C. Betancourt

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Improved measurement of $η / η^{'}$ mixing in $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ decays

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

Branching fraction ratios between the decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ are measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of…

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…

Study of $B_{c} (1 P)^{+}$ states in the $B_{c}^{+} γ$ mass spectrum

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

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