M. Needham

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20112018

J / ψ p

resonances consistent with pentaquark states in

Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p

decays

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hep-ex2018★ 14 cited

A search for weakly decaying b-flavored pentaquarks

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +790

Investigations of the existence of pentaquark states containing a single $b$ (anti)quark decaying weakly into four specific final states J/ $ψ K^{+} π^{-} p$ , J/ $ψ K^{-} π^{-} p$ , J/$ψK^- π^+…

hep-ex2017★ 39 cited

Studies of the resonance structure in $D^{0} \to K^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +791

Amplitude models are constructed to describe the resonance structure of $D^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-} π^{-} π^{+}$ decays using $pp$ collision data co…

hep-ex2017★ 33 cited

Search for the rare decay $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +792

A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is reported using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0 f b^{- 1}$ collected…

hep-ex2017★ 34 cited

A measurement of the $C P$ asymmetry difference in $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} K^{+}$ and $p π^{-} π^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +791

The difference between the $C P$ asymmetries in the decays $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} K^{+}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p π^{-} π^{+}$ is presented. Proton-proton collision data t…

hep-ex2017★ 33 cited

Updated determination of $D^{0}$ - $D^{0}$ mixing and CP violation parameters with $D^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +792

We report measurements of charm-mixing parameters based on the decay-time-dependent ratio of $D^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ to $D^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+}$ rates. The analysis uses a data sample of proton-pro…

hep-ex2017★ 12 cited

First observation of $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} K^{+} K^{-}$ decays and a search for $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} ϕ$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +797

A search for $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} K^{+} K^{-}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 fb $^{- 1}$ , collected at centre-of-mass ene…

hep-ex2017★ 5 cited

First observation of forward $Z \to b b ˉ$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +804

The decay $Z \to b b ˉ$ is reconstructed in $pp$ collision data, corresponding to 2 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity, collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-…

hep-ex2017★ 734 cited

Test of lepton universality with $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +785

A test of lepton universality, performed by measuring the ratio of the branching fractions of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} e^{+} e^{-}$ deca…

hep-ex2017★ 24 cited

Measurement of $B_{s}^{0}$ and $D_{s}^{-}$ meson lifetimes

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +774

We report on a measurement of the flavor-specific $B_{s}^{0}$ lifetime and of the $D_{s}^{-}$ lifetime using proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, col…

hep-ex2017★ 14 cited

Observation of charmless baryonic decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to p p h^{+} h^{' -}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +770

Decays of $B^{0}$ and $B_{s}^{0}$ mesons to the charmless baryonic final states $p p h^{+} h^{' -}$ , where $h$ and $h^{'}$ each denote a kaon or a pion, are searched fo…

hep-ex2017★ 4 cited

Observation of the $B^{+} \to D^{*-} K^{+} π^{+}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +771

The $B^{+} \to D^{*-} K^{+} π^{+}$ decay potentially provides an excellent way to investigate charm meson spectroscopy. The decay is searched for in a sample of proton-proton collision dat…

hep-ex2017★ 94 cited

Search for the decays $B_{s}^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +775

A search for the rare decays $B_{s}^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ is performed using proton--proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector. The data sample corresponds to a…

hep-ex2017★ 14 cited

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} ϕ$ and evidence for $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} π^{+} π^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +762

A study of $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} ϕ$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0$\,\rm fb^{-1}…

hep-ex2017★ 19 cited

Measurement of the $B^{\pm}$ production asymmetry and the $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{\pm} \to J / ψ K^{\pm}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +764

The $B^{\pm}$ meson production asymmetry in $pp$ collisions is measured using $B^{+} \to D ˉ^{0} π^{+}$ decays. The data were recorded by the LHCb experiment during Run 1 of the LHC…

hep-ex2017★ 26 cited

Observation of the suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +768

The suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ , excluding the $J / ψ$ and $ψ (2 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ resonances, is observed for the first time with a significance o…

hep-ex2017★ 25 cited

Observation of the $Ξ_{b}^{-} \to J / ψ Λ K^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +764

The observation of the decay $Ξ_{b}^{-} \to J / ψ Λ K^{-}$ is reported, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3 fb^{- 1}$ , collected b…

hep-ex2017★ 12 cited

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ and $D_{s}^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +770

A search for $C P$ violation in $D^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ and $D_{s}^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ decays is performed using proton-proton collision data, corre…

hep-ex2017★ 29 cited

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to D^{0} K^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763

Using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb $^{- 1}$ , recorded by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, the $B_{c}^{…

hep-ex2016★ 66 cited

Measurement of the CKM angle $γ$ from a combination of LHCb results

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +765

A combination of measurements sensitive to the CKM angle $γ$ from LHCb is performed. The inputs are from analyses of time-integrated $B^{+} \to D K^{+}$ , $B^{0} \rightarrow D K…

hep-ex2016★ 5 cited

Search for the $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} ϕ$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763

A search for the charmless $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} ϕ$ decay is performed using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8$ TeV,…

hep-ex2016★ 21 cited

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ D^{()} K^{()}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +764

A search for the decays $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ D^{(*) 0} K^{+}$ and $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ D^{(*) +} K^{* 0}$ is performed with data collected at the LHCb experiment corresponding to an integrated lumino…

hep-ex2016★ 66 cited

Measurement of the phase difference between short- and long-distance amplitudes in the $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +764

A measurement of the phase difference between the short- and long-distance contributions to the $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay is performed by analysing the dimuon mass distribut…

hep-ex2016★ 12 cited

Evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767

A search for the rare two-body charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$ is performed with $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3\,\mbox{fb}^{-1}$, c…

hep-ex2016★ 19 cited

Measurement of forward $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767

The production of $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ is studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 Te…

A search for weakly decaying b-flavored pentaquarks

Studies of the resonance structure in D0→K∓π±π±π∓ decays

Search for the rare decay Λc+​→pμ+μ−

A measurement of the CP asymmetry difference in Λc+​→pK−K+ and pπ−π+ decays

Updated determination of D0-D0 mixing and CP violation parameters with D0→K+π− decays

First observation of B+→Ds+​K+K− decays and a search for B+→Ds+​ϕ decays

First observation of forward Z→bbˉ production in pp collisions at s​=8 TeV

Test of lepton universality with B0→K∗0ℓ+ℓ− decays

Measurement of Bs0​ and Ds−​ meson lifetimes

Observation of charmless baryonic decays B(s)0​→pp​h+h′−

Observation of the B+→D∗−K+π+ decay

Search for the decays Bs0​→τ+τ− and B0→τ+τ−

Observation of the decay Bs0​→ηc​ϕ and evidence for Bs0​→ηc​π+π−

Measurement of the B± production asymmetry and the CP asymmetry in B±→J/ψK± decays

Observation of the suppressed decay Λb0​→pπ−μ+μ−

Observation of the Ξb−​→J/ψΛK− decay

Measurement of CP asymmetries in D±→η′π± and Ds±​→η′π± decays

Observation of Bc+​→D0K+ decays

Measurement of the CKM angle γ from a combination of LHCb results

Search for the Bs0​→η′ϕ decay

Observation of Bc+​→J/ψD(∗)K(∗) decays

Measurement of the phase difference between short- and long-distance amplitudes in the B+→K+μ+μ− decay

Evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay B+→pΛˉ

Measurement of forward tt, W+bb and W+cc production in pp collisions at s​=8 TeV

Studies of the resonance structure in $D^{0} \to K^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays

Search for the rare decay $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$

A measurement of the $C P$ asymmetry difference in $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} K^{+}$ and $p π^{-} π^{+}$ decays

Updated determination of $D^{0}$ - $D^{0}$ mixing and CP violation parameters with $D^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

First observation of $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} K^{+} K^{-}$ decays and a search for $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} ϕ$ decays

First observation of forward $Z \to b b ˉ$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

Test of lepton universality with $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

Measurement of $B_{s}^{0}$ and $D_{s}^{-}$ meson lifetimes

Observation of charmless baryonic decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to p p h^{+} h^{' -}$

Observation of the $B^{+} \to D^{*-} K^{+} π^{+}$ decay

Search for the decays $B_{s}^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} ϕ$ and evidence for $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} π^{+} π^{-}$

Measurement of the $B^{\pm}$ production asymmetry and the $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{\pm} \to J / ψ K^{\pm}$ decays

Observation of the suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

Observation of the $Ξ_{b}^{-} \to J / ψ Λ K^{-}$ decay

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ and $D_{s}^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ decays

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to D^{0} K^{+}$ decays

Measurement of the CKM angle $γ$ from a combination of LHCb results

Search for the $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} ϕ$ decay

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ D^{()} K^{()}$ decays

Measurement of the phase difference between short- and long-distance amplitudes in the $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

Evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$

Measurement of forward $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV