P. Neustroev

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 $C P$ 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…

Test of lepton flavour universality with $B^{+} \to K^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

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

The first test of lepton flavor universality between muons and electrons using $B^{+} \to K^{+} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ ( $ℓ = e, I^¼$ ) decays is presented. The measurement is performed wit…

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…

First evidence of $C P$ violation in beauty baryon to charmonium decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1178

A study of the difference in the $C P$ asymmetries between $I^_{b}^{0} \to J / I ¨ p I ¨ ^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{0} \to J / I ¨ p K^{-}$ decays, $I^ A_{C P}$ , is performed using proto…

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}_…

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

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

An angular analysis of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ e^{+} e^{-}$ is presented, using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018 at centre-of-mass energi…

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…

First observation of the charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to I^ˉ p p ˉ p$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1186

A search for the charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to I^ˉ p p ˉ p$ is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated…

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…

First evidence of the decay $B^{+} \to I ¨ ^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1182

The first evidence for the decay $B^{+} \to I ¨ ^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ is reported using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV,…

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…

Measurement of the differential cross section dÏ/dt in elastic $p p ˉ$ scattering at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

D0 Collaboration, V. M. Abazov, B. Abbott +406

We present a measurement of the elastic differential cross section $d I ¨ (p p ˉ \to p p ˉ) / d t$ as a function of the four-momentum-transfer squared t. The data sample cor…

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

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1183

An analysis of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} (\to K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}) I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay is presented using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an i…

A search for rare $B \to D I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays

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

A search for rare $B \to D I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of…

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…

First observation of a doubly charged tetraquark and its neutral partner

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1055

A combined amplitude analysis is performed for the decays $B^{0} \to D^{0} D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to D^{-} D_{s}^{+} I ¨ ^{+}$ , which are related by isospin symmetry. The…

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

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

A sample of $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb $^{- 1}$ and collected by the LHCb experiment during LHC Run 2, is used to measure the ratio of t…

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.…

Searches for $B^{0} \to K^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays

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

The first searches for $B^{0} \to K^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decays at the LHCb experiment are conducted with $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated lu…

A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ in the decays $B^{\pm} \to [K^{+} K^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ ( $h = K, I ¨ $ )

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1164

A model-independent determination of the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ is presented, using the $B^{\pm} \to [K^{+} K^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-} I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ decays, with $h = K, I ¨ $ . T…

Measurement of lepton universality parameters in $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1047

A simultaneous analysis of the $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays is performed to test muon-electron universality in two ranges of the square of the di…

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 the $B_{s}^{0} \to I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1045

The first observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to (I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) \to J / I ¨ I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}) I ¨ ^{+} I ¨ ^{-}$ decay is reported using proton-proton collision data, corresponding…

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…

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $I^_{b}^{0} \to p h^{-}$ decays

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

A search for $C P$ violation in $I^_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-}$ and $I^_{b}^{0} \to p I ¨ ^{-}$ decays is presented using the full Run 1 and Run 2 data samples of $pp$ collisions collected w…

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…

A method for luminosity determination based on real-time hit reconstruction with the LHCb silicon pixel detector

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1177

The data acquisition system of the upgraded LHCb experiment includes the fast reconstruction of all hits in the vertex locator (VELO) pixel detector at the beam-crossing rate of 40…

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…

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…

Combination of CDF and D0 measurements of the W boson helicity in top quark decays

The CDF, D0 Collaborations, : +864

We report the combination of recent measurements of the helicity of the W boson from top quark decay by the CDF and D0 collaborations, based on data samples corresponding to integr…

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…

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…

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 $B^{0} \to I ¨ (770)^{0} I^^{3}$ branching fraction

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1160

The ratio between the branching fractions of the $B^{0} \to I ¨ (770)^{0} I^^{3}$ and $B^{0} \to K^{*} (892)^{0} I^^{3}$ decays is measured with proton-proton collision data collect…

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-…

Search for lepton-number-violating $B^{-} \to D^{(*) +} I^¼^{-} I^¼^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1188

A search is performed for lepton-number-violating $B^{-} \to D^{(*) +} I^¼^{-} I^¼^{-}$ decays, using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass ener…

Combination of the top-quark mass measurements from the Tevatron collider

The CDF, D0 collaborations, T. Aaltonen +858

The top quark is the heaviest known elementary particle, with a mass about 40 times larger than the mass of its isospin partner, the bottom quark. It decays almost 100% of the time…

Search for resonance-enhanced $C P$ and angular asymmetries in the $I^_{c}^{+} \to p I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay at LHCb

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

The first measurement of the $C P$ asymmetry of the decay rate ( $A_{C P}$ ) and the $C P$ average ( $I^£ A_{FB}$ ) and $C P$ asymmetry ( $I^ A_{FB}$ ) of the forward-backward asy…

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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…

Measurement of the branching fraction of the $I^_{b}^{0} \to J / I ¨ I^$ decay and isospin asymmetry of $B \to J / I ¨ K$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1193

This paper describes a measurement of the $I^_{b}^{0} \to J / I ¨ I^$ branching fraction using data collected with the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions from 2016 to 2018. The dat…

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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…

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…

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…

Deuteron identification via time of flight with LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1183

It is shown that the timing capabilities of the LHCb detector operated during the LHC Run 2 can be used to identify light ion particles with momenta of a few GeV/ $c$ . This is achie…

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…

First observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} I^_{c}^{-}$ decay and evidence for the $B^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} I^_{c}^{-}$ decay

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

A search is presented for the two-body charmed baryonic decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to I^_{c}^{+} I^_{c}^{-}$ , using a data sample collected by the LHCb experiment duri…

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…

Search for pair production of the scalar top quark in muon+tau final states

D0 Collaboration, V. M. Abazov, B. Abbott +407

We present a search for the pair production of scalar top quarks ( $t ~_{1}$ ), the lightest supersymmetric partners of the top quarks, in $p p ˉ$ collisions at a center-of-…

Polarization measurement of $I^_{c}^{+}$ and $I^_{c}^{-}$ baryons in $p$ Ne collisions at $s_{N N} = 68.6$ GeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1174

The first measurement of the polarization of charm baryons by the LHCb experiment recorded in fixed-target mode is presented. The polarization of $I^_{c}$ baryons is studied in colli…

Observation of the decay $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) \to J / I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1184

The first observation of the $I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) \to J / I ¨ I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay is reported using proton-proton collision data recorded with the LHCb detector corr…

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…

Observation and investigation of the $T_{c c ˉ 1} (4430)^{+}$ structure in $B^{+} \to I ¨ (2 S) K_{S}^{0} I ¨ ^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1184

The first four-dimensional amplitude analysis of the $B^{+} \to I ¨ (2 S) K_{S}^{0} I ¨ ^{+}$ decay is performed with proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experimen…

Differential decay rate of $B^{+} \to J / I ¨ K^{+}$ with the LHCb Upgrade I experiment

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1183

The normalised decay rate of $B^{+} \to J / I ¨ (\to I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}) K^{+}$ is measured as a function of the lepton helicity angle using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity o…

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…

Study of charm mixing and CP violation with $D^{0} \to K^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp} I ¨ ^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1188

A study of charm mixing and CP violation in $D^{0} \to K^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp} I ¨ ^{\pm} I ¨ ^{\mp}$ decays is performed using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions from 2015 t…

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…

Precise measurement of the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ with a novel approach

The BESIII, LHCb Collaborations, : +1903

A measurement of the CKM angle $I^^{3}$ is performed by applying a novel, unbinned, model-independent approach to datasets of electron-positron collisions collected by the BESIII exper…

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 $7$ , $8$ …

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Long-term Operation of the Multi-Wire-Proportional-Chambers of the LHCb Muon System

F. P. Albicocco, L. Anderlini, M. Anelli +54

The muon detector of LHCb, which comprises 1368 multi-wire-proportional-chambers (MWPC) for a total area of 435 m2, is the largest instrument of its kind exposed to such a high-rad…

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…

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…

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{0} p p ˉ$ and measurement of the $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K^{0} p p ˉ$ branching fractions

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

A study of the charmless baryonic decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K^{0} p p ˉ$ is presented, where $B_{(s)}^{0}$ denotes either a $B^{0}$ or a $B_{s}^{0}$ meson. The analysis is based on proton-pr…

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…

Measurement of the branching fractions and longitudinal polarisations of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K^{* 0} K^{* 0}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1183

A time- and flavour-integrated amplitude analysis of $B^{0}$ and $B_{s}^{0}$ decays to the $(K^{+} I ¨ ^{-}) (K^{-} I ¨ ^{+})$ final state in the $K^*(892)^0 \kern 0.18em \overline{\kern -0.18em K}{}^{…

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…

First measurement of time-dependent $C P$ violation in the flavor-changing neutral-current decay $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1165

A flavor-tagged time-dependent analysis of $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decays is performed across the full dimuon mass range excluding the $J / I ¨ $ and $I ¨ (2 S)$ resonanc…

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…

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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…

$B$ -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…

Search for resonances decaying to photon pairs with masses between 4.9 and 19.4 GeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1144

A search is presented for axion-like particles (ALPs) with masses between 4.9 and 19.4 GeV decaying to a pair of photons, using proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb det…

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…

Test of lepton universality in $b \to s ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1047

The first simultaneous test of muon-electron universality using $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays is performed, in two r…

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…

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…

Search for the $B_{c}^{+} \to I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) I ¨ ^{+}$ decay

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

A search for the decay $B_{c}^{+} \to I ¨ _{c 1} (3872) I ¨ ^{+}$ is reported using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018 at centre-of-mass…

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…

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…

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…

Observation of the very rare $I^£^{+} \to p I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay

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

The first observation of the $I^£^{+} \to p I^¼^{+} I^¼^{-}$ decay is reported with high significance using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4\,…

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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…

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…

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^…

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Measurement of $I ¨ (2 S)$ to $J / I ¨ $ cross-section ratio as function of multiplicity in $p$ Pb collisions at $s_{N N} = 8.16$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1139

The production ratio of $I ¨ (2 S)$ to $J / I ¨ $ charmonium states is presented as a function of multiplicity in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $s_{N N} = 8.16$ …

Measurement of the branching fraction ratio $R_{K}$ at large dilepton invariant mass

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1138

A test of lepton universality between muons and electrons is performed using $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays (where $ℓ$ = $e$ , $I^¼$ ), in the dilepton invariant-mass-squared regi…

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^…

Measurement of charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets in proton-proton collisions at $s$ =13 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1174

Charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets are measured in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $s$ = 13 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. Distr…

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…