S. Cesare

Measurement of the $W$ -boson production cross-sections in $pp$ collisions at $s$ = 13 TeV in the forward region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1114

A precision measurement of the $W$ -boson production cross-section is performed using the $W \to μν$ decay channel, based on a sample of proton-proton collision data collected by th…

Precision measurement of the muon charge asymmetry from $W$ -boson decays in $pp$ collisions at $s$ = 13 TeV in the forward region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1114

A precision measurement of the muon charge asymmetry from $W$ -boson decays in proton-proton collisions at $s$ = 13 TeV is presented. The analysis utilizes data corresponding…

Measurement of inclusive production of charmonium states in $b$ -hadron decays via their decay into $ϕϕ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1176

The inclusive production of the $η_{c} (1 S)$ , $η_{c} (2 S)$ and $χ_{c}$ charmonium states in $b$ -hadron decays is studied with LHCb Run~2 data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity o…

Search for the lepton-flavour violating decays $B^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{\pm} e^{\mp}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1106

The first search for the lepton-flavour violating decays $B^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{\pm} e^{\mp}$ in proton-proton collisions is presented, using data collected by the LHCb experiment between…

Measurement of CP asymmetries in $B^{0} \to D_{s}^{-} D^{+}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1190

Measurements of the combined CP asymmetries in $B^{0} \to D_{s}^{-} D^{+}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D^{-}$ decays are ma…

A method for luminosity determination based on real-time hit reconstruction with the LHCb silicon pixel detector

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1177

The data acquisition system of the upgraded LHCb experiment includes the fast reconstruction of all hits in the vertex locator (VELO) pixel detector at the beam-crossing rate of 40…

Search for $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays at the LHCb experiment with Run 2 data

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1188

A search for the lepton-flavour-violating decay $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is carried out using data collected by the LHCb experiment between 2016 and 2018 in proton-proton collisions at t…

hep-ph2026

Probing super-heavy dark matter with ultra-high-energy gamma rays

Marco Chianese, Ninetta Saviano, Sara Cesare +4

We refine the constraints on the lifetime of decaying super-heavy dark matter particles (SHDM), with masses ranging from $1 0^{7}$ to $1 0^{15}$ GeV, by analyzing ultra-high-energy (UH…

Observation of the decay $χ_{c 1} (3872) \to J / ψ μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1184

The first observation of the $χ_{c 1} (3872) \to J / ψ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay is reported using proton-proton collision data recorded with the LHCb detector correspo…

First evidence of the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+} γ$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1173

The first search for the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+} γ$ decay in the range $796 < m (K^{-} π^{+}) < 1800 MeV/ c^{2}$ is performed using data from proton-proton collisions collected by the L…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

Search for heavy neutral leptons in B-meson decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1184

A search for long-lived heavy neutral leptons produced in B-meson decays and decaying to a $μ^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ final state is performed with data collected by the LHCb experiment in pro…

Measurement of the branching fractions and longitudinal polarisations of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K^{* 0} K^{* 0}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1183

A time- and flavour-integrated amplitude analysis of $B^{0}$ and $B_{s}^{0}$ decays to the $(K^{+} π^{-}) (K^{-} π^{+})$ final state in the $K^*(892)^0 \kern 0.18em \overline{\kern -0.18em K}{}^{*}…

Observation of the rare baryonic decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$ and measurement of its weak decay parameter

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1182

The first observation of the decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$ is presented, using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment between 2016 and 2018 at a cent…

Observation and investigation of the $T_{c c ˉ 1} (4430)^{+}$ structure in $B^{+} \to ψ (2 S) K_{S}^{0} π^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1184

The first four-dimensional amplitude analysis of the $B^{+} \to ψ (2 S) K_{S}^{0} π^{+}$ decay is performed with proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment…

Branching fraction measurement of the $Λ \to p μ^{-} ν_{μ}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1187

A measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $Λ \to p μ^{-} ν_{μ}$ is presented using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre…

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays with Run 3 data

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1189

A measurement of $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays is reported, based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector in 20…

A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle $γ$ in the decays $B^{\pm} \to [K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [π^{+} π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ ( $h = K, π$ )

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1164

A model-independent determination of the CKM angle $γ$ is presented, using the $B^{\pm} \to [K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [π^{+} π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ decays, with $h = K, π$ . This meas…

Measurement of the branching fraction of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ Λ$ decay and isospin asymmetry of $B \to J / ψ K$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1193

This paper describes a measurement of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ Λ$ branching fraction using data collected with the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions from 2016 to 2018. The datase…

First observation of the charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to Λ ˉ p p ˉ p$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1186

A search for the charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to Λ ˉ p p ˉ p$ is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated l…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

First observation of $C P$ violation and measurement of polarization in $B^{+} \to ρ (770)^{0} K^{*} (892)^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1183

An amplitude analysis of the $B^{+} \to (π^{+} π^{-}) (K_{S}^{0} π^{+})$ decay is performed in the mass regions $0.30 < m_{π^{+} π^{-}} < 1.10 GeV / c^{2}$ and $0.75 < m_{K^0_{\mathrm{S…

Measurement of the $B^{0} \to ρ (770)^{0} γ$ branching fraction

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1160

The ratio between the branching fractions of the $B^{0} \to ρ (770)^{0} γ$ and $B^{0} \to K^{*} (892)^{0} γ$ decays is measured with proton-proton collision data collected…

Improved measurement of $η / η^{'}$ mixing in $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1182

Branching fraction ratios between the decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ are measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of…