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First observation of a baryonic $B_{c}^{+}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +699

A baryonic decay of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson, $B_{c}^{+} \to J / I ¨ p p I ¨ ^{+}$ , is observed for the first time, with a significance of $7.3$ standard deviations, in $pp$ collision data co…

First measurement of the charge asymmetry in beauty-quark pair production at a hadron collider

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +700

The difference in the angular distributions between beauty quarks and antiquarks, referred to as the charge asymmetry, is measured for the first time in $b b ˉ$ pair production…

Precision measurement of $CP$ violation in the penguin-mediated decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I ¨ $

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1044

A flavor-tagged time-dependent angular analysis of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I ¨ $ is performed using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at $s = 13$ TeV,…

Three-pion Bose-Einstein correlations measured in proton-proton collisions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1128

A study on the Bose-Einstein correlations for triplets of same-sign pions is presented. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqr…

Measurement of the CP-violating phase $I^^{2}$ in $B^{0} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays and limits on penguin effects

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697

Time-dependent CP violation is measured in the $B^{0} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ channel for each $I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ resonant final state using data collected with an integrated luminosity of…

Evidence for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +788

A search for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is presented using data sets corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.6 $fb^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity co…

Measurement of the B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +700

The B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries, AP(B0) and AP(Bs), are measured by means of a time-dependent analysis of B0 -> J/ÏK*0, B0 -> D- pi+ and Bs -> Ds- pi+ decays, usi…

Measurement of forward $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767

The production of $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ is studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 Te…

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…

Model-independent measurement of mixing parameters in $D^{0} \to K_{S} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +724

The first model-independent measurement of the charm mixing parameters in the decay $D^{0} \to K_{S} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ is reported, using a sample of $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb…

astro-ph.SR2018

Variability survey in NGC 6910, the open cluster rich in $I^^{2}$ Cephei-type stars

D. MoÅºdzierski, A. Pigulski, Z. KoÅaczkowski +14

NGC 6910 is the northern hemisphere open cluster known to be rich in $I^^{2}$ Cephei-type stars. Using four-season photometry obtained in BiaÅkÃ³w (Poland) and Xinglong (China) observ…

Observation of several sources of $C P$ violation in $B^{+} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +868

Observations are reported of different sources of $C P$ violation from an amplitude analysis of $B^{+} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays, based on a data sample corresponding to an integrate…

Measurement of forward top pair production in the dilepton channel in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +791

Forward top quark pair production is studied in $pp$ collisions in the $I^¼ e b$ final state using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.93 fb $^{- 1}$ collected…

Study of the rare $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ decays into the $I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ final state

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +699

A search for the rare decays $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is performed in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb $^{- 1}$ colle…

Observation of the doubly-charmed-baryon decay $I^_{cc}^{++} \to I^_{c}^{0} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{+}$

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

A search for the doubly-charmed-baryon decay $I^_{cc}^{++} \to I^_{c}^{0} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{+}$ is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at…

astro-ph.IM2022

The Design and Integrated Performance of SPT-3G

J. A. Sobrin, A. J. Anderson, A. N. Bender +120

SPT-3G is the third survey receiver operating on the South Pole Telescope dedicated to high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Sensitive measurements…

Test of lepton flavour universality with $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays at large dilepton invariant mass

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1115

Muon-electron universality is tested in $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays, in the dilepton-invariant-mass region above the $I ¨ (2 S)$ resonance. The analysis uses beauty mesons…

Measurement of forward $W \to e I^½$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763

A measurement of the cross-section for $W \to e I^½$ production in $pp$ collisions is presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $2$ fb $^{- 1}$ collected by th…

Search for the rare decay $I^_{c}^{+} \to p I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +792

A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay $I^_{c}^{+} \to p I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is reported using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0 f b^{- 1}$ collect…

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…

Measurement of the $B^{\pm}$ production cross-section in pp collisions at $s =$ 7 and 13 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +796

The production of $B^{\pm}$ mesons is studied in $pp$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 13 TeV, using $B^{\pm} \to J / I ¨ K^{\pm}$ decays and data samples correspo…

Angular analysis and differential branching fraction of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722

An angular analysis and a measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ are presented, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity o…

Measurement of the exclusive $I^¥$ production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s =$ 7 TeV and 8 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705

A study is presented of central exclusive production of $I^¥ (n S)$ states, where the $I^¥ (n S)$ resonances decay to the $I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ final state, using $pp$ collision data recorded by th…

Associated $Z$ + $J / I ¨ $ production as a probe of multiparton interactions in the forward region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1187

This letter reports a study of associated $Z$ boson and prompt $J / I ¨ $ production in proton-proton collisions at $s = 13$ TeV with the LHCb detector in the forward rapidity reg…

First observations of the rare decays $B^{+} - > K^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B^{+} - > I ¨ K^{+} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697

First observations of the rare decays $B^{+} \to K^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to I ¨ K^{+} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ are presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of…

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…

Observation of the $I^_{b}^{0} \to I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) p K^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +903

Using proton-proton collision data, collected with the LHCb detector and corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.9fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity at the centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8,…

Measurement of resonant and $C P$ components in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +680

The resonant structure of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ is studied using data corresponding to 3 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity from $pp$ collisions by the LHC a…

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^-…

Measurements of prompt charm production cross-sections in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13 TeV$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +724

Production cross-sections of prompt charm mesons are measured with the first data from $pp$ collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of $13 TeV$ . The data sample…

Precision measurement of CP violation and branching fractions in $B^{\pm} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{\pm}$ $(h = I ¨ , K)$ decays and search for the rare decay $B_{c}^{\pm} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm}$

R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, C. Abellan Beteta +1177

The decay $B^{\pm} \to K_{S}^{0} I ¨ ^{\pm}$ , with a $C P$ asymmetry expected to be close to zero in the Standard Model, is theoretically clean and sensitive to potential new p…

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…

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Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to J / I ¨ K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +696

Decays of the form $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / I ¨ K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{(') -}$ ( $h^{(')} = K, I ¨ $ ) are searched for in proton-proton collision data corresponding…

hep-ex2021

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…

nucl-ex2026

Measurement of the average transverse momentum of forward prompt charged particles in $pp$ and $p Pb$ collisions at $s_{N N} = 5.02 TeV$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1106

The paper reports the first measurements of the average transverse momentum of prompt charged particles in pp and pPb collisions at 5.02 TeV, studying its dependence on event multi…

nucl-ex2025

Rapidity and multiplicity dependence of charged-particle flow in $p$ Pb collisions at $s_{N N} = 8.16$ TeV

R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, C. Abellan Beteta +1129

The elliptic and triangular flow of charged particles are measured using two-particle angular correlations in $p$ Pb collisions in the pseudorapidity range \cal{2.0 $< ∣ I^\cdot ∣ <$ 4.8}.…

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…

Amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to I^\cdot_{c} (1 S) K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1185

An amplitude analysis of the $B^{0} \to I^\cdot_{c} (1 S) K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays with $I^\cdot_{c} (1 S) \to p p ˉ$ is performed using a sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of…

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…

Observation of a narrow pentaquark state, $P_{c} (4312)^{+}$ , and of two-peak structure of the $P_{c} (4450)^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +866

A narrow pentaquark state, $P_{c} (4312)^{+}$ , decaying to $J / I ¨ p$ is discovered with a statistical significance of $7.3 I ¨ $ in a data sample of $I^_{b}^{0} \to J / I ¨ p K^{-}$ decays which is a…

First observation and measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{*\mp} K^{\pm}$

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697

The first observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{*\mp} K^{\pm}$ decay is reported using 3.0 $f b^{- 1}$ of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment. The $D_{s}^{*\mp}$ …

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…

Measurement of the CP-violating phase $I ¨ _{s}$ in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697

The mixing-induced CP-violating phase $I ¨ _{s}$ in $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B_{s}^{0}$ decays is measured using the $J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ final state in data, taken from 3\,fb $^{- 1}$ of integra…

Forward production of $I^¥$ mesons in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ and 8TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +720

The production of $I^¥$ mesons in $pp$ collisions at $= 7$ and $8 TeV$ is studied with the LHCb detector using data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity o…

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 $J / I ¨ $ and $D^{0}$ mesons is studied with beams of p…

First observation of the decay $D^{0} \to K^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ in the $I ¨ ^{0}$ - $I ¨ $ region of the dimuon mass spectrum

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +730

A study of the decay $D^{0} \to K^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is performed using data collected by the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 T…

A study of CP violation in $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to D I ¨ ^{\pm}$ decays with $D \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}$ final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +682

A first study of CP violation in the decay modes $B^{\pm} \to [K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [K_{S}^{0} K^{\mp} I ¨ ^{\pm}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ , where $h$ labels a $K$ or $I ¨ $ mes…

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 $7$ , $8$ …

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…

astro-ph.IM2024

Design of The Kinetic Inductance Detector Based Focal Plane Assembly for The Terahertz Intensity Mapper

L. -J. Liu, R. M. J. Janssen, C. M. Bradford +16

We report on the kinetic inductance detector (KID) array focal plane assembly design for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM). Each of the 2 arrays consists of 4 wafer-sized dies (…

Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to I^\cdot^{'} I^\cdot^{'}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +703

The first observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to I^\cdot^{'} I^\cdot^{'}$ decay is reported. The study is based on a sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to $3.0$ $f b^{- 1}$ 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 the $I^c ◯_{c}^{0}$ and $I^_{c}^{0}$ baryon lifetimes using hadronic $b$ -baryon decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1143

The lifetimes of the $I^c ◯_{c}^{0}$ and $I^_{c}^{0}$ baryons are measured using a $pp$ collision dataset collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9~\rm…

Measurement of CP violation in the $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I ¨ $ decay and search for the $B^{0} \to I ¨ I ¨ $ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +868

A measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ I ¨ $ decays is presented. Using a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integra…

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…

nucl-ex2025

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…

Measurement of the $B_{s}^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ branching fraction and effective lifetime and search for $B^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +771

A search for the rare decays $B_{s}^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is performed at the LHCb experiment using data collected in $pp$ collisions corresponding to a total integrated…

$B$ -jet fragmentation with $B^{\pm} \to J / I ¨ K^{\pm}$ decays in $s = 13$ TeV $pp$ collisions at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1166

The collinear and transverse-momentum-dependent jet fragmentation function and the radial profile for $B^{\pm}$ mesons in jets are measured. The $B^{\pm}$ mesons are reconstructed…

Study of $B_{c}^{+}$ meson decays to charmonia plus multihadron final states

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1058

Four decay modes of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson into a $J / I ¨ $ meson and multiple charged kaons or pions are studied using proton-proton collision data, collected with the~LHCb detector at ce…

First observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +713

A search for $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0 fb^{- 1}$ , collected…

astro-ph.SR2010

Towards ensemble asteroseismology of the young open clusters Chi Persei and NGC 6910

S. Saesen, A. Pigulski, F. Carrier +71

As a result of the variability survey in Chi Persei and NGC6910, the number of Beta Cep stars that are members of these two open clusters is increased to twenty stars, nine in NGC6…

First observation of the $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay and search for pentaquarks in the $I^_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ system

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1176

The $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay is observed for the first time using the data sample from proton-proton collisions recorded at a center…

Observation of an excited $B_{c}^{+}$ state

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +848

Using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $8.5 fb^{- 1}$ recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $s = 7$ , $8$ and…

Study of $b b ˉ$ 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…

Measurement of the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ in $B^{\pm} \to D (\to K_{S}^{0} h^{' +} h^{' -}) h^{\pm}$ decays with a novel approach

The BESIII, LHCb Collaborations, : +1903

A measurement of the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ and related strong-phase parameters is performed using a novel, model-independent approach in ${B^{\pm}\rightarrow D(\rightarrow K^{0}_{\rm S} h…

Measurement of the inelastic $pp$ cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy of $s = 7$ 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 $p_{T} > 0.2$ GeV/ $c$ in the pseudorapidity…

Search for decays of neutral beauty mesons into four muons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +768

A search for the non-resonant decays $B_{s}^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ is presented. The measurement is performed using th…

Measurement of the $I ¨ _{b} (3 P)$ mass and of the relative rate of $I ¨ _{b 1} (1 P)$ and $I ¨ _{b 2} (1 P)$ production

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +696

The production of $I ¨ _{b}$ mesons in proton-proton collisions is studied using a data sample collected by the LHCb detector, at centre-of-mass energies of $s = 7$ and $8$ TeV an…

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…

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…

Measurement of $f_{s} / f_{u}$ variation with proton-proton collision energy and $B$ -meson kinematics

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +903

The ratio of the $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B^{+}$ fragmentation fractions $f_{s}$ and $f_{u}$ is studied with $B_{s}^{0} \to J / I ¨ I ¨ $ and $B^+\to\mathrm…

Measurement of the forward $Z$ boson production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s$ = 7 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705

A measurement of the production cross-section for $Z$ bosons that decay to muons is presented. The data were recorded by the LHCb detector during $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mas…

Precision measurement of $C P$ violation in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / I ¨ K^{+} K^{-}$ decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +696

The time-dependent $C P$ asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / I ¨ K^{+} K^{-}$ decays is measured using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0$ fb $^{- 1}$ , collected wit…

Measurement of $C P$ observables in the process $B^{0} \to D K^{* 0}$ with two- and four-body $D$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +876

Measurements of $C P$ observables in $B^{0} \to D K^{* 0}$ decays are presented, where $D$ represents a superposition of $D^{0}$ and $D ˉ^{0}$ states. The $D$ meson is reconstructed i…

Measurement of the mass difference and relative production rate of the $I^c ◯_{b}^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{-}$ baryons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1050

The mass difference between the $I^c ◯_{b}^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{-}$ baryons is measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated lumino…

nucl-ex2023

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.…

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…

Observation of enhanced double parton scattering in proton-lead collisions at $s_{NN} = 8.16$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +992

A study of prompt charm-hadron pair production in proton-lead collisions at $s_{NN} = 8.16$ TeV is performed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of ab…

nucl-ex2016

Study of $I ¨ (2 S)$ production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at $s_{N N} = 5 TeV$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +732

The production of $I ¨ (2 S)$ 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…

Study of beauty hadron decays into pairs of charm hadrons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. Abba +694

First observations of the decays $I^_{b}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} D_{(s)}^{-}$ are reported using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3 fb^{- 1}$ collected at 7 and 8 TeV cent…

Observation of the suppressed decay $I^_{b}^{0} \to p I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +768

The suppressed decay $I^_{b}^{0} \to p I ¨ ^{-} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ , excluding the $J / I ¨ $ and $I ¨ (2 S) \to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ resonances, is observed for the first time with a signif…

Precision measurement of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson mass

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +905

A precision measurement of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson mass is performed using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $7, 8$ and $1…

Search for $C P$ violation in $D_{s}^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} I ¨ ^{+}$ , $D^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+}$ and $D^{+} \to I ¨ I ¨ ^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +848

A search for charge-parity ( $C P$ ) violation in Cabibbo-suppressed $D_{s}^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} I ¨ ^{+}$ , $D^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+}$ and $D^{+} \to I ¨ I ¨ ^{+}$ decays is reported using proton-proton collision dat…

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 $C P$ violation parameter $A_{I^} $ in $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +769

Asymmetries in the time-dependent rates of $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays are measured in a $pp$ collision data sample collected with the LHCb detector during LHC R…

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 (…

Amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +716

The Dalitz plot distribution of $B^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays is studied using a data sample corresponding to $3.0 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by the…

Angular analysis of charged and neutral $B \to K I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +691

The angular distributions of the rare decays $B^{+} \to K^{+} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ are studied with data corresponding to 3fb $^{- 1}$ of integ…

Measurement of the $I^\cdot_{c} (1 S)$ production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +913

Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $2.0 f b^{- 1}$ , collected by the LHCb experiment, the production of the $I^\cdot_{c} (1 S)$ state in proton-proton collision…

Measurement of the W boson mass

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

The $W$ boson mass is measured using proton-proton collision data at $s = 13$ TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb $^{- 1}$ recorded during 2016 by the LHCb e…

Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the $I^_{b}^{0}$ baryon

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +701

Using a proton-proton collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb $^{- 1}$ collected by LHCb at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, about 3800 $Î_b^0…

Precision luminosity measurements at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +701

Measuring cross-sections at the LHC requires the luminosity to be determined accurately at each centre-of-mass energy $s$ . In this paper results are reported from the lumino…

#radiative leptonic B decays#B⁺ meson#B_c⁺ meson#branching fraction limits

Search for the decays $B_{(c)}^{+} \to I^¼^{+} I^½_{I^} ¼ I^^{3}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1128

The LHCb experiment searched for the rare radiative leptonic decays B⁺→μ⁺ν_μγ and B_c⁺→μ⁺ν_μγ in 13 TeV proton‑proton collisions, finding no signal and setting upper limits on thei…

First observation of forward $Z \to b b ˉ$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +804

The decay $Z \to b b ˉ$ is reconstructed in $pp$ collision data, corresponding to 2 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity, collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-…

hep-ex2021

Observation of new excited $B_{s}^{0}$ states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. AbellÃ¡n Beteta +972

A structure is observed in the $B^{+} K^{-}$ mass spectrum in a sample of proton--proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, collected with the LHCb detector and…