J. V. D. van den Brand

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19942022

most citedAdvanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

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hep-ex2014★ 36 cited

Measurement of the $χ_{b} (3 P)$ mass and of the relative rate of $χ_{b 1} (1 P)$ and $χ_{b 2} (1 P)$ production

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +696

The production of $χ_{b}$ mesons in proton-proton collisions is studied using a data sample collected by the LHCb detector, at centre-of-mass energies of $s = 7$ and $8$ TeV and…

hep-ex2014★ 36 cited

First observation of a baryonic $B_{c}^{+}$ decay

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

A baryonic decay of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson, $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ p p π^{+}$ , is observed for the first time, with a significance of $7.3$ standard deviations, in $pp$ collision data coll…

hep-ex2014★ 115 cited

Measurements of $C P$ violation in the three-body phase space of charmless $B^{\pm}$ decays

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

The charmless three-body decay modes $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} π^{+} π^{-}$ , $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} K^{+} K^{-}$ , $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} K^{+} K^{-}$ and $B^{\pm} \r…

hep-ex2014★ 64 cited

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

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

A measurement of the inclusive $W \to μν$ production cross-section using data from $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $s = 7 TeV$ is presented. The analy…

gr-qc2014★ 4.2k cited

Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma +231

Advanced Virgo is the project to upgrade the Virgo interferometric detector of gravitational waves, with the aim of increasing the number of observable galaxies (and thus the detec…

hep-ex2014★ 14 cited

First observations of the rare decays $B^{+} - > K^{+} π^{+} π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} - > ϕ K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

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

First observations of the rare decays $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{+} π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to ϕ K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ are presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0\,{…

hep-ex2014★ 38 cited

Measurement of the B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

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

The B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries, AP(B0) and AP(Bs), are measured by means of a time-dependent analysis of B0 -> J/ψK*0, B0 -> D- pi+ and Bs -> Ds- pi+ decays, usin…

hep-ex2014★ 26 cited

Study of $χ_{b}$ meson production in pp collisions at $s = 7$ and 8TeV and observation of the decay $χ_{b} \to Υ (3 S) γ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

A study of $χ_{b}$ meson production at LHCb is performed on proton-proton collision data, corresponding to 3.0fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity collected at centre-of-mass energie…

hep-ex2014★ 50 cited

Observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +702

The first observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ is reported using a data sample of proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an in…

hep-ex2014★ 130 cited

Dalitz plot analysis of $B_{s}^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{-} π^{+}$ decays

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

The resonant substructure of $B_{s}^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{-} π^{+}$ decays is studied with the Dalitz plot analysis technique. The study is based on a data sample corresponding to a…

hep-ex2014★ 27 cited

Measurement of CP asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

We report on measurements of the time-dependent CP violating observables in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays using a dataset corresponding to 1.0 fb $^{- 1}$ of pp collisi…

hep-ex2014★ 26 cited

Evidence for CP violation in $B^{+} \to p p ˉ K^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

Three-body $B^{+} \to p p K^{+}$ and $B^{+} \to p p π^{+}$ decays are studied using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 $f b^{- 1}$ collected by…

hep-ex2014★ 19 cited

Measurement of CP violation in $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +698

A measurement of the decay time dependent CP-violating asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decays is presented, along with measurements of the $T$ -odd triple-product asymmetries. In this d…

hep-ex2014★ 952 cited

Test of lepton universality using $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

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

A measurement of the ratio of the branching fractions of the $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ decays is presented using proton-proton colli…

hep-ex2014★ 21 cited

Effective lifetime measurements in the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ , $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to π^{+} K^{-}$ decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +689

Measurements of the effective lifetimes in the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ , $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to π^{+} K^{-}$ decays are presented using…

hep-ex2014★ 22 cited

First measurement of the charge asymmetry in beauty-quark pair production at a hadron collider

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +700

The difference in the angular distributions between beauty quarks and antiquarks, referred to as the charge asymmetry, is measured for the first time in $b b ˉ$ pair production…

hep-ex2014★ 57 cited

Observation of $Z$ production in proton-lead collisions at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +702

The first observation of $Z$ boson production in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per proton-nucleon pair of $s_{N N} = 5 TeV$ is presented. The data sa…

physics.ins-det2014★ 377 cited

Performance of the LHCb Vertex Locator

LHCb VELO Group, R. Aaij, A. Affolder +101

The Vertex Locator (VELO) is a silicon microstrip detector that surrounds the proton-proton interaction region in the LHCb experiment. The performance of the detector during the fi…

hep-ex2014★ 75 cited

Study of the kinematic dependences of $Λ_{b}^{0}$ production in $pp$ collisions and a measurement of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} π^{-}$ branching fraction

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +689

The kinematic dependences of the relative production rates, $f_{Λ_{b}^{0}} / f_{d}$ , of $Λ_{b}^{0}$ baryons and $B ˉ^{0}$ mesons are measured using $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} π^{-}$ and $\bar{B}…

nucl-ex2014★ 62 cited

Study of $Υ$ production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at $s_{N N} = 5 TeV$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +696

Production of $Υ$ mesons in proton-lead collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy $s_{N N} = 5 TeV$ is studied with the LHCb detector. The analysis is base…

hep-ex2014★ 110 cited

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ decays

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

Time-integrated $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{0}$ decays to the final states $K^{-} K^{+}$ and $π^{-} π^{+}$ are measured using proton-proton collisions corresponding to $3 fb^{- 1}$ of i…

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★ 18 cited

Evidence for the decay $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ 3 π^{+} 2 π^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +686

Evidence is presented for the decay $B_{c} + \to J / ψ 3 π^{+} 2 π^{-}$ using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3fb $^{- 1}$ , collected with the LH…

Measurement of the χb​(3P) mass and of the relative rate of χb1​(1P) and χb2​(1P) production

First observation of a baryonic Bc+​ decay

Measurements of CP violation in the three-body phase space of charmless B± decays

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

Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

First observations of the rare decays B+−>K+π+π−μ+μ− and B+−>ϕK+μ+μ−

Measurement of the B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

Study of χb​ meson production in pp collisions at s​=7 and 8TeV and observation of the decay χb​→Υ(3S)γ

Observation of the Λb0​→J/ψpπ− decay

Dalitz plot analysis of Bs0​→Dˉ0K−π+ decays

Measurement of CP asymmetry in Bs0​→Ds∓​K± decays

Evidence for CP violation in B+→ppˉ​K+ decays

Measurement of CP violation in Bs0​→ϕϕ decays

Test of lepton universality using B+→K+ℓ+ℓ− decays

Effective lifetime measurements in the Bs0​→K+K−, B0→K+π− and Bs0​→π+K− decays

First measurement of the charge asymmetry in beauty-quark pair production at a hadron collider

Observation of Z production in proton-lead collisions at LHCb

Performance of the LHCb Vertex Locator

Study of the kinematic dependences of Λb0​ production in pp collisions and a measurement of the Λb0​→Λc+​π− branching fraction

Study of Υ production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at sNN​​=5 TeV

Measurement of CP asymmetry in D0→K−K+ and D0→π−π+ decays

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 Bc+​→J/ψ3π+2π−

Measurement of the $χ_{b} (3 P)$ mass and of the relative rate of $χ_{b 1} (1 P)$ and $χ_{b 2} (1 P)$ production

First observation of a baryonic $B_{c}^{+}$ decay

Measurements of $C P$ violation in the three-body phase space of charmless $B^{\pm}$ decays

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

First observations of the rare decays $B^{+} - > K^{+} π^{+} π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} - > ϕ K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

Study of $χ_{b}$ meson production in pp collisions at $s = 7$ and 8TeV and observation of the decay $χ_{b} \to Υ (3 S) γ$

Observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ decay

Dalitz plot analysis of $B_{s}^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{-} π^{+}$ decays

Measurement of CP asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays

Evidence for CP violation in $B^{+} \to p p ˉ K^{+}$ decays

Measurement of CP violation in $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decays

Test of lepton universality using $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

Effective lifetime measurements in the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ , $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to π^{+} K^{-}$ decays

Observation of $Z$ production in proton-lead collisions at LHCb

Study of the kinematic dependences of $Λ_{b}^{0}$ production in $pp$ collisions and a measurement of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} π^{-}$ branching fraction

Study of $Υ$ production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at $s_{N N} = 5 TeV$

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ decays

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

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

Evidence for the decay $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ 3 π^{+} 2 π^{-}$