A. Soffer

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20182026

most citedEntanglement and Bell nonlocality with bottom-quark pairs at hadron colliders

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hep-ex2026

Measurements of the branching fractions of $Λ_{c}^{+} \to Λ K^{+} π^{0}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to Λ K^{+} η$ decays at Belle and Belle II

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +400

We present a study of the three-body, singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $Λ_{c}^{+} \to Λ K^{+} π^{0}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to Λ K^{+} η$ using data recorded with the Belle and Belle II detectors at the…

hep-ex2026

Test of lepton flavor universality with $B ˉ \to D^{()} τ^{-} ν ˉ_{τ}$ and $B ˉ \to D^{()} ℓ^{-} ν ˉ_{ℓ}$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +494

We test lepton flavor universality with a measurement of the branching-fraction ratios $R(D^{(*)}) \equiv \mathcal{B}(\bar{B} \rightarrow D^{(*)} τ^{-} \barν_τ)/\mathcal{B}(\bar{B}…

hep-ex2026

Study of $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} Υ (1 D)$ at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +404

The bottomonium spectrum, consisting of bound states of a $b$ quark and an anti- $b$ quark, provides an excellent laboratory for probing quantum chromodynamics in the non-pertur…

hep-ex2026

Study of $e^{+} e^{-} \to h^{+} h^{-} J / ψ (h = π, K, p)$ via initial-state radiation at Belle~II

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +417

Using a data sample of 427.9 fb $^{- 1}$ collected by the Belle~II detector at or near the $Υ (4 S)$ and $Υ (10753)$ resonances, the cross sections for $e^{+} e^{-} \to h^{+} h^{-} J / ψ$ $(h = π / K / p)$ …

hep-ex2025

Measurements of the mass difference $m (B^{0}) - m (B^{+})$ and the energy dependence of the cross-section ratio $σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to B^{0} B ˉ^{0}) / σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to B^{+} B^{-})$ at Belle and Belle II

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +396

Using data samples collected by the Belle and Belle II experiments at the $Υ (4 S)$ resonance with integrated luminosities of 571 fb $^{- 1}$ and 365 fb $^{- 1}$ , respectively, we measur…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Search for $C P$ violation in $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to Σ^{+} h^{+} h^{-}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p h^{+} h^{-}$ at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi +344

We report decay-rate $C P$ asymmetries of the singly-Cabibbo-suppressed decays $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to Σ^{+} h^{+} h^{-}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p h^{+} h^{-}$ , with $h = K, π$ , measured using 428 fb $^{- 1}$ of $e^{+} e^{-}$ col…

hep-ex2025

Observation of $e^{+} e^{-} \to η Υ (2 S)$ and search for $e^{+} e^{-} \to η Υ (1 S), γ X_{b}$ at $s$ near 10.75 GeV

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +435

We present an analysis of the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to η Υ (1 S)$ , $η Υ (2 S)$ , and $γ X_{b}$ with $X_{b} \to π^{+} π^{-} χ_{b J}, χ_{b J} \to γ Υ (1 S)$ $(J = 1, 2)$ reconstructed from $γγπ^+π^-\ell^+\ell^-~(…

hep-ex2025

Estimating the track-reconstruction efficiency in phenomenological proposals of long-lived-particle searches

Emilie Bertholet, Abner Soffer

Phenomenological proposals of searches for new, long-lived particles face a challenge when estimating the reconstruction efficiency of displaced charged-particle tracks. The effici…

hep-ex2024

Determination of $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ from simultaneous measurements of untagged $B^{0} \to π^{-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ and $B^{+} \to ρ^{0} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ decays

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +417

We present a measurement of $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ from a simultaneous study of the charmless semileptonic decays $B^{0} \to π^{-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ and $B^{+} \to ρ^{0} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ , where $\ell = e, μ…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of branching fractions, CP asymmetry, and isospin asymmetry for $B \to ργ$ decays using Belle and Belle II data

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +407

We present measurements of $B^{+} \to ρ^{+} γ$ and $B^{0} \to ρ^{0} γ$ decays using a combined data sample of $772 \times 1 0^{6}$ $B B$ pairs collected by the Bel…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of the energy dependence of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to B B ˉ$ , $B B ˉ^{}$ , and $B^{} B ˉ^{*}$ cross sections at Belle~II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +466

We report measurements of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to B B ˉ$ , $B B ˉ^{*}$ , and $B^{*} B ˉ^{*}$ cross sections at four energies, 10653, 10701, 10746 and 10805 MeV, using data collected b…

hep-ex2024★ 8 cited

Search for lepton-flavor-violating $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +429

We present the result of a search for the charged-lepton-flavor violating decay $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ using a $424 f b^{- 1}$ sample of data recorded by the Belle II experiment at the S…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

Search for Rare $b \to d ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ Transitions at Belle

Belle, Belle II Collaborations, : +393

We present the results of a search for the $b \to d ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ flavor-changing neutral-current rare decays $B^{+, 0} \to (η, ω, π^{+, 0}, ρ^{+, 0}) e^{+} e^{-}$ and $B^{+, 0} \to (η, ω…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +450

We report a measurement of decay-time dependent charge-parity ( $C P$ ) asymmetries in $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays. We use $387 \times 1 0^{6} B B ˉ$ pairs collected at…

hep-ex2024★ 10 cited

Search for a $μ^{+} μ^{-}$ resonance in four-muon final states at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +401

We report on a search for a resonance $X$ decaying to a pair of muons in $e^{+} e^{-} \to μ^{+} μ^{-} X$ events in the 0.212-9.000 GeV/ $c^{2}$ mass range, using 178 fb $^{- 1}$ of…

hep-ex2024★ 13 cited

New graph-neural-network flavor tagger for Belle II and measurement of $sin 2 ϕ_{1}$ in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +413

We present GFlaT, a new algorithm that uses a graph-neural-network to determine the flavor of neutral $B$ mesons produced in $Υ (4 S)$ decays. It improves previous algorithms by usin…

hep-ex2024★ 4 cited

Search for a heavy neutral lepton that mixes predominantly with the tau neutrino

Belle Collaboration, M. Nayak, S. Dey +165

We report a search for a heavy neutral lepton (HNL) that mixes predominantly with $ν_{τ}$ . The search utilizes data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy $e…

hep-ex2024

A test of lepton flavor universality with a measurement of $R (D^{*})$ using hadronic $B$ tagging at the Belle II experiment

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +434

The ratio of branching fractions $R (D^{*}) = B (B \to D^{*} τ^{-} ν_{τ})$ /$\mathcal{B} (\overline{B} \rightarrow D^{*} \ell^{-} \overlineν_{\ell}…

hep-ex2024

Study of $Υ (10753)$ decays to $π^{+} π^{-} Υ (n S)$ final states at Belle II

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal +393

We present an analysis of the process $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} Υ (n S)$ (where $n$ = 1, 2, or 3) reconstructed in $19.6$ $f b^{- 1}$ of Belle II data during a special run of the…

hep-ex2023★ 5 cited

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ and $D π^{\pm}$ with $D \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ using Belle and Belle II data

Belle, Belle II Collaboration, : +408

We measure $C P$ asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ and $D π^{\pm}$ decays with $D \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ , where $D$ is a superposition of $D^{0}$ and…

hep-ex2023

Measurement of the $τ$ -lepton mass with the Belle~II experiment

Belle II Collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk +418

We present a measurement of the $τ$ -lepton mass using a sample of about 175 million $e^{+} e^{-} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ events collected with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB $e^{+} e^{-}$ collid…

hep-ex2018★ 17 cited

Search for vector-boson resonances decaying to a top quark and bottom quark in the lepton plus jets final state in $pp$ collisions at $s$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

A search for new charged massive gauge bosons, $W^{'}$ , is performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data were collected in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass ener…

Measurements of the branching fractions of Λc+​→ΛK+π0 and Λc+​→ΛK+η decays at Belle and Belle II

Test of lepton flavor universality with Bˉ→D(∗)τ−νˉτ​ and Bˉ→D(∗)ℓ−νˉℓ​ decays at Belle II

Study of e+e−→π+π−Υ(1D) at Belle II

Study of e+e−→h+h−J/ψ (h=π, K, p) via initial-state radiation at Belle~II

Measurements of the mass difference m(B0)−m(B+) and the energy dependence of the cross-section ratio σ(e+e−→B0Bˉ0)/σ(e+e−→B+B−) at Belle and Belle II

Search for CP violation in Ξc+​→Σ+h+h− and Λc+​→ph+h− at Belle II

Observation of e+e−→ηΥ(2S) and search for e+e−→ηΥ(1S), γXb​ at s​ near 10.75 GeV

Estimating the track-reconstruction efficiency in phenomenological proposals of long-lived-particle searches

Determination of ∣Vub​∣ from simultaneous measurements of untagged B0→π−ℓ+νℓ​ and B+→ρ0ℓ+νℓ​ decays

Measurement of branching fractions, CP asymmetry, and isospin asymmetry for B→ργ decays using Belle and Belle II data

Measurement of the energy dependence of the e+e−→BBˉ, BBˉ∗, and B∗Bˉ∗ cross sections at Belle~II

Search for lepton-flavor-violating τ−→μ−μ+μ− decays at Belle II

Search for Rare b→dℓ+ℓ− Transitions at Belle

Measurement of CP asymmetries in B0→KS0​KS0​KS0​ decays at Belle II

Search for a μ+μ− resonance in four-muon final states at Belle II

New graph-neural-network flavor tagger for Belle II and measurement of sin2ϕ1​ in B0→J/ψKS0​ decays

Search for a heavy neutral lepton that mixes predominantly with the tau neutrino

A test of lepton flavor universality with a measurement of R(D∗) using hadronic B tagging at the Belle II experiment

Study of Υ(10753) decays to π+π−Υ(nS) final states at Belle II

Measurement of CP asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for B±→DK± and Dπ± with D→KS0​K±π∓ using Belle and Belle II data

Measurement of the τ-lepton mass with the Belle~II experiment

Search for vector-boson resonances decaying to a top quark and bottom quark in the lepton plus jets final state in pp collisions at s​ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Measurements of the branching fractions of $Λ_{c}^{+} \to Λ K^{+} π^{0}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to Λ K^{+} η$ decays at Belle and Belle II

Test of lepton flavor universality with $B ˉ \to D^{()} τ^{-} ν ˉ_{τ}$ and $B ˉ \to D^{()} ℓ^{-} ν ˉ_{ℓ}$ decays at Belle II

Study of $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} Υ (1 D)$ at Belle II

Study of $e^{+} e^{-} \to h^{+} h^{-} J / ψ (h = π, K, p)$ via initial-state radiation at Belle~II

Measurements of the mass difference $m (B^{0}) - m (B^{+})$ and the energy dependence of the cross-section ratio $σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to B^{0} B ˉ^{0}) / σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to B^{+} B^{-})$ at Belle and Belle II

Search for $C P$ violation in $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to Σ^{+} h^{+} h^{-}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p h^{+} h^{-}$ at Belle II

Observation of $e^{+} e^{-} \to η Υ (2 S)$ and search for $e^{+} e^{-} \to η Υ (1 S), γ X_{b}$ at $s$ near 10.75 GeV

Determination of $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ from simultaneous measurements of untagged $B^{0} \to π^{-} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ and $B^{+} \to ρ^{0} ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ}$ decays

Measurement of branching fractions, CP asymmetry, and isospin asymmetry for $B \to ργ$ decays using Belle and Belle II data

Measurement of the energy dependence of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to B B ˉ$ , $B B ˉ^{}$ , and $B^{} B ˉ^{*}$ cross sections at Belle~II

Search for lepton-flavor-violating $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays at Belle II

Search for Rare $b \to d ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ Transitions at Belle

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays at Belle II

Search for a $μ^{+} μ^{-}$ resonance in four-muon final states at Belle II

New graph-neural-network flavor tagger for Belle II and measurement of $sin 2 ϕ_{1}$ in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays

A test of lepton flavor universality with a measurement of $R (D^{*})$ using hadronic $B$ tagging at the Belle II experiment

Study of $Υ (10753)$ decays to $π^{+} π^{-} Υ (n S)$ final states at Belle II

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ and $D π^{\pm}$ with $D \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ using Belle and Belle II data

Measurement of the $τ$ -lepton mass with the Belle~II experiment

Search for vector-boson resonances decaying to a top quark and bottom quark in the lepton plus jets final state in $pp$ collisions at $s$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector