A. Lankford

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20112021

most citedMeasurement of an Excess of B -> D(*) Tau Nu Decays and Implications for Charged Higgs Bosons

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35 papers

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-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-ex2017★ 11 cited

Dalitz plot analyses of $J / ψ \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0}$ , $J / ψ \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{0}$ , and $J / ψ \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ produced via $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation with initial-state radiation

The BaBar Collaboration

We study the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to γ_{ISR} J / ψ$ where $J / ψ \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0}$ , $J / ψ \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{0}$ , and $J / ψ \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ using a data sample of 519 $f b^{- 1}$ rec…

hep-ex2016★ 21 cited

Constraints on Axion couplings from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

S. K. Liu, Q. Yue, K. J. Kang +68

We report the results of searches for solar axions and galactic dark matter axions or axion-like particles with CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, using…

hep-ex2016★ 9 cited

Measurement of the B^0 -> D^*- pi^+ pi^- pi^+ branching fraction

The BABAR Collaboration

Using a sample of (470.9 +- 2.8) x 10^6 BB-bar pairs, we measure the decay branching fraction B(B^0 -> D^*- pi^+ pi^- pi^+) = (7.26 +- 0.11 +- 0.31) x 10^-3, where the first uncert…

hep-ex2016★ 198 cited

Search for a muonic dark force at BABAR

The BABAR Collaboration

Many models of physics beyond the Standard Model predict the existence of new Abelian forces with new gauge bosons mediating interactions between "dark sectors" and the Standard Mo…

hep-ex2015★ 20 cited

Measurement of the I=1/2 $K π$ $S$ -wave amplitude from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c} \to K K ˉ π$ in two-photon interactions

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We study the processes $γ γ \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ and $γ γ \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{0}$ using a data sample of 519~ $f b^{- 1}$ recorded with the BaBar detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymm…

hep-ex2015★ 59 cited

Measurement of Angular Asymmetries in the Decays B->K*l+l-

Babar Collaboration

We study the lepton forward-backward asymmetry AFB and the longitudinal K* polarization FL, as well as an observable P2 derived from them, in the rare decays B->K*l+l-, where l+l-…

hep-ex2015★ 18 cited

Observation of $B \to D^{(*)} π^{+} π^{-} ℓ^{-} ν$ decays in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions at the $Υ (4 S)$ resonance

The BABAR Collaboration

We report on measurements of the decays of $B$ mesons into the semileptonic final states $B \to D^{(*)} π^{+} π^{-} ℓ^{-} ν$ , where $D^{(*)}$ represents a…

hep-ex2015★ 25 cited

Study of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

The BABAR Collaboration

The $e^{+} e^{-} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ cross section and charged-kaon electromagnetic form factor are measured in the $e^{+} e^{-}$ center-of-mass energy range ( $E$ ) from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV using the initi…

hep-ex2015★ 17 cited

Evidence for $C P$ violation in $B^{+} \to K^{*} (892)^{+} π^{0}$ from a Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{0}$ decays

J. P. Lees

We report a Dalitz plot analysis of charmless hadronic decays of charged $B$ mesons to the final state $K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{0}$ using the full BaBar dataset of $470.9 \pm 2.8$ milli…

hep-ex2014★ 40 cited

Dalitz plot analyses of $B^{0} \to D^{-} D^{0} K^{+}$ and $B^{+} \to D^{0} D^{0} K^{+}$ decays

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We present Dalitz plot analyses for the decays of $B$ mesons to $D^{-} D^{0} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} D^{0} K^{+}$ . We report the observation of the $D_{s 1}^{*} (2700)^{+}$ resonance in these…

hep-ex2014★ 10 cited

Bottomonium spectroscopy and radiative transitions involving the chi_bJ(1P,2P) states at BABAR

J. P. Lees

We use $(121 \pm 1)$ million $Υ (3 S)$ and $(98 \pm 1)$ million $Υ (2 S)$ mesons recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II $e^{+} e^{-}$ collider at SLAC to perform a study of radiative tran…

hep-ex2014★ 53 cited

Study of B{+-,0} --> J/ψ K+ K- K{+-,0} and search for B0 --> J/ψ ϕ at BABAR

The BABAR Collaboration

We study the rare B meson decays B{+-,0} --> J/ψ K^+ K^- K{+-,0}, B{+-,0} --> J/ψ ϕ K{+-,0}, and search for B0 --> J/ψ ϕ, using 469 million BBbar events collected at the Upsilon(4S…

hep-ex2014★ 524 cited

Search for a dark photon in e+e- collisions at BABAR

The BABAR Collaboration

Dark sectors charged under a new Abelian force have recently received much attention in the context of dark matter models. These models introduce a light new mediator, the so-calle…

hep-ex2014★ 8 cited

Evidence for the baryonic decay B0bar --> D0 Lambda Lambdabar

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

Evidence is presented for the baryonic $B$ meson decay $B ˉ \to D^{0} Λ Λ ˉ$ based on a data sample of $471 \times 1 0^{6}$ $B B ˉ$ pairs collected with the {\it BABAR} d…

hep-ex2013★ 101 cited

Measurement of the B->Xsl+l- branching fraction and search for direct CP violation from a sum of exclusive final states

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We present a measurement of the total branching fraction of the flavor-changing neutral-current process B->Xsl+l-, along with partial branching fractions in bins of dilepton and ha…

hep-ex2013★ 35 cited

Search for lepton-number violating B+ -> X- l+ l'+ decays

J. P. Lees, others, The BABAR Collaboration

We report on a search for eleven lepton-number violating processes B+ -> X- l+ l'+ with X- = K-, pi-, rho-, K*- or D- and l+/l'+ = e+ or mu+, using a sample of 471+/-3 million BBba…

hep-ex2013★ 106 cited

Measurement of Collins asymmetries in inclusive production of charged pion pairs in e^+e^- annihilation at BABAR

The BABAR Collaboration

We present measurements of Collins asymmetries in the inclusive process e+e- -->pi pi X, where pi stands for charged pions, at a center-of-mass energy of 10.6 GeV. We use a data sa…

hep-ex2013★ 82 cited

Measurement of the e+e- --> p anti-p cross section in the energy range from 3.0 to 6.5 GeV

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

The e+ e- --> p anti-p cross section and the proton magnetic form factor have been measured in the center-of-mass energy range from 3.0 to 6.5 GeV using the initial-state-radiation…

hep-ex2013★ 13 cited

Measurement of the Mass of the D0 Meson

The BABAR Collaboration

We report a measurement of the D0 meson mass using the decay chain D*(2010)+ -> D0 pi+ with D0 -> K- K- K+ pi+. The data were recorded with the BaBar detector at center-of-mass ene…

hep-ex2013★ 22 cited

Search for a light Higgs boson decaying to two gluons or ss-bar in the radiative decays of Y(1S)

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We search for the decay Y(1S) -> gamma A0, A0 -> gg or ss-bar, where A0 is the pseudoscalar light Higgs boson predicted by the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model. We use…

hep-ex2013★ 100 cited

Precision Measurement of the e+e- --> K+K-(gamma) Cross Section with the Initial-State Radiation Method at BaBar

The BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

A precise measurement of the cross section for the process e+e- --> K+K-(gamma) from threshold to an energy of 5 GeV is obtained with the initial-state radiation (ISR) method using…

hep-ex2013★ 81 cited

Production of charged pions, kaons and protons in e+e- annihilations into hadrons at sqrt{s} = 10.54 GeV

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

Inclusive production cross sections of $π^{\pm}$ , $K^{\pm}$ and $p p ˉ$ per hadronic $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation event in $e^{+} e^{-}$ are measured at a center-of-mass energy of 10.54 GeV, us…

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

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the D0 meson

Dalitz plot analyses of J/ψ→π+π−π0, J/ψ→K+K−π0, and J/ψ→KS0​K±π∓ produced via e+e− annihilation with initial-state radiation

Constraints on Axion couplings from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

Measurement of the B^0 -> D^*- pi^+ pi^- pi^+ branching fraction

Search for a muonic dark force at BABAR

Measurement of the I=1/2 Kπ S-wave amplitude from Dalitz plot analyses of ηc​→KKˉπ in two-photon interactions

Measurement of Angular Asymmetries in the Decays B->K*l+l-

Observation of B→D(∗)π+π−ℓ−ν decays in e+e− collisions at the Υ(4S) resonance

Study of the e+e−→K+K− reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

Evidence for CP violation in B+→K∗(892)+π0 from a Dalitz plot analysis of B+→KS0​π+π0 decays

Dalitz plot analyses of B0→D−D0K+ and B+→D0D0K+ decays

Bottomonium spectroscopy and radiative transitions involving the chi_bJ(1P,2P) states at BABAR

Study of B{+-,0} --> J/ψ K+ K- K{+-,0} and search for B0 --> J/ψ ϕ at BABAR

Search for a dark photon in e+e- collisions at BABAR

Evidence for the baryonic decay B0bar --> D0 Lambda Lambdabar

Measurement of the B->Xsl+l- branching fraction and search for direct CP violation from a sum of exclusive final states

Search for lepton-number violating B+ -> X- l+ l'+ decays

Measurement of Collins asymmetries in inclusive production of charged pion pairs in e^+e^- annihilation at BABAR

Measurement of the e+e- --> p anti-p cross section in the energy range from 3.0 to 6.5 GeV

Measurement of the Mass of the D0 Meson

Search for a light Higgs boson decaying to two gluons or ss-bar in the radiative decays of Y(1S)

Precision Measurement of the e+e- --> K+K-(gamma) Cross Section with the Initial-State Radiation Method at BaBar

Production of charged pions, kaons and protons in e+e- annihilations into hadrons at sqrt{s} = 10.54 GeV

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

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

Dalitz plot analyses of $J / ψ \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0}$ , $J / ψ \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{0}$ , and $J / ψ \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ produced via $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation with initial-state radiation

Measurement of the I=1/2 $K π$ $S$ -wave amplitude from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c} \to K K ˉ π$ in two-photon interactions

Observation of $B \to D^{(*)} π^{+} π^{-} ℓ^{-} ν$ decays in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions at the $Υ (4 S)$ resonance

Study of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

Evidence for $C P$ violation in $B^{+} \to K^{*} (892)^{+} π^{0}$ from a Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{0}$ decays

Dalitz plot analyses of $B^{0} \to D^{-} D^{0} K^{+}$ and $B^{+} \to D^{0} D^{0} K^{+}$ decays