A. Geraci

activity

20142026

J / ψ p

resonances consistent with pentaquark states in

Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p

decays

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41 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment

The LEGEND Collaboration, H. Acharya, M. Agostini +259

This paper describes the energy scale procedures and germanium detectors performance in the LEGEND-200 experiment, a critical component for the first unblinding in the search for n…

hep-ex2025★ 19 cited

First Results on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the LEGEND-200 Experiment

H. Acharya, N. Ackermann, M. Agostini +256

The LEGEND collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta ( $0 ν β β$ ) decay by operating high-purity germanium detectors enriched in $^{76}$ Ge in a low-background liquid argo…

physics.ins-det2022★ 5 cited

Optimum Filter Synthesis with DPLMS Method for Energy Reconstruction

V. D'Andrea, S. Riboldi, A. Geraci +2

Optimum filters are granted increasing recognition as valuable tools for parametric estimation in many scientific and technical fields. The DPLMS method, introduced some twenty yea…

hep-ex2016★ 11 cited

Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ ϕϕ$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +721

The $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ ϕϕ$ decay is observed in $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb $^{- 1}$ recorded by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass ener…

hep-ex2015★ 1.3k cited

Observation of $J / ψ p$ resonances consistent with pentaquark states in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +720

Observations of exotic structures in the $J / ψ p$ channel, that we refer to as pentaquark-charmonium states, in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p$ decays are presented. The data sample corresponds…

hep-ex2015★ 25 cited

Measurement of the branching fraction ratio $B (B_{c}^{+} \to ψ (2 S) π^{+}) / B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+})$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +721

Using $pp$ collision data collected by LHCb at center-of-mass energies $s$ = 7 TeV and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb $^{- 1}$ , the ratio of the bran…

hep-ex2015★ 17 cited

Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +701

A search is performed for heavy long-lived charged particles using 3.0 fb $^{- 1}$ of pp collisions collected at $s$ = 7 and 8 TeV with the LHCb detector. The search is mainly…

hep-ex2015★ 313 cited

Angular analysis and differential branching fraction of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722

An angular analysis and a measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ are presented, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $…

hep-ex2015★ 6 cited

First observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +713

A search for $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0 fb^{- 1}$ , collected…

hep-ex2015★ 98 cited

Measurement of the exclusive $Υ$ production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s =$ 7 TeV and 8 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705

A study is presented of central exclusive production of $Υ (n S)$ states, where the $Υ (n S)$ resonances decay to the $μ^{+} μ^{-}$ final state, using $pp$ collision data recorded by the LH…

hep-ex2015★ 19 cited

Study of $B^{-} \to D K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $B^{-} \to D π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays and determination of the CKM angle $γ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +716

We report a study of the suppressed $B^{-} \to D K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ and favored $B^{-} \to D π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays, where the neutral $D$ meson is detected through its decays to the $K^{\mp} π^{\pm}$ a…

hep-ex2015★ 137 cited

Measurement of the forward $Z$ boson production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s$ = 7 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705

A measurement of the production cross-section for $Z$ bosons that decay to muons is presented. The data were recorded by the LHCb detector during $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mas…

hep-ex2015★ 117 cited

Search for the $Λ_{b} \to Λ η^{'}$ and $Λ_{b} \to Λ η$ decays with the LHCb detector

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +716

A search is performed for the as yet unobserved baryonic $Λ_{b} \to Λ η^{'}$ and $Λ_{b} \to Λ η$ decays with 3 $f b^{- 1}$ of proton-proton collision data recorded by the…

hep-ex2015★ 178 cited

Search for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{0} f_{0} (980)$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705

A search for $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{0} f_{0} (980)$ decays is performed using $3.0 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. Th…

hep-ex2015★ 50 cited

Amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +716

The Dalitz plot distribution of $B^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{+} π^{-}$ decays is studied using a data sample corresponding to $3.0 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by the…

hep-ex2015★ 115 cited

Quantum numbers of the $X (3872)$ state and orbital angular momentum in its $ρ^{0} J ψ$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +619

Angular correlations in $B^{+} \to X (3872) K^{+}$ decays, with $X (3872) \to ρ^{0} J / ψ$ , $ρ^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-}$ and $J / ψ \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ , are used to measure orbital angular momentum contributions and to…

hep-ex2015★ 26 cited

A study of $C P$ violation in $B^{\mp} \to D h^{\mp}$ ( $h = K, π$ ) with the modes $D \to K^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{0}$ , $D \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0}$ and $D \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{0}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +707

An analysis of the decays of $B^{\mp} \to D K^{\mp}$ and $B^{\mp} \to D π^{\mp}$ is presented in which the $D$ meson is reconstructed in the three-body final states $K^\mp…

hep-ex2015★ 51 cited

Measurement of $C P$ violation in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +704

Measurements are presented of the $C P$ violation observables $S$ and $C$ in the decays of $B^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ mesons to the $J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ final state. The data sample corresp…

hep-ex2015★ 17 cited

First observation and measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{*\mp} K^{\pm}$

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

The first observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{*\mp} K^{\pm}$ decay is reported using 3.0 $f b^{- 1}$ of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment. The $D_{s}^{*\mp}$ …

hep-ex2015

Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +699

The differential branching fraction of the rare decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is measured as a function of $q^{2}$ , the square of the dimuon invariant mass. The analysis is…

hep-ex2015★ 69 cited

First observation and amplitude analysis of the $B^{-} \to D^{+} K^{-} π^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +700

The $B^{-} \to D^{+} K^{-} π^{-}$ decay is observed in a data sample corresponding to $3.0 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. I…

hep-ex2015★ 38 cited

Measurement of indirect $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ decays using semileptonic $B$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +707

Time-dependent $C P$ asymmetries in the decay rates of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ are measured in $pp$ collision data c…

hep-ex2014★ 140 cited

Precision measurement of $C P$ violation in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{+} K^{-}$ decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +696

The time-dependent $C P$ asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{+} K^{-}$ decays is measured using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0$ fb $^{- 1}$ , collected with…

physics.ins-det2014

The artificial retina for track reconstruction at the LHC crossing rate

A. Abba, F. Bedeschi, M. Citterio +12

We present the results of an R&D study for a specialized processor capable of precisely reconstructing events with hundreds of charged-particle tracks in pixel and silicon strip de…

Energy Calibration and Performance of HPGe Detectors in the LEGEND-200 Experiment

First Results on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the LEGEND-200 Experiment

Optimum Filter Synthesis with DPLMS Method for Energy Reconstruction

Observation of the Bs0​→J/ψϕϕ decay

Observation of J/ψp resonances consistent with pentaquark states in Λb0​→J/ψK−p decays

Measurement of the branching fraction ratio B(Bc+​→ψ(2S)π+)/B(Bc+​→J/ψπ+)

Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb

Angular analysis and differential branching fraction of the decay Bs0​→ϕμ+μ−

First observation of the decay Bs0​→KS0​K∗(892)0

Measurement of the exclusive Υ production cross-section in pp collisions at s​=7 TeV and 8 TeV

Study of B−→DK−π+π− and B−→Dπ−π+π− decays and determination of the CKM angle γ

Measurement of the forward Z boson production cross-section in pp collisions at s​ = 7 TeV

Search for the Λb​→Λη′ and Λb​→Λη decays with the LHCb detector

Search for the decay Bs0​→D0f0​(980)

Amplitude analysis of B0→Dˉ0K+π− decays

Quantum numbers of the X(3872) state and orbital angular momentum in its ρ0Jψ decay

A study of CP violation in B∓→Dh∓ (h=K,π) with the modes D→K∓π±π0, D→π+π−π0 and D→K+K−π0

Measurement of CP violation in B0→J/ψKS0​ decays

First observation and measurement of the branching fraction for the decay Bs0​→Ds∗∓​K±

Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of Λb0​→Λμ+μ− decays

First observation and amplitude analysis of the B−→D+K−π− decay

Measurement of indirect CP asymmetries in D0→K−K+ and D0→π−π+ decays using semileptonic B decays

Precision measurement of CP violation in Bs0​→J/ψK+K− decays

The artificial retina for track reconstruction at the LHC crossing rate

Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ ϕϕ$ decay

Observation of $J / ψ p$ resonances consistent with pentaquark states in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p$ decays

Measurement of the branching fraction ratio $B (B_{c}^{+} \to ψ (2 S) π^{+}) / B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+})$

Angular analysis and differential branching fraction of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ μ^{+} μ^{-}$

First observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$

Measurement of the exclusive $Υ$ production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s =$ 7 TeV and 8 TeV

Study of $B^{-} \to D K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $B^{-} \to D π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays and determination of the CKM angle $γ$

Measurement of the forward $Z$ boson production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s$ = 7 TeV

Search for the $Λ_{b} \to Λ η^{'}$ and $Λ_{b} \to Λ η$ decays with the LHCb detector

Search for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{0} f_{0} (980)$

Amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

Quantum numbers of the $X (3872)$ state and orbital angular momentum in its $ρ^{0} J ψ$ decay

A study of $C P$ violation in $B^{\mp} \to D h^{\mp}$ ( $h = K, π$ ) with the modes $D \to K^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{0}$ , $D \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0}$ and $D \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{0}$

Measurement of $C P$ violation in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays

First observation and measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{*\mp} K^{\pm}$

Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

First observation and amplitude analysis of the $B^{-} \to D^{+} K^{-} π^{-}$ decay

Measurement of indirect $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ decays using semileptonic $B$ decays

Precision measurement of $C P$ violation in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{+} K^{-}$ decays