W. De Silva

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20122015

most citedDifferential branching fraction and angular analysis of the decay

B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}

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hep-ex2015★ 49 cited

First observation of top quark production in the forward region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +723

Top quark production in the forward region in proton-proton collisions is observed for the first time. The $W + b$ final state with $W \to μν$ is reconstructed using muons with a t…

hep-ex2015★ 45 cited

Study of $W$ boson production in association with beauty and charm

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +722

The associated production of a $W$ boson with a jet originating from either a light parton or heavy-flavor quark is studied in the forward region using proton-proton collisions. Th…

hep-ex2015★ 119 cited

Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{0} \to D^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +710

The resonant substructures of $B^{0} \to D^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays are studied with the Dalitz plot technique. In this study a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosi…

hep-ex2015★ 178 cited

Determination of the quark coupling strength $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ using baryonic decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +707

In the Standard Model of particle physics, the strength of the couplings of the $b$ quark to the $u$ and $c$ quarks, $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ and $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ , are governed by the coupling of the…

hep-ex2015★ 25 cited

Observation of the $B^{0} \to ρ^{0} ρ^{0}$ decay from an amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to (π^{+} π^{-}) (π^{+} π^{-})$ decays

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

Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2011 and 2012 by the \lhcb experiment, co\-rres\-pon\-ding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0\invfb, are a\-na\-lysed to search for the cha…

hep-ex2015★ 12 cited

Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} η^{'}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +703

The first observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} η^{'}$ decay is reported. The study is based on a sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to $3.0$ $f b^{- 1}$ of integrated lumin…

hep-ex2015★ 16 cited

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ψ (2 S) K^{+} π^{-}$

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

The decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ψ (2 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ is observed using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0 f b^{- 1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment in $p…

hep-ex2015★ 22 cited

Measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetries in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$

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

The first measurement of decay-time-dependent CP asymmetries in the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ and an updated measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $\mathcal…

hep-ex2015★ 19 cited

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries and polarisation fractions in $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} K ˉ^{* 0}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +704

An angular analysis of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} K ˉ^{* 0}$ is performed using $pp$ collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0$ $f b^{- 1}$ collecte…

hep-ex2015★ 56 cited

Measurement of forward $Z \to e^{+} e^{-}$ production at $s = 8$ TeV

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

A measurement of the cross-section for Z-boson production in the forward region of pp collisions at 8TeV centre-of-mass energy is presented. The measurement is based on a sample of…

hep-ex2015★ 30 cited

Precise measurements of the properties of the B_1(5721)^(0,+) and B_2*(5747)^(0,+) states and observation of B^(+,0) pi^(-,+) mass structures

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +706

Invariant mass distributions of B+pi- and B0pi+ combinations are investigated in order to study excited B mesons. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to 3.0 fb-1 o…

hep-ex2015★ 73 cited

Angular analysis of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} e^{+} e^{-}$ decay in the low- $q^{2}$ region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +703

An angular analysis of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} e^{+} e^{-}$ decay is performed using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 ${\mbox{fb}^{-1}}$, collected b…

hep-ex2014★ 57 cited

Measurement of the CP-violating phase $β$ in $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ decays and limits on penguin effects

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

Time-dependent CP violation is measured in the $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ channel for each $π^{+} π^{-}$ resonant final state using data collected with an integrated luminosity of 3.0 f…

hep-ex2014★ 52 cited

Search for long-lived particles decaying to jet pairs

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

A search is presented for long-lived particles with a mass between 25 and 50 GeV $/ c^{2}$ and a lifetime between 1 and 200 ps in a sample of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-ma…

hep-ex2014★ 49 cited

Measurement of the lifetime of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson using the $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+}$ decay mode

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

The difference in total widths between the $B_{c}^{+}$ and $B^{+}$ mesons is measured using 3.0fb $^{- 1}$ of data collected by the LHCb experiment in 7 and 8 TeV centre-of-mass energy pro…

hep-ex2014★ 25 cited

Study of $η - η^{'}$ mixing from measurement of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ ~decay rates

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

A study of $B^{0}$ ~and $B_{s}^{0}$ meson decays into $J / ψ η$ ~and $J / ψ η^{'}$ final states is performed using a data set of proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and…

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★ 40 cited

Search for CP violation in $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+} π^{0}$ decays with the energy test

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +703

A search for time-integrated CP violation in the Cabibbo-suppressed decay $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+} π^{0}$ is performed using for the first time an unbinned model-independent technique known as t…

hep-ex2014★ 71 cited

Search for the lepton flavour violating decay $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +702

A search for the lepton flavour violating decay $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is performed with the LHCb experiment. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $1.0\mathrm{\,f…

hep-ex2014★ 46 cited

Measurement of the CP-violating phase $ϕ_{s}$ in $B ˉ_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +703

We present a measurement of the $C P$ -violating weak mixing phase $ϕ_{s}$ using the decay $B ˉ_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ in a data sample corresponding to $3.0$ fb $^{- 1}$ of…

hep-ex2014★ 30 cited

Measurement of the CKM angle γusing B^\pm --> D K^\pm with D-->K_Sπ^+π^-, K_SK^+K^- decays

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

A binned Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ decays, with $D \to K_{S} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $D \to K_{S} K^{+} K^{-}$ , is performed to measure the \CP-violating observables $x_{\pm}$ and $y…

hep-ex2014★ 38 cited

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in the decays $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

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

The direct $C P$ asymmetries of the decays $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ are measured using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrat…

hep-ex2014★ 90 cited

Observation of overlapping spin-1 and spin-3 $D ˉ^{0} K^{-}$ resonances at mass $2.86 GeV / c^{2}$

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

The resonant substructure of $B_{s}^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{-} π^{+}$ decays is studied using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ c…

hep-ex2014★ 40 cited

Measurement of $C P$ violation and constraints on the CKM angle $γ$ in $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ with $D \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +695

A model-dependent amplitude analysis of $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ with $D \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to…

First observation of top quark production in the forward region

Study of W boson production in association with beauty and charm

Dalitz plot analysis of B0→D0π+π− decays

Determination of the quark coupling strength ∣Vub​∣ using baryonic decays

Observation of the B0→ρ0ρ0 decay from an amplitude analysis of B0→(π+π−)(π+π−) decays

Observation of the Bs0​→η′η′ decay

Observation of the decay Bs0​→ψ(2S)K+π−

Measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetries in Bs0​→J/ψKS0​

Measurement of CP asymmetries and polarisation fractions in Bs0​→K∗0Kˉ∗0 decays

Measurement of forward Z→e+e− production at s​=8TeV

Precise measurements of the properties of the B_1(5721)^(0,+) and B_2*(5747)^(0,+) states and observation of B^(+,0) pi^(-,+) mass structures

Angular analysis of the B0→K∗0e+e− decay in the low-q2 region

Measurement of the CP-violating phase β in B0→J/ψπ+π− decays and limits on penguin effects

Search for long-lived particles decaying to jet pairs

Measurement of the lifetime of the Bc+​ meson using the Bc+​→J/ψπ+ decay mode

Study of η−η′ mixing from measurement of B(s)0​→J/ψη(′)~decay rates

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

Search for CP violation in D0→π−π+π0 decays with the energy test

Search for the lepton flavour violating decay τ−→μ−μ+μ−

Measurement of the CP-violating phase ϕs​ in Bˉs0​→Ds+​Ds−​ decays

Measurement of the CKM angle γusing B^\pm --> D K^\pm with D-->K_Sπ^+π^-, K_SK^+K^- decays

Measurement of CP asymmetries in the decays B0→K∗0μ+μ− and B+→K+μ+μ−

Observation of overlapping spin-1 and spin-3 Dˉ0K− resonances at mass 2.86GeV/c2

Measurement of CP violation and constraints on the CKM angle γ in B±→DK± with D→KS0​π+π− decays

Study of $W$ boson production in association with beauty and charm

Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{0} \to D^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

Determination of the quark coupling strength $∣ V_{u b} ∣$ using baryonic decays

Observation of the $B^{0} \to ρ^{0} ρ^{0}$ decay from an amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to (π^{+} π^{-}) (π^{+} π^{-})$ decays

Observation of the $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} η^{'}$ decay

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ψ (2 S) K^{+} π^{-}$

Measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetries in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries and polarisation fractions in $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} K ˉ^{* 0}$ decays

Measurement of forward $Z \to e^{+} e^{-}$ production at $s = 8$ TeV

Angular analysis of the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} e^{+} e^{-}$ decay in the low- $q^{2}$ region

Measurement of the CP-violating phase $β$ in $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ decays and limits on penguin effects

Measurement of the lifetime of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson using the $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+}$ decay mode

Study of $η - η^{'}$ mixing from measurement of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ ~decay rates

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

Search for CP violation in $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+} π^{0}$ decays with the energy test

Search for the lepton flavour violating decay $τ^{-} \to μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

Measurement of the CP-violating phase $ϕ_{s}$ in $B ˉ_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in the decays $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

Observation of overlapping spin-1 and spin-3 $D ˉ^{0} K^{-}$ resonances at mass $2.86 GeV / c^{2}$

Measurement of $C P$ violation and constraints on the CKM angle $γ$ in $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ with $D \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays