R. A. D. Silva

Model-independent measurement of the transversity amplitudes of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1154

An analysis of the decay amplitudes of $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} (\to K^{+} π^{-}) μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is presented, using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energie…

New measurements of $B_{c}^{+}$ decays into single charm final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1132

Using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9 fb^{- 1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment, searches are performed for $B_{c}^{+}$ mesons d…

Differential measurement of the branching fraction and $C P$ asymmetry of the decay $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1121

Differential measurements of the branching fraction and $C P$ asymmetry of the decay $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ are performed in intervals of the dimuon mass squared, $q^{2}$ , using pro…

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ τ^{+} ν_{τ}) / B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ μ^{+} ν_{μ})$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1121

A measurement of the ratio of semileptonic branching fractions $R (J ψ)$ , defined as $\mathcal{R}(J/ψ) \equiv \mathcal{B}(B_c^+ \to J/ψτ^+ ν_τ)/\mathcal{B}(B_c^+ \to J/ψμ^+…

Associated $Z$ + $J / ψ$ production as a probe of multiparton interactions in the forward region

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

This letter reports a study of associated $Z$ boson and prompt $J / ψ$ production in proton-proton collisions at $s = 13$ TeV with the LHCb detector in the forward rapidity regi…

Evidence for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ η^{'}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1101

Using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9 fb^{- 1}$ collected in proton-proton collisions between 2011 and 2018 by the LHCb experiment, evidence is…

$C P$ violation analysis of local and nonlocal amplitudes in the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1104

A search for $C P$ violation in the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment during Run…

First evidence of the decay $B^{+} \to π^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$

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

The first evidence for the decay $B^{+} \to π^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ is reported using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, c…

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 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.…

$B$ -jet fragmentation with $B^{\pm} \to J / ψ K^{\pm}$ decays in $s = 13$ TeV $pp$ collisions at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1166

The collinear and transverse-momentum-dependent jet fragmentation function and the radial profile for $B^{\pm}$ mesons in jets are measured. The $B^{\pm}$ mesons are reconstructed…

Precision measurement of CP violation and branching fractions in $B^{\pm} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{\pm}$ $(h = π, K)$ decays and search for the rare decay $B_{c}^{\pm} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm}$

R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, C. Abellan Beteta +1177

The decay $B^{\pm} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{\pm}$ , with a $C P$ asymmetry expected to be close to zero in the Standard Model, is theoretically clean and sensitive to potential new ph…

Searches for $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-} τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} τ^{+} τ^{-}$ decays

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

The first searches for $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-} τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} τ^{+} τ^{-}$ decays at the LHCb experiment are conducted with $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminos…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

Measurement of the $Ω_{c}^{0}$ and $Ξ_{c}^{0}$ baryon lifetimes using hadronic $b$ -baryon decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1143

The lifetimes of the $Ω_{c}^{0}$ and $Ξ_{c}^{0}$ baryons are measured using a $pp$ collision dataset collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9~\rm{f…

Three-pion Bose-Einstein correlations measured in proton-proton collisions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1128

A study on the Bose-Einstein correlations for triplets of same-sign pions is presented. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqr…

hep-ex2025★ 3 cited

Measurement of the Lund plane for light- and beauty-quark jets

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1136

The substructure of jets in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) has garnered significant attention with the advent of infrared- and collinear-safe clustering algorithms and observables. A…

Measurements of charmed meson and antimeson production asymmetries at $s = 13.6$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1130

This article presents doubly differential measurements of the asymmetries in production rates between mesons containing a charm quark and those containing an anticharm quark in pro…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

First measurement of $b$ -jet mass with and without grooming

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1138

The LHCb collaboration presents a novel suite of heavy-flavour jet substructure measurements at forward rapidity in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}…

hep-ex2025★ 6 cited

Measurement of the branching fraction ratio $R_{K}$ at large dilepton invariant mass

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1138

A test of lepton universality between muons and electrons is performed using $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays (where $ℓ$ = $e$ , $μ$ ), in the dilepton invariant-mass-squared regio…

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{0} p p ˉ$ and measurement of the $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K^{0} p p ˉ$ branching fractions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1131

A study of the charmless baryonic decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K^{0} p p ˉ$ is presented, where $B_{(s)}^{0}$ denotes either a $B^{0}$ or a $B_{s}^{0}$ meson. The analysis is based on proton-pr…

Angular analysis of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ e^{+} e^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1132

An angular analysis of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ e^{+} e^{-}$ is presented, using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018 at centre-of-mass energie…

Observation of the very rare $Σ^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1131

The first observation of the $Σ^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay is reported with high significance using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4\,\rm…