C. Betancourt

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…

Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section with SND@LHC

LHC Collaboration, D. Abbaneo, S. Ahmad +163

We report a measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current (CC) interaction cross section on tungsten using the electronic detectors of the SND@LHC experiment at the CERN Large H…

Study of the Run-3 muon flux at the SND@LHC experiment

LHC Collaboration

Long-range muons produced in proton-proton collisions at the ATLAS interaction point constitute the primary background for neutrino interaction searches at the SND@LHC experiment.…

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…

Measurement of the Muon Flux at SND@LHC: Results from the 2023-2025 Proton and Heavy-Ion Periods

LHC Collaboration

The SND@LHC experiment investigates neutrinos in the $7.2 < η < 8.4$ forward pseudorapidity range. The detector consists of a veto system, a scintillating fiber tracker interleaved…

SND@LHC Upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC: Physics Reach and Installation Scenarios

LHC Collaboration

The SND@LHC experiment is currently taking data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), exploring the unique forward region at pseudorapidities from 7.2 to 8.4. Its physics programme c…

Machine learning techniques for jet reconstruction at LHCb and application to the search for $H \to b b ˉ$ and $H \to c c ˉ$ in $s = 13$ TeV $pp$ collisions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1194

Two machine learning techniques for jet measurements at the LHCb experiment are presented: a regression-based method for jet-energy calibration and a deep neural network algorithm…

Search for lepton-number-violating $B^{-} \to D^{(*) +} μ^{-} μ^{-}$ decays

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

A search is performed for lepton-number-violating $B^{-} \to D^{(*) +} μ^{-} μ^{-}$ decays, using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy…

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 $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays with Run 3 data

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1189

A measurement of $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays is reported, based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector in 20…

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…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

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…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

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…

Measurement of the branching fraction of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ Λ$ decay and isospin asymmetry of $B \to J / ψ K$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1193

This paper describes a measurement of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ Λ$ branching fraction using data collected with the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions from 2016 to 2018. The datase…

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…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

First observation of $C P$ violation and measurement of polarization in $B^{+} \to ρ (770)^{0} K^{*} (892)^{+}$ decays

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

An amplitude analysis of the $B^{+} \to (π^{+} π^{-}) (K_{S}^{0} π^{+})$ decay is performed in the mass regions $0.30 < m_{π^{+} π^{-}} < 1.10 GeV / c^{2}$ and $0.75 < m_{K^0_{\mathrm{S…

physics.ins-det2025

The SND@LHC neutron shielding

LHC Collaboration

The design and construction of a neutron shielding for the SND@LHC detector, which utilizes a combination of plexiglass and borated polyethylene, is presented. FLUKA simulations we…

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…

Amplitude analysis of the $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} π^{+}$ decay and $Ξ_{c}^{+}$ baryon polarization measurement in semileptonic beauty-hadron decays

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

An amplitude analysis of the $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} π^{+}$ decay together with a measurement of the $Ξ_{c}^{+}$ polarization vector in semileptonic beauty-hadron decays is presented. The analysis…