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hep-ex2026

Measurement of the Muon Flux at the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector

D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder +209

High-energy cosmic-ray muons reaching deep underground laboratories can cause events in detectors that mimic signals expected from dark matter particles, neutrinos, or rare decays.…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

HydroX, a light dark matter search with hydrogen-doped liquid xenon time projection chambers

W. H. Lippincott, H. N. Nelson, D. S. Akerib +30

Experimental efforts searching for dark matter particles over the last few decades have ruled out many candidates led by the new generation of tonne-scale liquid xenon. For light d…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441

This report describes the experimental strategy and technologies for XLZD, the next-generation xenon observatory sensitive to dark matter and neutrino physics. In the baseline desi…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Constraints On Covariant WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Interactions from the First Science Run of the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +201

The first science run of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time project chamber operating in the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, USA, has re…

hep-ex2023★ 20 cited

First Constraints on WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Couplings in an Extended Energy Region From LUX-ZEPLIN

LZ Collaboration, J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib +197

Following the first science results of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead,…

hep-ex2023

Model-independent extraction of form factors and $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ in $B \to D ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ with hadronic tagging at BaBar

BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +208

Using the entire BaBar $Υ (4 S)$ data set, the first two-dimensional unbinned angular analysis of the semileptonic decay $B \to D ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ is perfor…

hep-ex2023★ 11 cited

Search for $B$ Mesogenesis at BABAR

BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +239

A new mechanism has been proposed to simultaneously explain the presence of dark matter and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. This scenario predicts exotic $B$ meson…

hep-ex2022★ 38 cited

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +200

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run, down to $9.2 \times 1 0^{- 48}$ cm $^{2}$ for the spin-independent interactio…

hep-ex2022★ 2 cited

Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons Using Tau Lepton Decays at BABAR

BABAR Collaboration

This article presents a model independent search for an additional, mostly sterile, Heavy Neutral Lepton (HNL), that is capable of mixing with the Standard Model $τ$ neutrino with…

hep-ex2022★ 747 cited

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof +344

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dak…

hep-ex2022★ 12 cited

Cosmogenic production of $^{37}$ Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +205

We estimate the amount of $^{37}$ Ar produced in natural xenon via cosmic ray-induced spallation, an inevitable consequence of the transportation and storage of xenon on the Earth's…

hep-ex2021

Search for an Axion-Like Particle in B Meson Decays

The BABAR Collaboration

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model, and their masses can naturally be well below the electroweak scale. In the presence of couplings…

hep-ex2021

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

BaBar Collaboration

We study the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} γ$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} η γ$ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with…

hep-ex2021★ 1 cited

Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in $Υ (3 S) \to e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$

BABAR Collaboration

We report on the first search for electron-muon lepton flavor violation (LFV) in the decay of a $b$ ~quark and $b$ ~antiquark bound state. We look for the LFV decay $Υ(3S)\rightarrow…

hep-ex2021★ 4 cited

Search for Darkonium in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions

The BABAR Collaboration

Collider searches for dark sectors, new particles interacting only feebly with ordinary matter, have largely focused on identifying signatures of new mediators, leaving much of dar…

hep-ex2021★ 40 cited

Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c}$ decays to $η^{'} K^{+} K^{-}$ , $η^{'} π^{+} π^{-}$ , and $η π^{+} π^{-}$ produced in two-photon interactions

J. P. Lees

We study the processes $γ γ \to η_{c} \to η^{'} K^{+} K^{-}$ , $η^{'} π^{+} π^{-}$ , and $η π^{+} π^{-}$ using a data sample of 519 $f b^{- 1}$ recorded with the BaBar detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II a…

hep-ex2021★ 29 cited

Projected sensitivities of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to new physics via low-energy electron recoils

The LZ Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +194

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a dark matter detector expected to obtain world-leading sensitivity to weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) interacting via nuclear recoils with a ~7-ton…

hep-ex2021★ 5 cited

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

The BABAR Collaboration

We study the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} γ$ and $2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} η γ$ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the \ba…

hep-ex2020★ 6 cited

Precision measurement of the $B (Υ (3 S) \to τ^{+} τ^{-}) / B (Υ (3 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-})$ ratio

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +238

We report on a precision measurement of the ratio $R_{τ μ}^{Υ (3 S)} = B (Υ (3 S) \to τ^{+} τ^{-}) / B (Υ (3 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-})$ using data collected with the BaBar detector at the SL…

hep-ex2020★ 10 cited

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays $D^{0} \to X^{0} e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$

BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +238

We present a search for seven lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type $D^{0} \to X^{0} e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$ , where $X^{0}$ represents a $π^{0}$ , $K_{S}^{0}$ …

hep-ex2019★ 31 cited

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} X_{c c ˉ}$

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +232

A study of the two body decays $B^{\pm} \to X_{c c ˉ} K^{\pm}$ , where X $_{c c ˉ}$ refers to one charmonium state, is reported by BaBar collaboration using a data sample of 42…

hep-ex2019★ 6 cited

Search for $B^{-} \to Λ p ˉ ν ν ˉ$ with the BABAR experiment

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +235

We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process $B^{-} \to Λ p ν ν$ using data from the BABAR experiment. A total of 424 fb $^{- 1}$ of $e^{+} e^{-}$ col…

hep-ex2019★ 7 cited

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the $D^{0}$ meson

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +234

We present a search for nine lepton-number-violating and three lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type $D^{0} \to h^{' -} h^{-} ℓ^{' +} ℓ^{+}$ …

hep-ex2019★ 50 cited

Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of $B \to D^{*} ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$

B. Dey

An angular analysis of the decay $B \to D^{*} ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ , $ℓ \in {e, μ}$ , is reported using the full $e^{+} e^{-}$ collision data set collected by t…

Measurement of the Muon Flux at the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector

HydroX, a light dark matter search with hydrogen-doped liquid xenon time projection chambers

The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

Constraints On Covariant WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Interactions from the First Science Run of the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment

First Constraints on WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Couplings in an Extended Energy Region From LUX-ZEPLIN

Model-independent extraction of form factors and ∣Vcb​∣ in B→Dℓ−νℓ​ with hadronic tagging at BaBar

Search for B Mesogenesis at BABAR

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons Using Tau Lepton Decays at BABAR

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

Cosmogenic production of 37Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

Search for an Axion-Like Particle in B Meson Decays

Study of the reactions e+e−→π+π−π0π0π0π0 and π+π−π0π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in Υ(3S)→e±μ∓

Search for Darkonium in e+e− Collisions

Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of ηc​ decays to η′K+K−, η′π+π−, and ηπ+π− produced in two-photon interactions

Projected sensitivities of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to new physics via low-energy electron recoils

Study of the reactions e+e−→2(π+π−)π0π0π0 and e+e−→2(π+π−)π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Precision measurement of the B(Υ(3S)→τ+τ−)/B(Υ(3S)→μ+μ−) ratio

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays D0→X0e±μ∓

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B±→K±Xccˉ​

Search for B−→Λpˉ​ννˉ with the BABAR experiment

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the D0 meson

Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of B→D∗ℓ−νℓ​

Model-independent extraction of form factors and $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ in $B \to D ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ with hadronic tagging at BaBar

Search for $B$ Mesogenesis at BABAR

Cosmogenic production of $^{37}$ Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in $Υ (3 S) \to e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$

Search for Darkonium in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions

Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c}$ decays to $η^{'} K^{+} K^{-}$ , $η^{'} π^{+} π^{-}$ , and $η π^{+} π^{-}$ produced in two-photon interactions

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Precision measurement of the $B (Υ (3 S) \to τ^{+} τ^{-}) / B (Υ (3 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-})$ ratio

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays $D^{0} \to X^{0} e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} X_{c c ˉ}$

Search for $B^{-} \to Λ p ˉ ν ν ˉ$ with the BABAR experiment

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the $D^{0}$ meson

Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of $B \to D^{*} ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$