P. Laycock

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20002025

most citedA Large Hadron Electron Collider at CERN: Report on the Physics and Design Concepts for Machine and Detector

636 citations · 5.7k across the 152 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

165 papers

hep-ex2025

Searches for hidden sectors using $K^{+} \to π^{+} X$ decays

NA62 Collaboration

Results from the study of the rare decays $K^{+} \to π^{+} ν ν ˉ$ , $K^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $K^{+} \to π^{+} γ γ$ at the NA62 experiment at CERN are interpreted in terms…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

Search for heavy neutral leptons in $π^{+}$ decays to positrons

NA62 Collaboration

A search for heavy neutral lepton ( $N$ ) production in $π^{+} \to e^{+} N$ in-flight decays using data collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2017-2024 is reported. Upper limits for…

physics.comp-ph2025

JENA Computing Initiative WP2 Report: Software and Heterogeneous Architectures

Mohammad Al-Turany, David Chamont, Davide Costanzo +14

The scientific communities of nuclear, particle, and astroparticle physics are continuing to advance and are facing unprecedented software challenges due to growing data volumes, c…

hep-ex2024★ 4 cited

Machine Learning-Assisted Measurement of Lepton-Jet Azimuthal Angular Asymmetries in Deep-Inelastic Scattering at HERA

The H1 collaboration, V. Andreev, M. Arratia +141

In deep-inelastic positron-proton scattering, the lepton-jet azimuthal angular asymmetry is measured using data collected with the H1 detector at HERA. When the average transverse…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of the 1-jettiness event shape observable in deep-inelastic electron-proton scattering at HERA

The H1 collaboration, V. Andreev, M. Arratia +146

The H1 Collaboration reports the first measurement of the 1-jettiness event shape observable $τ_{1}^{b}$ in neutral-current deep-inelastic electron-proton scattering (DIS). The observa…

hep-ex2024★ 6 cited

Measurement of groomed event shape observables in deep-inelastic electron-proton scattering at HERA

The H1 collaboration, V. Andreev, M. Arratia +145

The H1 Collaboration at HERA reports the first measurement of groomed event shape observables in deep inelastic electron-proton scattering (DIS) at $s = 319$ GeV, using data r…

hep-ex2024★ 5 cited

Observation and differential cross section measurement of neutral current DIS events with an empty hemisphere in the Breit frame

The H1 collaboration, V. Andreev, M. Arratia +146

The Breit frame provides a natural frame to analyze lepton-proton scattering events. In this reference frame, the parton model hard interactions between a quark and an exchanged bo…

cs.DB2024

The HSF Conditions Database Reference Implementation

Ruslan Mashinistov, Lino Gerlach, Paul Laycock +3

Conditions data is the subset of non-event data that is necessary to process event data. It poses a unique set of challenges, namely a heterogeneous structure and high access rates…

hep-ex2023

Search for lepton-flavor-violating $τ^{-} \to ℓ^{-} ϕ$ decays in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +575

We report a search for lepton-flavor-violating decays $τ^{-} \to ℓ^{-} ϕ$ ( $ℓ^{-} = e^{-}, μ^{-}$ ) at the Belle II experiment, using a sample of electron-positron data produced at the Su…

hep-ex2023★ 2 cited

Observation of $B \to D^{(*)} K^{-} K_{S}^{0}$ decays using the 2019-2022 Belle II data sample

Belle II Collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +575

We present a measurement of the branching fractions of four $B^{0, -} \to D^{(*) +, 0} K^{-} K_{S}^{0}$ decay modes. The measurement is based on data from SuperKEKB electron-positron colli…

hep-ex2023★ 5 cited

A study of the $K^{+} \to π^{0} e^{+} ν γ$ decay

The NA62 Collaboration

A sample of $1.3 \times 1 0^{5}$ $K^{+} \to π^{0} e^{+} ν γ$ candidates with less than 1% background was collected by the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS in 2017-2018. Branching fraction mea…

hep-ex2023★ 21 cited

Unbinned Deep Learning Jet Substructure Measurement in High $Q^{2}$ ep collisions at HERA

The H1 collaboration, V. Andreev, M. Arratia +142

The radiation pattern within high energy quark- and gluon-initiated jets (jet substructure) is used extensively as a precision probe of the strong force as well as an environment f…

hep-ex2023★ 3 cited

Measurement of the $B^{0} \to D^{*-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ branching ratio and $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ with a fully reconstructed accompanying $B$ meson in 2019-2021 Belle II data

F. Abudinén, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +581

We present a measurement of the $B^{0} \to D^{*-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ ( $ℓ = e, μ$ ) branching ratio and of the CKM parameter $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ using signal decays accompanied by a f…

hep-ex2022

Second Analysis Ecosystem Workshop Report

Mohamed Aly, Jackson Burzynski, Bryan Cardwell +66

The second workshop on the HEP Analysis Ecosystem took place 23-25 May 2022 at IJCLab in Orsay, to look at progress and continuing challenges in scaling up HEP analysis to meet the…

hep-ex2022★ 3 cited

Determination of $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ from untagged $B^{0} \to π^{-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ decays using 2019-2021 Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, K. Adamczyk, L. Aggarwal +588

We present an analysis of the charmless semileptonic decay $B^{0} \to π^{-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ , where $ℓ = e, μ$ , from 198.0 million pairs of $B B ˉ$ mesons recorded by the Belle II…

hep-ex2022★ 8 cited

A search for the $K^{+} \to μ^{-} ν e^{+} e^{+}$ decay

NA62 collaboration

A search for the $K^{+} \to μ^{-} ν e^{+} e^{+}$ decay, forbidden within the Standard Model by either lepton number or lepton flavour conservation depending on the flavour of the emitted neutri…

hep-ex2022★ 1 cited

Determination of $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ from $B \to D ℓ ν$ decays using 2019-2021 Belle II data

Belle II collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +590

We present a determination of the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element $V_{c b}$ using $B \to D ℓ ν$ decays. The result is based on $e^{+} e^{-} \to Υ (4 S)$ data…

hep-ex2022

Measurement of the photon-energy spectrum in inclusive $B \to X_{s} γ$ decays identified using hadronic decays of the recoil $B$ meson in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +593

We measure the photon-energy spectrum in radiative bottom-meson ( $B$ ) decays into inclusive final states involving a strange hadron and a photon. We use SuperKEKB electron-positron…

hep-ex2022

Measurement of the branching fractions and $C P$ asymmetries of $B^{+} \to π^{+} π^{0}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{0}$ decays in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +582

We determine the branching fractions $B$ and $C P$ asymmetries $A_{CP}$ of the decays $B^{+} \to π^{+} π^{0}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{0}$ . The result…

hep-ex2022★ 15 cited

A measurement of the $K^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

NA62 Collaboration

A sample of $2.8 \times 1 0^{4}$ $K^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ candidates with negligible background was collected by the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS in 2017--2018. The model-inde…

hep-ex2022★ 2 cited

Measurement of Branching Fraction and Longitudinal Polarization in $B^{0} \to ρ^{+} ρ^{-}$ Decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +584

We present a measurement of the branching fraction and longitudinal polarization of $B^{0} \to ρ^{+} ρ^{-}$ decays. SuperKEKB electron-positron collision data corresponding to 189~fb$^{-…

hep-ex2022★ 3 cited

Performance of the NA62 trigger system

The NA62 Collaboration

The NA62 experiment at CERN targets the measurement of the ultra-rare $K^{+} \to π^{+} ν ν ˉ$ decay, and carries out a broad physics programme that includes probes for symmetry vio…

hep-ex2022

Measurements of the branching fraction, isospin asymmetry, and lepton-universality ratio in $B \to J / ψ K$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +591

We report a study of $B \to J / ψ (ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}) K$ decays, where $ℓ$ represents an electron or a muon, using $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions at the $Υ (4 S)$ resonance. The data were col…

hep-ex2022★ 2 cited

Angular analysis of $B^{+} \to ρ^{+} ρ^{0}$ decays reconstructed in 2019, 2020, and 2021 Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, F. Abudinén, I. Adachi +590

We report on a Belle II measurement of the branching fraction ( $B$ ), longitudinal polarization fraction ( $f_{L}$ ), and CP asymmetry ( $A_{C P}$ ) of $B^{+} \to ρ^{+} ρ^{0}$ …

Searches for hidden sectors using K+→π+X decays

Search for heavy neutral leptons in π+ decays to positrons

JENA Computing Initiative WP2 Report: Software and Heterogeneous Architectures

Machine Learning-Assisted Measurement of Lepton-Jet Azimuthal Angular Asymmetries in Deep-Inelastic Scattering at HERA

Measurement of the 1-jettiness event shape observable in deep-inelastic electron-proton scattering at HERA

Measurement of groomed event shape observables in deep-inelastic electron-proton scattering at HERA

Observation and differential cross section measurement of neutral current DIS events with an empty hemisphere in the Breit frame

The HSF Conditions Database Reference Implementation

Search for lepton-flavor-violating τ−→ℓ−ϕ decays in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Observation of B→D(∗)K−KS0​ decays using the 2019-2022 Belle II data sample

A study of the K+→π0e+νγ decay

Unbinned Deep Learning Jet Substructure Measurement in High Q2 ep collisions at HERA

Measurement of the B0→D∗−ℓ+νℓ​ branching ratio and ∣Vcb​∣ with a fully reconstructed accompanying B meson in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Second Analysis Ecosystem Workshop Report

Determination of ∣Vub​∣ from untagged B0→π−ℓ+νℓ​ decays using 2019-2021 Belle II data

A search for the K+→μ−νe+e+ decay

Determination of ∣Vcb​∣ from B→Dℓν decays using 2019-2021 Belle II data

Measurement of the photon-energy spectrum in inclusive B→Xs​γ decays identified using hadronic decays of the recoil B meson in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Measurement of the branching fractions and CP asymmetries of B+→π+π0 and B+→K+π0 decays in 2019-2021 Belle II data

A measurement of the K+→π+μ+μ− decay

Measurement of Branching Fraction and Longitudinal Polarization in B0→ρ+ρ− Decays at Belle II

Performance of the NA62 trigger system

Measurements of the branching fraction, isospin asymmetry, and lepton-universality ratio in B→J/ψK decays at Belle II

Angular analysis of B+→ρ+ρ0 decays reconstructed in 2019, 2020, and 2021 Belle II data

Searches for hidden sectors using $K^{+} \to π^{+} X$ decays

Search for heavy neutral leptons in $π^{+}$ decays to positrons

Search for lepton-flavor-violating $τ^{-} \to ℓ^{-} ϕ$ decays in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Observation of $B \to D^{(*)} K^{-} K_{S}^{0}$ decays using the 2019-2022 Belle II data sample

A study of the $K^{+} \to π^{0} e^{+} ν γ$ decay

Unbinned Deep Learning Jet Substructure Measurement in High $Q^{2}$ ep collisions at HERA

Measurement of the $B^{0} \to D^{*-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ branching ratio and $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ with a fully reconstructed accompanying $B$ meson in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Determination of $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ from untagged $B^{0} \to π^{-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ decays using 2019-2021 Belle II data

A search for the $K^{+} \to μ^{-} ν e^{+} e^{+}$ decay

Determination of $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ from $B \to D ℓ ν$ decays using 2019-2021 Belle II data

Measurement of the photon-energy spectrum in inclusive $B \to X_{s} γ$ decays identified using hadronic decays of the recoil $B$ meson in 2019-2021 Belle II data

Measurement of the branching fractions and $C P$ asymmetries of $B^{+} \to π^{+} π^{0}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{0}$ decays in 2019-2021 Belle II data

A measurement of the $K^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

Measurement of Branching Fraction and Longitudinal Polarization in $B^{0} \to ρ^{+} ρ^{-}$ Decays at Belle II

Measurements of the branching fraction, isospin asymmetry, and lepton-universality ratio in $B \to J / ψ K$ decays at Belle II

Angular analysis of $B^{+} \to ρ^{+} ρ^{0}$ decays reconstructed in 2019, 2020, and 2021 Belle II data