T. Ackernley

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 top-quark production cross-section and charge asymmetry at LHCb

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

The first measurements of the top- and antitop-quark differential production cross-sections and the top-quark charge asymmetry in the forward region are presented, using proton-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…

Differential decay rate of $B^{+} \to J / ψ K^{+}$ with the LHCb Upgrade I experiment

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

The normalised decay rate of $B^{+} \to J / ψ (\to μ^{+} μ^{-}) K^{+}$ is measured as a function of the lepton helicity angle using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $…

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…

Search for $K_{S (L)}^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays at LHCb

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

A search for $K_{S (L)}^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass en…

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…

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…

Amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to η_{c} (1 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

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

An amplitude analysis of the $B^{0} \to η_{c} (1 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ decays with $η_{c} (1 S) \to p p ˉ$ is performed using a sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9$\…

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…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Measurement of transverse $Λ$ and $Λ ˉ$ hyperon polarization in $p$ Pb collisions at $s_{N N} = 5.02$ TeV

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

The transverse polarization of $Λ$ and $Λ ˉ$ hyperons is measured in $p$ Pb collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of $5.02$ TeV. T…

Search for resonances decaying to photon pairs with masses between 4.9 and 19.4 GeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1144

A search is presented for axion-like particles (ALPs) with masses between 4.9 and 19.4 GeV decaying to a pair of photons, using proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb det…

Search for the decay $B^{0} \to ϕϕ$

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

A search for the decay $B^{0} \to ϕϕ$ is made using $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to an in…

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…

Precision measurement of the $Ξ_{b}^{0}$ baryon lifetime

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

A sample of $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb $^{- 1}$ and collected by the LHCb experiment during LHC Run 2, is used to measure the ratio of t…

First observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay and search for pentaquarks in the $Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ system

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

The $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay is observed for the first time using the data sample from proton-proton collisions recorded at a center-o…

hep-ex2025★ 4 cited

Observation of orbitally excited $B_{c}^{+}$ states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1155

The observation of a wide peaking structure in the $B_{c}^{+} γ$ mass spectrum is reported using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energ…