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Angular analysis of the $B^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1112

This paper presents the first measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry, $A_{FB}$ , and the flat term, $F_{H}$ , that parameterise the angular distribution of the $B^+\toπ^+μ…

Observation of a new excited charm-strange meson $D_{s 1} (2933)^{+}$ in $B^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-} K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

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

A new excited charm-strange meson is observed through an amplitude analysis of the full phase space of $B^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-} K^{+} π^{-}$ decays. The analysis is based on a proton-proton col…

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…

Measurement of the local and nonlocal amplitudes in $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

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

This paper presents a thorough study of the local and nonlocal amplitudes in $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ transitions through an amplitude analysis of the dimuon mass spectrum of the decay.…

Improved branching-fraction measurements of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{^{'} -}$ decays and first observation of $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1123

This paper presents a study of the charmless three-body decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{' -}$ (where $h^{(')} = π, K$ ), using a sample of $pp$ collision d…

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…

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…

First observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} Λ_{c}^{-}$ decay and evidence for the $B^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} Λ_{c}^{-}$ decay

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

A search is presented for the two-body charmed baryonic decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} Λ_{c}^{-}$ , using a data sample collected by the LHCb experiment during…

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 charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets in proton-proton collisions at $s$ =13 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1174

Charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets are measured in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $s$ = 13 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. Distr…

Study of charm mixing and CP violation with $D^{0} \to K^{\pm} π^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays

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

A study of charm mixing and CP violation in $D^{0} \to K^{\pm} π^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays is performed using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions from 2015 to 2…

Measurement of the $W \to μ ν_{μ}$ cross-sections as a function of the muon transverse momentum in $pp$ collisions at 5.02 TeV

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

The $pp \to W^{\pm} (\to μ^{\pm} ν_{μ}) X$ cross-sections are measured at a proton-proton centre-of-mass energy $s = 5.02$ TeV using a dataset corresponding to an integrated l…

First evidence of $C P$ violation in beauty baryon to charmonium decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1178

A study of the difference in the $C P$ asymmetries between $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ and $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p K^{-}$ decays, $Δ A_{C P}$ , is performed using proton-prot…

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to D h^{+} h^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1185

Searches are presented for $B_{c}^{+} \to D h^{+} h^{-}$ decays, where $D$ is a charmed meson and $h^{\pm}$ is a charged pion or kaon, using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb e…

Inclusive $B$ -meson flavour-tagging algorithm at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1179

A new algorithm is developed to identify the flavour of neutral $B$ mesons at production in $pp$ collisions by utilising all tracks from the hadronisation process. The algorithm is…

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…