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hep-ph2009

Model Independent Methods for Determining B(Y(5S)->Bs^{()} anti-B}_s^{()})$

Radia Sia, Sheldon Stone

We describe a method that provides a model independent measurement of the Bs fraction in Y(5S) resonance decays, fs, using the relative rates of like-sign versus opposite sign dile…

hep-ex2013

Use of B->J/Ïf0 decays to discern the q anti-q or tetraquark nature of scalar mesons

Sheldon Stone, Liming Zhang

We consider the relative decay rates of B0 and Bs mesons into a JÏ plus a light scalar meson either the f0(500) (Ï) or the f0(980). We show that it is possible to distinguish bet…

hep-ph2006

Hadronic Charm Decays and D Mixing

Sheldon Stone

I discuss new results on absolute branching ratios of charm mesons into specific exclusive final states, Cabibbo suppressed decay rates, inclusive decays to $s s ˉ$ mesons, limi…

hep-ex2014

Method of Studying $I^_{b}^{0}$ decays with one missing particle

Sheldon Stone, Liming Zhang

A new technique is discussed that can be applied to $I^_{b}^{0}$ baryon decays where decays with one missing particle can be discerned from background and their branching fractions det…

hep-ex2007

B(Ds^+ -> l^+ nu) and the Decay Constant f_(D_s^+)

Sheldon Stone

I report final CLEO-c results on the purely leptonic decays of the D_s^+ -> l^+ nu, for the cases when l^+ is a mu^+ or tau^+, when it decays into pi^+ anti-nu, using 314/pb of dat…

hep-ph1997

THE Goals and Techniques of BTeV and LHC-B

Sheldon Stone

BTeV and LHC-B are experiments being proposed to study $b$ and $c$ quark decays in hadron-hadron collisions with the aims to look for new phenomena beyond the Standard Model and to…

hep-ex2012

Leptonic decays of charged pseudoscalar mesons - 2012

Jonathan L. Rosner, Sheldon Stone

We review the physics of purely leptonic decays of $I ¨ ^{\pm}$ , $K^{\pm}$ , $D^{\pm}$ , $D_{s}^{\pm}$ , and $B^{\pm}$ pseudoscalar mesons. The measured decay rates are related to the product of…

hep-ph1998

Rare Non-hadronic b Decays

Sheldon Stone

This paper summarizes current results for rare non-hadronic b decay processes. The world average Br(b -> s gamma)=(3.14 +/-0.48)x10^(-4) is in agreement with the standard model pre…

hep-ph2011

Heavy Flavor Physics

Sheldon Stone

The main purpose of Heavy Flavor experiments is to discover physics beyond the Standard Model, or characterize it, should it be found elsewhere. Thus, current limits on New Physics…

hep-ph2010

S-waves and the extraction of beta_s

Sheldon Stone

The CP Violating asymmetry in Bs mixing (beta_s) is one of the most promising measurements where physics beyond the Standard Model could be revealed. As such, analyses need to be s…

hep-ph1999

Weak Decays, CKM and CP Violation

Sheldon Stone

I review several topics pertaining to Weak decays of b and c quarks, including measurements of Vcb, |Vub/Vcb|, fDs and b->s gamma.

hep-ex2013

Leptonic Decays of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons - 2013

Jonathan L. Rosner, Sheldon Stone

We review the physics of purely leptonic decays of $I ¨ ^{\pm}$ , $K^{\pm}$ , $D^{\pm}$ , $D_{s}^{\pm}$ , and $B^{\pm}$ pseudoscalar mesons. The measured decay rates are related to the product of…

hep-ex1999

Physics Results from RICH Detectors

Sheldon Stone

RICH detectors have become extraordinarily useful. Results include measurement of solar neutrino rates, evidence for neutrino oscillations, measurement of TeV gamma-rays from gravi…

hep-ex1995

CLEO III, A Dectector To Measure Rare $B$ Decays and CP Violation

Sheldon Stone

The symmetric $e^{+} e^{-}$ collider CESR is undergoing a series of upgrades allowing for luminosities in excess of $2 \times 1 0^{33}$ cm $^{- 2}$ s $^{- 1}$ . The most important goals of the u…

physics.ins-det2017

Signal coupling to embedded pitch adapters in silicon sensors

Marina Artuso, Christopher Betancourt, Iaroslava Bezshyiko +14

We have examined the effects of embedded pitch adapters on signal formation in n-substrate silicon microstrip sensors with data from beam tests and simulation. According to simulat…

hep-ex2014

The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment: Exploring Fundamental Symmetries of the Universe

LBNE Collaboration, Corey Adams, David Adams +482

The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early Universe, the dynamics of the supernova bursts that produced the heavy elements necessary for life and whether protons even…

hep-ph2001

Probing New Physics With b Decays

Sheldon Stone

I discuss how b decays can be used to unravel new physics beyond the Standard Model. Decays second order in the weak interaction involving loops and CP violation are emphasized. Th…

hep-ph2006

Experimental Status of $B$ Physics

Sheldon Stone

A short summary is given of the current status of B physics. Reasons for physics beyond the Standard Model are discussed. Constraints on New Physics are given using measurements of…

hep-ph1999

Future of Heavy Flavour Physics: Experimental Perspective

Sheldon Stone

I discuss what measurements need to be done to search for physics beyond the Standard CKM model, rather than just what studies can be done in the near future. It is also important…

hep-ex2008

The Purely Leptonic Decays D+ -> mu+ nu and Ds+-> lepton+ nu at CLEO

Sheldon Stone

We update our previous results by increasing the luminosity, the efficiency, and for the Ds+ the number of tags. We determine f{D+}=(205.8 +/- 8.5 +/- 2.5) MeV, and an interim prel…

hep-ex2008

Decay Constants of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons

Jonathan L. Rosner, Sheldon Stone

We review here the physics of purely leptonic decays of pi-, K-, D+, Ds+, and B- pseudoscalar mesons. The measured decay rates are related to the product of the relevant weak inter…

hep-ex2015

Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks at LHCb

Sheldon Stone

Exotic resonant structures found in $I^_{b}^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ decays into charmonium in the LHCb experiment are discussed. Examination of the $J / I ¨ p$ system in $Î^0_b\to J/ÏK…

hep-ph2013

New physics from flavour

Sheldon Stone

I report on investigations of physics beyond the Standard Model using experiments designed to investigate $b$ quark and $c$ quark interactions. Generalized searches involving loop…

hep-ex2007

Measurement of sigma_Total in e+e- Annihilations Below 10.56 GeV

Sheldon Stone

Using the CLEO III detector, we measure absolute cross sections for e+e- -> hadrons at seven center-of-mass energies between 6.964 and 10.538 GeV. R, the ratio of hadronic and muon…

hep-ph2017

Exotics: Heavy Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks

Ahmed Ali, Jens SÃ¶ren Lange, Sheldon Stone

For many decades after the invention of the quark model in 1964 there was no evidence that hadrons are formed from anything other than the simplest pairings of quarks and antiquark…

hep-ex2009

Measuring the CP Violating Phase in Bs Mixing Using Bs -> J/Ïf_0(980)

Sheldon Stone, Liming Zhang

We show that the decay Bs -> J/psi f0(980), f0(980)->pi+ pi- can be used to measure the CP violating phase in Bs mixing, -2Î²_s, and estimate the sensitivity as +/- 0.050 rad, for…

hep-ex1995

$B_{s}$ Mixing via $I ¨ K^{*}$

Patricia McBride, Sheldon Stone

The decay mode $B_{s} \to I ¨ K^{*}$ is suggested as a very good way to measure the $B_{s}$ mixing parameter $x_{s}$ . These decays can be gathered using a $I ¨ \to ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ trigge…

hep-ph2013

Time-dependent Dalitz-plot formalism for B_q -> J/Ï h+ h-

Liming Zhang, Sheldon Stone

A formalism for measuring time-dependent CP violation in B_q -> J/Ïh+ h- decays with J/Ï-> mu+ mu- is developed for the general case where there can be many h+ h- final states of…

hep-ph2000

Conference Summary - Beauty 2000

Sheldon Stone

I discuss some key issues covered at the Conference including physics goals, current results on CKM angles, rare decays, status of $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ and $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ , CKM fits and progress…

hep-ph2003

Experimental Results in Heavy Flavor Physics

Sheldon Stone

The interplay of experiment and theory is explored in the context of current data on b and c decay. Measurements of |Vcb| and |Vub| are extracted from existing data. Conservative e…

hep-ph2016

Leptonic Decays of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons - 2015

Jonathan L. Rosner, Sheldon Stone, Ruth S. Van de Water

We review the physics of purely leptonic decays of $I ¨ ^{\pm}$ , $K^{\pm}$ , $D^{\pm}$ , $D_{s}^{\pm}$ , and $B^{\pm}$ pseudoscalar mesons. The measured decay rates are related to the product of…

hep-ph2009

B Meson Decays

Marina Artuso, Elisabetta Barberio, Sheldon Stone

We discuss the most important Physics thus far extracted from studies of B meson decays. Measurements of the four CP violating angles accessible in B decay are reviewed as well as…

hep-ph2003

Observation of the Dsj(2463) and Confirmation of the Dsj*(2317)

Sheldon Stone, Jon Urheim

Using 13.5 inverse-femtobarns of e+e- annihilation data in the CLEO II detector at CESR, we have observed a new narrow state decaying to Ds*+ pio, denoted the DsJ(2463). A possible…

hep-ex2006

Measurement OF Ds+ -> l+ nu and the Decay Constant fDs

Sheldon Stone

I report preliminary CLEO-c results on purely leptonic decays of the Ds using 195/pb of data at 4.170 GeV. We measure fDs = 280.1 +/- 11.6 +/- 6.0 MeV, and fDs/fD+ = 1.26 +/- 0.11…

hep-ph2011

Top LHCb Physics

Alexander L. Kagan, Jernej F. Kamenik, Gilad Perez +1

We suggest that top physics can be studied at the LHCb experiment, and that top production could be observed. Since LHCb covers a large pseudorapidity region in the forward directi…

hep-ex2010

Leptonic Decays of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons

Jonathan L. Rosner, Sheldon Stone

We review the physics of purely leptonic decays of $I ¨ ^{\pm}$ , $K^{\pm}$ , $D^{\pm}$ , $D_{s}^{\pm}$ , and $B^{\pm}$ pseudoscalar mesons. The measured decay rates are related to the product of…

hep-ph1995

Rare b Decays

Stephen Playfer, Sheldon Stone

Rare b decays provide a unique opportunity to measure Standard Model parameters and probe beyond the Standard Model. We review here the experimentalprogress made in measuring these…

hep-ex2014

Lifetimes of some $b$ -flavored hadrons

Sheldon Stone

Recent measurements of lifetimes of some $b$ -flavored hadrons are presented and interpreted in the context of theoretical models, especially the Heavy Quark Expansion. Decay widths…

hep-ph2000

Pathological Science

Sheldon Stone

I discuss examples of what Dr. Irving Langmuir, a Nobel prize winner in Chemistry, called "the science of things that aren't so." Some of his examples are reviewed and others from…

hep-ph1996

Prospects for B-Physics in the Next Decade

Sheldon Stone

In these lectures I review what has been learned from studies of b-quark decays, including semileptonic decays ( $V_{u b}$ and $V_{c b}$ ), $B^{o} - B^{o}$ mixing and rare B decay…

hep-ex2019

Methods of determining the absolute branching fractions of $I^_{c}^{+}$ baryons and $D_{s}^{+}$ mesons at hadron colliders

Sheldon Stone

Current absolute branching fractions of $I^_{c}^{+}$ and $D_{s}^{+}$ mesons are limiting the determination of important measurements. They have only been measured at $e^{+} e^{-}$ colliders. He…

hep-ph1997

The Btev Program

Sheldon Stone

A brief description is given of BTeV a proposed program at the Fermilab collider sited at the C0 intersection region. The main goals are measurement of mixing, CP violation and rar…

hep-ph2009

S-waves and the Measurement of CP Violating Phases in Bs Decays

Sheldon Stone, Liming Zhang

Heavy, as yet undiscovered particles, can affect measurements of CP violation in the B system. Measuring CP violation in the Bs system provides an excellent place to observe such e…

hep-ph2001

B Phenomenology

Sheldon Stone

Many topics are discussed in b physics including lifetimes, decay mechanisms, determinations of the CKM matrix elements |V_{cb}| and |V_{ub}|, facilities for b quark studies, neutr…

hep-ph2000

Future B Experiments from The BTeV/LHC-b Perspective

Sheldon Stone

Many measurements are necessary in the program of studying mixing, CP violation and rare decays of b and c quarks. These measurements require large numbers of B^o, B_s, B^- and D^{…

hep-ex2000

Hadronic B Decays To Charm From CLEO

Sheldon Stone

Recent results include the measurement of B->D(*)pi+pi-pi-pi0 decays, with rates of ~1.8% observation of a significant omega pi^- substructure that appears to result from the decay…

Publications (46)

Model Independent Methods for Determining B(Y(5S)->Bs^{(*)} anti-B}_s^{(*)})$

Use of B->J/Ïf0 decays to discern the q anti-q or tetraquark nature of scalar mesons

Hadronic Charm Decays and D Mixing

Method of Studying I^b0​ decays with one missing particle

B(Ds^+ -> l^+ nu) and the Decay Constant f_(D_s^+)

THE Goals and Techniques of BTeV and LHC-B

Leptonic decays of charged pseudoscalar mesons - 2012

Rare Non-hadronic b Decays

Heavy Flavor Physics

S-waves and the extraction of beta_s

Weak Decays, CKM and CP Violation

Leptonic Decays of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons - 2013

Physics Results from RICH Detectors

CLEO III, A Dectector To Measure Rare B Decays and CP Violation

Signal coupling to embedded pitch adapters in silicon sensors

The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment: Exploring Fundamental Symmetries of the Universe

Probing New Physics With b Decays

Experimental Status of B Physics

Future of Heavy Flavour Physics: Experimental Perspective

The Purely Leptonic Decays D+ -> mu+ nu and Ds+-> lepton+ nu at CLEO

Decay Constants of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons

Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks at LHCb

New physics from flavour

Measurement of sigma_Total in e+e- Annihilations Below 10.56 GeV

Exotics: Heavy Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks

Measuring the CP Violating Phase in Bs Mixing Using Bs -> J/Ïf_0(980)

Bs​ Mixing via I¨K∗

Time-dependent Dalitz-plot formalism for B_q -> J/Ï h+ h-

Conference Summary - Beauty 2000

Experimental Results in Heavy Flavor Physics

Leptonic Decays of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons - 2015

B Meson Decays

Observation of the Dsj(2463) and Confirmation of the Dsj*(2317)

Measurement OF Ds+ -> l+ nu and the Decay Constant fDs

Top LHCb Physics

Leptonic Decays of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons

Rare b Decays

Lifetimes of some b-flavored hadrons

Pathological Science

Prospects for B-Physics in the Next Decade

Methods of determining the absolute branching fractions of I^c+​ baryons and Ds+​ mesons at hadron colliders

The Btev Program

S-waves and the Measurement of CP Violating Phases in Bs Decays

B Phenomenology

Future B Experiments from The BTeV/LHC-b Perspective

Hadronic B Decays To Charm From CLEO

Model Independent Methods for Determining B(Y(5S)->Bs^{()} anti-B}_s^{()})$

Use of B->J/Ïf0 decays to discern the q anti-q or tetraquark nature of scalar mesons

Method of Studying $I^_{b}^{0}$ decays with one missing particle

CLEO III, A Dectector To Measure Rare $B$ Decays and CP Violation

Experimental Status of $B$ Physics

Measuring the CP Violating Phase in Bs Mixing Using Bs -> J/Ïf_0(980)

$B_{s}$ Mixing via $I ¨ K^{*}$

Time-dependent Dalitz-plot formalism for B_q -> J/Ï h+ h-

Lifetimes of some $b$ -flavored hadrons

Methods of determining the absolute branching fractions of $I^_{c}^{+}$ baryons and $D_{s}^{+}$ mesons at hadron colliders