F. Spinella

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19962024

most citedObservation of the resonant character of the

Z (4430)^{-}

state

398 citations · 5.8k across the 88 of their papers we have counts for

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88 papers

physics.ins-det2024★ 5 cited

DUNE Phase II: Scientific Opportunities, Detector Concepts, Technological Solutions

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1366

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

First Measurement of the Total Inelastic Cross-Section of Positively-Charged Kaons on Argon at Energies Between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360

ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) is a 770-ton liquid argon time projection chamber that operated in a hadron test beam at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2018. We present a meas…

physics.ins-det2024★ 7 cited

Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation Light

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1317

Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. I…

hep-ex2023★ 14 cited

Measurement of the $K^{+} \to π^{+} γ γ$ decay

The NA62 Collaboration

A sample of 3984 candidates of the $K^{+} \to π^{+} γ γ$ decay, with an estimated background of $291 \pm 14$ events, was collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN during 2017-2018. In order t…

hep-ex2021★ 69 cited

Search for $K^{+}$ decays to a muon and invisible particles

NA62 collaboration

The NA62 experiment at CERN reports searches for $K^{+} \to μ^{+} N$ and $K^{+} \to μ^{+} ν X$ decays, where $N$ and $X$ are massive invisible particles, using the 2016-2018 data set. The $N$ par…

hep-ex2020★ 58 cited

Search for $π^{0}$ decays to invisible particles

NA62 Collaboration

The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS reports a study of a sample of $4 \times 1 0^{9}$ tagged $π^{0}$ mesons from $K^{+} \to π^{+} π^{0} (γ)$ , searching for the decay of the $π^{0}$ to invisibl…

hep-ex2020★ 38 cited

An investigation of the very rare $K^{+} \to π^{+} ν ν ˉ$ decay

NA62 Collaboration

The NA62 experiment reports an investigation of the $K^{+} \to π^{+} ν ν ˉ$ mode from a sample of $K^{+}$ decays collected in 2017 at the CERN SPS. The experiment has achieved a si…

physics.ins-det2018★ 7 cited

The Mu2e undoped CsI crystal calorimeter

N. Atanov, V. Baranov, J. Budagov +32

The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab will search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violating conversion of a muon to an electron in an atomic field. The Mu2e detector is composed of a tracker,…

hep-ex2018★ 86 cited

Search for heavy neutral lepton production in $K^{+}$ decays

NA62 collaboration

A search for heavy neutral lepton production in $K^{+}$ decays using a data sample collected with a minimum bias trigger by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2015 is reported. Upper lim…

physics.ins-det2017★ 12 cited

Pre-Production and Quality Assurance of the Mu2e Calorimeter Silicon Photomultipliers

M. Cordelli, F. Cervelli, E. Diociaiuti +14

The Mu2e electromagnetic calorimeter has to provide precise information on energy, time and position for $\sim$ 100 MeV electrons. It is composed of 1348 un-doped CsI crystals, each…

hep-ex2015★ 46 cited

A model-independent confirmation of the $Z (4430)^{-}$ state

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +723

The decay $B^{0} \to ψ (2 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ is analyzed using $3 f b^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb detector. A model-independent description of the $ψ (2 S) π$ mass spe…

hep-ex2014

Prospects for $K^{+} \to π^{+} ν ν ˉ$ at CERN in NA62

G. Aglieri Rinella, R. Aliberti, F. Ambrosino +201

The NA62 experiment will begin taking data in 2015. Its primary purpose is a 10% measurement of the branching ratio of the ultrarare kaon decay $K^{+} \to π^{+} ν ν ˉ$ , using the d…

hep-ex2014★ 398 cited

Observation of the resonant character of the $Z (4430)^{-}$ state

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +697

Resonant structures in $B^{0} \to ψ^{'} π^{-} K^{+}$ decays are analyzed by performing a four-dimensional fit of the decay amplitude, using $pp$ collision data corresponding to $3f b^{- 1}$ …

hep-ex2014★ 92 cited

Measurement of the resonant and CP components in $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +693

The resonant structure of the reaction $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ is studied using data from 3 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity collected by the LHCb experiment, one-t…

hep-ex2014★ 165 cited

Evidence for the decay $X (3872) \to ψ (2 S) γ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +692

Evidence for the decay mode $X (3872) \to ψ (2 S) γ$ in $B^{+} \to X (3872) K^{+}$ decays is found with a significance of 4.4 standard deviations. The analysis is based on a dat…

hep-ex2014★ 51 cited

Measurements of the $B^{+}$ , $B^{0}$ , $B_{s}^{0}$ meson and $Λ_{b}^{0}$ baryon lifetimes

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +674

Measurements of $b$ -hadron lifetimes are reported using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0fb $^{- 1}$ , collected by the LHCb detector at a centre-o…

hep-ex2014★ 49 cited

Study of beauty hadron decays into pairs of charm hadrons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. Abba +694

First observations of the decays $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} D_{(s)}^{-}$ are reported using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3 fb^{- 1}$ collected at 7 and 8 TeV center…

hep-ex2014★ 26 cited

Measurement of polarization amplitudes and CP asymmetries in $B^{0} \to ϕ K^{*} (892)^{0}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. Abba +692

An angular analysis of the decay $B^{0} \to ϕ K^{*} (892)^{0}$ is reported based on a $pp$ collision data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb $^{- 1}$ , collected at a…

hep-ex2014★ 71 cited

Measurement of $ψ (2 S)$ polarisation in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +693

The polarisation of prompt $ψ (2 S)$ mesons is measured by performing an angular analysis of $ψ (2 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays using proton-proton collision data, corresponding t…

hep-ex2014★ 138 cited

Search for Majorana neutrinos in $B^{-} \to π^{+} μ^{-} μ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +674

A search for heavy Majorana neutrinos produced in the $B^{-} \to π^{+} μ^{-} μ^{-}$ decay mode is performed using 3 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector in $pp…

hep-ex2014★ 53 cited

Angular analysis of charged and neutral $B \to K μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +691

The angular distributions of the rare decays $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ are studied with data corresponding to 3fb $^{- 1}$ of integrate…

hep-ex2014★ 363 cited

Differential branching fractions and isospin asymmetries of $B \to K^{(*)} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +690

The isospin asymmetries of $B \to K μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B \to K^{*} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays and the partial branching fractions of the $B^{0} \to K^{0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ , $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^+ \to K^{*+}μ^+…

hep-ex2014★ 108 cited

Measurement of resonant and $C P$ components in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +680

The resonant structure of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ is studied using data corresponding to 3 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity from $pp$ collisions by the LHC and…

hep-ex2014★ 59 cited

Observation of photon polarization in the $b \to s γ$ transition

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +680

This Letter presents a study of the flavor-changing neutral current radiative $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} π^{\mp} π^{\pm} γ$ decays performed using data collected in proton-proton collisions…

DUNE Phase II: Scientific Opportunities, Detector Concepts, Technological Solutions

First Measurement of the Total Inelastic Cross-Section of Positively-Charged Kaons on Argon at Energies Between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV

Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation Light

Measurement of the K+→π+γγ decay

Search for K+ decays to a muon and invisible particles

Search for π0 decays to invisible particles

An investigation of the very rare K+→π+ννˉ decay

The Mu2e undoped CsI crystal calorimeter

Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays

Pre-Production and Quality Assurance of the Mu2e Calorimeter Silicon Photomultipliers

A model-independent confirmation of the Z(4430)− state

Prospects for K+→π+ννˉ at CERN in NA62

Observation of the resonant character of the Z(4430)− state

Measurement of the resonant and CP components in B0→J/ψπ+π− decays

Evidence for the decay X(3872)→ψ(2S)γ

Measurements of the B+, B0, Bs0​ meson and Λb0​ baryon lifetimes