses between 7 and GeV/c and lifetimes between 2 and ps, are searched for by looking at displaced vertices…
Differential branching fraction and angular moments analysis of the decay in the region
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +762
Measurements of the differential branching fraction and angular moments of the decay in the invariant mass range $1330<m(K^+ Ï^-)<1530~MeV/c…
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…
Observation of enhanced double parton scattering in proton-lead collisions at TeV
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +992
A study of prompt charm-hadron pair production in proton-lead collisions at TeV is performed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of ab…
Measurement of the angular distribution and the polarisation in collisions
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +912
This paper presents an analysis of the angular distribution and the transverse production polarisation of baryons in proton-proton collisions at…
First experimental study of photon polarization in radiative decays
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +765
The polarization of photons produced in radiative decays is studied for the first time. The data are recorded by the LHCb experiment in collisions corresponding to…
Observation of decays and precision measurements of the masses
LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +843
The first observation of the decays is reported, using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.2{\text{\,fb}…
Study of production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +732
The production of mesons is studied in dimuon final states using proton-lead collision data collected by the LHCb detector. The data sample corresponds to an integrated lu…
Constraints on the branching fraction
LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +901
A search for the decay is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of …