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Observation of excited $I^c ◯_{c}^{0}$ baryons in $I^c ◯_{b}^{-} \to I^_{c}^{+} K^{-} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +959

The first observation of the $I^c ◯_{b}^{-} \to I^_{c}^{+} K^{-} I ¨ ^{-}$ decay is reported using $pp$ collision data at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13\, $TeV$ collected by the LHC…

Measurement of $C P$ violation observables in $D^{+} \to K^{-} K^{+} I ¨ ^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1112

A search for violation of the charge-parity $C P$ symmetry in the $D^{+} \to K^{-} K^{+} I ¨ ^{+}$ decay is presented, with proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated…

Study of charmonium production via the decay to $p p ˉ$ at $s = 13 T e V$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1063

Charmonium production cross-section in proton-proton collisions is measured at the centre-of-mass energy $s = 13 T e V$ using decays to $p p ˉ$ final state. The study is per…

Observation of the open-charm tetraquark candidate $T_{cs 0}^{*} (2870)^{0}$ in the $B^{-} \to D^{-} D^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1133

An amplitude analysis of $B^{-} \to D^{-} D^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9\,\text{fb}^…

Measurements of the branching fraction ratio $B (I ¨ \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}) / B (I ¨ \to e^{+} e^{-})$ with charm meson decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1083

Measurements of the branching fraction ratio $B (I ¨ \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}) / B (I ¨ \to e^{+} e^{-})$ with $D_{s}^{+} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ $ and $D^{+} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ $ decays, denoted $R^{s}_…

Search for the rare decay of charmed baryon $I^_{c}^{+}$ into $p I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ final state

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1066

A search for the nonresonant $I^_{c}^{+} \to p I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the LHCb experiment, co…

Angular analysis of $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays and search for $C P$ violation

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1003

The first full angular analysis and an updated measurement of the decay-rate $C P$ asymmetry of the $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays are reported. The…

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1119

A measurement of the $C P$ -violating parameters in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays is reported, based on the analysis of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb expe…

Study of $D_{s 1} (2460)^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ in $B \to D ˉ^{(*)} D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1129

An amplitude analysis of the $D_{s 1} (2460)^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ transition is performed simultaneously in $B^{0} \to D^{-} D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ , $B^{+}\to{\bar{D}}^{0} D_{s}…

Amplitude analysis and branching fraction measurement of $B^{+} \to D^{*-} D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1060

The decays of the $B^{+}$ meson to the final state $D^{*-} D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{+}$ are studied in proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies o…

Tracking of charged particles with nanosecond lifetimes at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1063

A method is presented to reconstruct charged particles with lifetimes between 10 ps and 10 ns, which considers a combination of their decay products and the partial tracks created…

Study of $Z$ bosons produced in association with charm in the forward region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +994

Events containing a $Z$ boson and a charm jet are studied for the first time in the forward region of proton-proton collisions. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated lu…

Searches for rare $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ decays into four muons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +997

Searches for rare $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ decays into four muons are performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosi…

Observation of the decay $I^_{b}^{0} \to I ¨ _{c 1} p I ¨ ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +945

The Cabibbo-suppressed decay $I^_{b}^{0} \to I ¨ _{c 1} p I ¨ ^{-}$ is observed for the first time using data from proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6f…

Improved branching-fraction measurements of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{^{'} -}$ decays and first observation of $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1123

This paper presents a study of the charmless three-body decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{' -}$ (where $h^{(')} = I ¨ , K$ ), using a sample of $pp$ collision…

Analysis of neutral $B$ -meson decays into two muons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +953

Branching fraction and effective lifetime measurements of the rare decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and searches for the decays $B^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-} I^^{3}$ are reported using…

Precise determination of the B0s-B0sbar oscillation frequency

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +946

Mesons comprising a beauty quark and a strange quark can oscillate between particle (B0s) and antiparticle (B0s) flavour eigenstates, with a frequency given by the mass difference…

First determination of the spin-parity of $I^_{c} (3055)^{+, 0}$ baryons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1112

The $I^_{b}^{0 (-)} \to I^_{c} (3055)^{+ (0)} (\to D^{+ (0)} I^) I ¨ ^{-}$ decay chains are observed, and the spin-parity of $I^_{c} (3055)^{+ (0)}$ baryons is determined for the first time.…

Multiplicity dependence of $I ¨ _{I ¨ (2 S)} / I ¨ _{J / I ¨ }$ in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1087

The ratio of production cross-sections of $I ¨ (2 S)$ over $J / I ¨ $ mesons as a function of charged-particle multiplicity in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s…

Observation of $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{-} \to I^_{c}^{0} D_{s}^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1090

The $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{-} \to I^_{c}^{0} D_{s}^{-}$ decays are observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experime…

Precision measurement of the $I^_{b}^{-}$ baryon lifetime

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1067

A sample of $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.5 fb $^{- 1}$ and collected by the LHCb experiment during LHC Run 2, is used to measure the ratio of t…

Transverse polarization measurement of $I^$ hyperons in $p$ Ne collisions at $s_{N N}$ = 68.4 GeV with the $\mbox{LHCb}$ detector

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1068

A measurement of the transverse polarization of the $I^$ and $I^ˉ $ hyperons in $p$ Ne fixed-target collisions at $s_{N N}$ = 68.4 GeV is presented using data collected by t…

New measurements of $B_{c}^{+}$ decays into single charm final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1147

Using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9 fb^{- 1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment, searches are performed for $B_{c}^{+}$ mesons d…

Enhanced production of $I^_{b}^{0}$ baryons in high-multiplicity $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1085

The production rate of $I^_{b}^{0}$ baryons relative to $B^{0}$ mesons in $pp$ collisions at a center-of-mass energy $s = 13$ TeV is measured by the LHCb experiment. The rat…

First measurement of the $Z \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ angular coefficients in the forward region of $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +999

The first study of the angular distribution of $I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ pairs produced in the forward rapidity region via the Drell-Yan reaction $pp \rightarrow Î³^{*}/Z +X \rightarrow l^+ l^-…

Momentum scale calibration of the LHCb spectrometer

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1076

For accurate determination of particle masses accurate knowledge of the momentum scale of the detectors is crucial. The procedure used to calibrate the momentum scale of the LHCb s…

Measurement of the effective leptonic weak mixing angle

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1120

Using $pp$ collision data at $s = 13$ TeV, recorded by the LHCb experiment between 2016 and 2018 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4$ fb $^{- 1}$ , the forward-…

Measurement of the photon polarization in $I^_{b} \to I^ I^^{3}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +994

The photon polarization in $b \to s I^^{3}$ transitions is measured for the first time in radiative b-baryon decays exploiting the unique spin structure of $I^_{b} \to I^ I^^{3}$ decays. A da…

Search for the decay $B^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +988

A search for the decay $B^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is performed using proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment and correspond…

Measurement of CP violation in the decay $B^{+} \to K^{+} I ¨ ^{0}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +960

A measurement of direct CP violation in the decay $B^{+} \to K^{+} I ¨ ^{0}$ is reported using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 $\textrm{fb}^{-1…

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Coherent photoproduction of $I ¨ ^{0}, I ¨ $ and excited vector mesons in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1132

The invariant-mass distribution for the coherent photoproduction of dipions in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions is measured using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of…

Observation of $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D ˉ^{() 0} K^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1081

The decays $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D ˉ^{(*) 0} K^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{*-}$ are observed for the first time, in proton-proton collision data at $s = 13$ TeV corresponding…

Amplitude analysis of the $I^_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} I ¨ ^{+}$ decay and $I^_{c}^{+}$ baryon polarization measurement in semileptonic beauty hadron decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +999

An amplitude analysis of $I^_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} I ¨ ^{+}$ decays together with a measurement of the $I^_{c}^{+}$ polarization vector in semileptonic beauty hadron decays is presented. A sample of…

Precision measurement of forward $Z$ boson production in proton-proton collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +998

A precision measurement of the $Z$ boson production cross-section at $s = 13$ TeV in the forward region is presented, using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb detecto…

Evidence for $B^{-} \to D^{** 0} I ¨ ^{-} I^½_{I ¨} $ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1132

The first evidence for the decay $B^{-} \to D^{** 0} I ¨ ^{-} I^½_{I ¨} $ is obtained using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an i…

First evidence for direct CP violation in beauty to charmonium decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1131

The $C P$ asymmetry and branching fraction of the CKM-suppressed decay $B^{+} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+}$ are precisely measured relative to the favoured decay $B^+\!\to…

A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ in partially reconstructed $B^{\pm} \to D^{*} h^{\pm}$ decays with $D \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{-}$ $(h = I ¨ , K)$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1081

A measurement of $C P$ -violating observables in $B^{\pm} \to D^{*} K^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to D^{*} I ¨ ^{\pm}$ decays is made where the photon or neutral pion from the $D^{*} \to DÎ…

Constraints on the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ from $B^{\pm} \to D h^{\pm}$ decays using $D \to h^{\pm} h^{' \mp} I ¨ ^{0}$ final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +994

A data sample collected with the LHCb detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb $^{- 1}$ is used to measure eleven $C P$ violation observables in $B^{\pm} \to D h^{\pm}$ de…

Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1059

The first observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{*+} D^{*-}$ decay and the measurement of its branching ratio relative to the $B^{0} \to D^{*+} D^{*-}$ decay are presented. The data sample…

Simultaneous determination of CKM angle $I^^{3}$ and charm mixing parameters

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +994

A combination of measurements sensitive to the $C P$ violation angle $I^^{3}$ of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity triangle and to the charm mixing parameters that describe oscill…

Probing the nature of the $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872)$ state using radiative decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1097

The radiative decays $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) \to I ¨ (2 S) I^^{3}$ and $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) \to J / I ¨ I^^{3}$ are used to probe the~nature of the~ $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872)$ state using proton-proton collisio…

Search for the doubly heavy baryon $I^_{bc}^{+}$ decaying to $J / I ¨ I^_{c}^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +999

A first search for the $I^_{bc}^{+} \to J/ I ¨ I^_{c}^{+}$ decay is performed by the LHCb experiment with a data sample of proton-proton collisions, corresponding to an integr…

Search for the doubly charmed baryon $I^_{cc}^{+}$ in the $I^_{c}^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+}$ final state

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +992

A search for the doubly charmed baryon $I^_{cc}^{+}$ is performed in the $I^_{c}^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+}$ invariant-mass spectrum, where the $I^_{c}^{+}$ baryon is reconstructed…

First observation of the $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1048

The $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+}$ decay is observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ , $8$ …

Observation of an exotic narrow doubly charmed tetraquark

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +994

Conventional hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and quark-antiquark pairs, respectively. The observation of a new type of hadronic state, a doubly…

Search for $C P$ violation in $I^_{b}^{-} \to p K^{-} K^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +956

A search for $C P$ violation in charmless three-body $I^_{b}^{-} \to p K^{-} K^{-}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data recorded with the LHCb detector, corresponding to integrate…

Evidence of a $J / I ¨ Λ$ structure and observation of excited $Ξ^{-}$ states in the $Ξ_{b}^{-} \to J / I ¨ Λ K^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +959

First evidence of a structure in the $J / I ¨ Λ$ invariant mass distribution is obtained from an amplitude analysis of $Ξ_{b}^{-} \to J / I ¨ Λ K^{-}$ decays. The observed…

Search for massive long-lived particles decaying semileptonically at sqrt(s)=13 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +996

A search is performed for massive long-lived particles (LLP) decaying semileptonically into a muon and two quarks. Two kinds of LLP production processes were considered. In the fir…

Measurements of $I ¨ (2 S)$ and $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872)$ production within fully reconstructed jets

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1114

This paper presents the first measurement of $I ¨ (2 S)$ and $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872)$ meson production within fully reconstructed jets. Each quarkonium state (tag) is reconstructed via its d…

A measurement of $I^ I^_{s}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1081

Using a dataset corresponding to $9 fb^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018 in proton-proton collisions, the decay-time di…

First observation of $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^£_{c}^{() ++} D^{() -} K^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1071

The four decays, $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^£_{c}^{(*) ++} D^{(*) -} K^{-}$ , are observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at a cent…

Study of $b$ -hadron decays to $I^_{c}^{+} h^{-} h^{' -}$ final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1075

Decays of $I^_{b}^{-}$ and $I^c ◯_{b}^{-}$ baryons to $I^_{c}^{+} h^{-} h^{' -}$ final states, with $h^{-} h^{' -}$ being $I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{-}$ , $K^{-} I ¨ ^{-}$ and $K^{-} K^{-}$ meson…

Observation of new baryons in the $I^_{b}^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{0} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ systems

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1052

The first observation and study of two new baryonic structures in the final state $I^_{b}^{0} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ and the confirmation of the $I^_{b} (6100)^{-}$ state in the $I^_{b}^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decay mo…

Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section with SND@LHC

LHC Collaboration, D. Abbaneo, S. Ahmad +163

We report a measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current (CC) interaction cross section on tungsten using the electronic detectors of the SND@LHC experiment at the CERN Large H…

Helium identification with LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1082

The identification of helium nuclei at LHCb is achieved using a method based on measurements of ionisation losses in the silicon sensors and timing measurements in the Outer Tracke…

Measurement of $C P$ violation in $B^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1118

A time-dependent, flavour-tagged measurement of $C P$ violation is performed with $B^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays, using data…

Search for $CP$ violation in the phase space of $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}$ decays with the energy test

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1091

A search for $CP$ violation in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{-} I ¨ ^{+}$ decays is reported. The search is performed usin…

Measurement of $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872)$ production in proton-proton collisions at $s = 8$ and $13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +997

The production cross-section of the $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872)$ state relative to the $I ¨ (2 S)$ meson is measured using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb experiment at centre…

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Measurement of the $I ¨ (2 S)$ to $J / I ¨ $ cross-section ratio as a function of centrality in PbPb collisions at $s_{NN}$ = 5.02 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1133

The dissociation of quarkonium states with different binding energies produced in heavy-ion collisions is a powerful probe for investigating the formation and properties of the qua…

Angular analysis of the rare decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +992

An angular analysis of the rare decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is presented, using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $…

Search for time-dependent $C P$ violation in $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +953

A search for time-dependent violation of the charge-parity symmetry in $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays is performed at the LHCb experiment using proton-proton coll…

Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{*\pm} D^{\mp}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +963

A search for the $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{*\pm} D^{\mp}$ decay is performed using proton-proton collision data at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ , $8$ and $13 TeV$ collected by…

Amplitude analysis of the $I^_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-} I^^{3}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1088

The resonant structure of the radiative decay $I^_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-} I^^{3}$ in the region of proton-kaon invariant-mass up to 2.5 GeV $/ c^{2}$ is studied using proton-proton collision data recor…

First observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{-} I^¼^{+} I^½_{I^} ¼$ and a measurement of $∣ V_{u b} ∣/∣ V_{c b} ∣$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +961

The first observation of the suppressed semileptonic $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{-} I^¼^{+} I^½_{I^} ¼$ decay is reported. Using a data sample recorded in {\it pp} collisions in 2012 with the LHCb detector,…

Comprehensive analysis of local and nonlocal amplitudes in the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1073

A comprehensive study of the local and nonlocal amplitudes contributing to the decay $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} (\to K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}) I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is performed by analysing the phase-space distrib…

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +955

A measurement of the $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays is reported, based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment from 2015 to 20…

Search for $C P$ violation in the phase space of $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{0}$ decays with the energy test

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1046

A search for $C P$ violation in $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{0}$ decays is reported, using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment from 2015 to 2018 corresponding to an integrate…

Observation of the doubly charmed baryon decay $I^_{cc}^{++} \to I^_{c}^{^{'} +} I ¨ ^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +995

The $I^_{cc}^{++} \to I^_{c}^{^{'} +} I ¨ ^{+}$ decay is observed using proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of $13\mathrm{\,Te\kern -0…

Measurements of $C P$ asymmetries and branching fraction ratios of $B^{-}$ decays to two charm mesons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1053

The $C P$ asymmetries of seven $B^{-}$ decays to two charm mesons are measured using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9 fb^{- 1}$ of proton-proton collisions c…

Branching fraction measurements of the rare $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to f_{2}^{'} (1525) I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +959

The branching fraction of the rare $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay is measured using data collected by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of $7$ , $8$ and $13\,\rm{Te…

Study of $C P$ violation in $B_{(s)}^{0} \to D K^{*} (892)^{0}$ decays with $D \to K I ¨ (I ¨ I ¨ )$ , $I ¨ I ¨ (I ¨ I ¨ )$ , and $K K$ final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1076

A measurement of $C P$ -violating observables associated with the interference of $B^{0} \to D^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$ and $B^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$ decay amplitudes is performed in the $D^…

Measurement of $I ¨ (1020)$ meson production in fixed-target $p$ Ne collisions at $s_{N N}$ = 68.5 GeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1132

The first measurement of $I ¨ (1020)$ meson production in fixed-target $p$ Ne collisions at $s_{N N} = 68.5$ GeV is presented. The $I ¨ (1020)$ mesons are reconstructed in their $K^…

Observation of the decay $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^½_{I ¨} $

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +992

The first observation of the semileptonic $b$ -baryon decay $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^½_{I ¨} $ , with a significance of $6.1 I ¨ $ , is reported using a data sample corres…

Identification of charm jets at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +994

The identification of charm jets is achieved at LHCb for data collected in 2015-2018 using a method based on the properties of displaced vertices reconstructed and matched with jet…

Measurement of associated $J / I ¨ $ - $I ¨ (2 S)$ production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1080

The cross-section of associated $J / I ¨ $ - $I ¨ (2 S)$ production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $s = 13$ TeV is measured using a data sample corresponding…

Amplitude analysis of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1082

An amplitude analysis of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay is presented using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $4.7$ fb $^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data collec…

Search for the lepton-flavour violating decays $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} I^¼^{\pm} e^{\mp}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{\pm} e^{\mp}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1003

A search for the lepton-flavour violating decays $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} I^¼^{\pm} e^{\mp}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{\pm} e^{\mp}$ is presented, using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb…

Angular analysis of $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} e^{+} e^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1118

An angular analysis of $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} e^{+} e^{-}$ decays is presented using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8…

Branching fraction measurement of the decay $B^{+} \to I ¨ (2 S) I ¨ (1020) K^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1133

The branching fraction of the decay $B^{+} \to I ¨ (2 S) I ¨ (1020) K^{+}$ , relative to the topologically similar decay $B^{+} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ (1020) K^{+}$ , is measured using proton-proton collision dat…

$J / I ¨ $ photo-production in Pb-Pb peripheral collisions at $s_{NN}$ = 5 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +942

The photo-production of $J / I ¨ $ mesons at low transverse momentum is studied in peripheral lead-lead collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy per nucle…

Study of $\itÎ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ and $\itÎ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ decays to $I^ h^{+} h^{^{'} -}$ and evidence for $C P$ violation in $\itÎ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}\to\itÎ K^+K^-$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1134

A study of $\itÎ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ and $\itÎ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ decays to $I^ h^{+} h^{' -}$ $(h^{(')} = I ¨ , K)$ is performed using $pp$ collision data collected by the L…

Tests of lepton universality using $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{*+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +997

Tests of lepton universality in $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{*+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays where $ℓ$ is either an electron or a muon are presented. The differential b…

Modification of $I ¨ _{c 1}$ (3872) and $I ¨ $ (2 $S$ ) production in $p$ Pb collisions at $s_{N N} = 8.16$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1085

The LHCb collaboration measures production of the exotic hadron $I ¨ _{c 1}$ (3872) in proton-nucleus collisions for the first time. Comparison with the charmonium state $I ¨ $ (2 $S$ ) sug…

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Nuclear modification factor of neutral pions in the forward and backward regions in $p$ -Pb collisions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +999

The nuclear modification factor of neutral pions is measured in proton-lead collisions collected at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon of $8.16 TeV$ with the LHCb detector.…

Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to dark photons decaying to a pair of charged particles

SHiP Collaboration, C. Ahdida, A. Akmete +331

Dark photons are hypothetical massive vector particles that could mix with ordinary photons. The simplest theoretical model is fully characterised by only two parameters: the mass…

Search for the radiative $I^_{b}^{-} \to I^^{-} I^^{3}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +986

The first search for the rare radiative decay $I^_{b}^{-} \to I^^{-} I^^{3}$ is performed using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy o…

Precise measurement of the $f_{s} / f_{d}$ ratio of fragmentation fractions and of $B_{s}^{0}$ decay branching fractions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +955

The ratio of the $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ fragmentation fractions, $f_{s} / f_{d}$ , in proton-proton collisions at the LHC, is obtained as a function of $B$ -meson transverse momentum and collis…

Search for time-dependent $C P$ violation in $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{0}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1067

A measurement of time-dependent $C P$ violation in $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{0}$ decays using a $pp$ collision data sample collected by the LHCb experiment in 2012 and from 2015…

Fraction of $I ¨ _{c}$ decays in prompt $J / I ¨ $ production measured in pPb collisions at $s_{N N} = 8.16$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1081

The fraction of $I ¨ _{c 1}$ and $I ¨ _{c 2}$ decays in the prompt $J / I ¨ $ yield, $F_{I ¨ c} = I ¨ _{I ¨ _{c} \to J / I ¨ } / I ¨ _{J / I ¨ }$ , is measured by the LHCb detector in pPb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N…

Search for long-lived particles decaying to $e^{\pm} I^¼^{\mp} I^½$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +975

Long-lived particles decaying to $e^{\pm} I^¼^{\mp} I^½$ , with masses between 7 and $50$ GeV/c $^{2}$ and lifetimes between 2 and $50$ ps, are searched for by looking at displaced vertices…

Long-lived particle reconstruction downstream of the LHCb magnet

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1113

Charged-particle trajectories are usually reconstructed with the LHCb detector using combined information from the tracking devices placed upstream and downstream of the 4\,T\,m di…

Measurement of $\itÎ_\it{b}^0$, $\itÎ_\it{c}^+$ and $I^$ decay parameters using $\itÎ_\it{b}^0 \to \itÎ_\it{c}^+ h^-$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1106

A comprehensive study of the angular distributions in the bottom-baryon decays $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} h^{-} (h = I ¨ , K)$ , followed by $I^_{c}^{+} \to I^ h^{+}$ with $\itÎ\to \it…

Measurement of $C P$ observables in $B^{\pm} \to D^{()} K^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to D^{()} I ¨ ^{\pm}$ decays using two-body $D$ final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +957

Measurements of $C P$ observables in $B^{\pm} \to D^{(*)} K^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to D^{(*)} I ¨ ^{\pm}$ decays are presented, where $D^{(*)}$ indicates a neutral $D$ or $D^*…

Study of charmonium and charmonium-like contributions in $B^{+} \to J / I ¨ I^\cdot K^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +995

A study of $B^{+} \to J / I ¨ I^\cdot K^{+}$ decays, followed by $J / I ¨ \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $I^\cdot \to I^^{3} I^^{3}$ , is performed using a dataset collected with the LHCb detector in pr…

Search for the lepton-flavor violating decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1065

A search for the lepton-flavor violating decays $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}$ is presented, using a sample of proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, co…

Measurement of the nuclear modification factor and prompt charged particle production in $p Pb$ and $pp$ collisions at $s_{NN} = 5 TeV$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +961

The production of prompt charged particles in proton-lead collisions and in proton-proton collisions at the nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy ${\sqrt{s_{\scriptscriptstyle\math…

Observation of strangeness enhancement with charmed mesons in high-multiplicity $p Pb$ collisions at $s_{NN} = 8.16$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1088

The production of prompt $D_{s}^{+}$ and $D^{+}$ mesons is measured by the LHCb experiment in proton-lead ( $p Pb$ ) collisions in both the forward ( $1.5 < y^{*} < 4.0$ ) and backward (…

Measurement of exclusive $J / I ¨ $ and $I ¨ (2 S)$ production at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1075

Measurements are presented of the cross-section for the central exclusive production of $J / I ¨ \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $I ¨ (2 S) \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ processes in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}…

Measurement of the lifetimes of promptly produced $I^c ◯_{c}^{0}$ and $I^_{c}^{0}$ baryons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +991

A measurement of the lifetimes of the $I^c ◯_{c}^{0}$ and $I^_{c}^{0}$ baryons is reported using proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of $13 TeV$ , correspond…