J. Lefrancois

activity

19992025

J / ψ p

resonances consistent with pentaquark states in

Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p

decays

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229 papers

physics.ins-det2025

Studying the GRAiNITA concept: first test beam results

Sergey Barsuk, Oleg Bezshyyko, Ianina Boiaryntseva +20

Data collected over a two-day period in June 2024 at the CERN SPS H9 test beam using a small-scale GRAiNITA prototype have been analyzed to characterize the detector's energy resol…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

First characterization of a novel grain calorimeter: the GRAiNITA prototype

Sergey Barsuk, Oleg Bezshyyko, Ianina Boyarintseva +12

A novel type of calorimeter based on grains of inorganic scintillating crystal readout by wave length shifting fibers is proposed. The concept and main features as well as the prot…

physics.ins-det2020★ 24 cited

Calibration and performance of the LHCb calorimeters in Run 1 and 2 at the LHC

C. Abellán Beteta, A. Alfonso Albero, Y. Amhis +84

The calibration and performance of the LHCb Calorimeter system in Run 1 and 2 at the LHC are described. After a brief description of the sub-detectors and of their role in the trig…

hep-ex2019★ 64 cited

Search for the doubly charmed baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abelán Beteta +905

A search for the doubly charmed baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{+}$ is performed through its decay to the $Λ_{c}^{+} K^{-} π^{+}$ final state, using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb de…

hep-ex2019★ 6 cited

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays $Λ_{b}^{0} \to ψ (2 S) Λ$ and $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ Λ$

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +799

Using $pp$ collisions corresponding to 3 $fb^{- 1}$ integrated luminosity, recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 $TeV$ , the ratio of…

hep-ex2019★ 17 cited

Dalitz plot analysis of the $D^{+} \to K^{-} K^{+} K^{+}$ decay

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +98

The resonant structure of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $D^{+} \to K^{-} K^{+} K^{+}$ is studied for the first time. The measurement is based on a sample of pp-collision data, collecte…

hep-ex2019★ 2 cited

Observation of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to pϕ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +848

The doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to pϕ$ with $ϕ \to K^{+} K^{-}$ is observed for the first time, with a statistical significance of more than fifteen standard deviation…

hep-ex2018★ 9 cited

Measurement of the branching fraction and $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{+} \to J / ψ ρ^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +844

The branching fraction and direct $C P$ asymmetry of the decay $B^{+} \to J / ψ ρ^{+}$ are measured using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at cent…

hep-ex2018★ 22 cited

Measurement of the charm-mixing parameter $y_{C P}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +841

A measurement of the charm-mixing parameter $y_{C P}$ using $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ , $D^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-}$ , and $D^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+}$ decays is reported. The $D^{0}$ mesons are required to originat…

hep-ex2018★ 9 cited

Measurement of the branching fractions of the decays $D^{+} \to K^{-} K^{+} K^{+}$ , $D^{+} \to π^{-} π^{+} K^{+}$ and $D_{s}^{+} \to π^{-} K^{+} K^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +841

The branching fractions of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $D^{+} \to K^{-} K^{+} K^{+}$ , $D^{+} \to π^{-} π^{+} K^{+}$ and $D_{s}^{+} \to π^{-} K^{+} K^{+}$ are measured using the decays…

hep-ex2018★ 64 cited

Evidence for an $η_{c} (1 S) π^{-}$ resonance in $B^{0} \to η_{c} (1 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +842

A Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{0} \to η_{c} (1 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ decays is performed using data samples of $pp$ collisions collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s…

hep-ex2018

Measurement of the $Ω_{c}^{0}$ baryon lifetime

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +834

We report a measurement of the lifetime of the $Ω_{c}^{0}$ baryon using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8~TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosit…

hep-ex2018★ 69 cited

Measurement of antiproton production in $pHe$ collisions at $s_{N N} = 110$ GeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +839

The cross-section for prompt antiproton production in collisions of protons with an energy of $6.5$ TeV incident on helium nuclei at rest is measured with the LHCb experiment from…

hep-ex2018★ 114 cited

Measurement of the lifetime of the doubly charmed baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{++}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +832

The first measurement of the lifetime of the doubly charmed baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{++}$ is presented, with the signal reconstructed in the final state $Λ_{c}^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{+}$ . The data sample…

hep-ex2018★ 168 cited

First observation of the doubly charmed baryon decay $Ξ_{cc}^{++} \to Ξ_{c}^{+} π^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +834

The doubly charmed baryon decay $Ξ_{cc}^{++} \to Ξ_{c}^{+} π^{+}$ is observed for the first time, with a statistical significance of $5.9 σ$ , confirming a recent observation…

hep-ex2018★ 26 cited

Measurement of angular and CP asymmetries in $D^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +832

The first measurements of the forward-backward asymmetry of the dimuon pair ( $A_{F B}$ ), the triple-product asymmetry ( $A_{2 ϕ}$ ), and the charge-parity-conjugation asymmetry ($A_{CP…

hep-ex2018★ 3 cited

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to χ_{c 2} K^{+} K^{-}$ in the $φ$ mass region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +828

The $B_{s}^{0} \to χ_{c 2} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay mode is observed and its branching fraction relative to the corresponding $χ_{c 1}$ decay mode, in a $\pm 15 \textrm{MeV}/c^…

hep-ex2018★ 62 cited

Search for beautiful tetraquarks in the $Υ (1 S) μμ$ invariant-mass spectrum

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +836

The $Υ (1 S) μ^{+} μ^{-}$ invariant-mass distribution is investigated for a possible exotic meson state composed of two $b$ quarks and two $b$ quarks, $X_{b\overline{b}b\overlin…

hep-ex2018★ 82 cited

Central exclusive production of $J / ψ$ and $ψ (2 S)$ mesons in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +808

Measurements are reported of the central exclusive production of \jpsi and \psitwos mesons in $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Backgrounds are significantly re…

hep-ex2018★ 21 cited

Measurement of the CKM angle $γ$ using $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ with $D \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ , $K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +819

A binned Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{\pm} \to D K^{\pm}$ decays, with $D \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $D \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$ , is used to perform a measurement of the CP-violating obse…

hep-ex2018★ 12 cited

Measurement of $D_{s}^{\pm}$ production asymmetry in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ and 8 TeV

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +786

The inclusive $D_{s}^{\pm}$ production asymmetry is measured in $pp$ collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $s = 7$ and 8 TeV. Promptly produ…

hep-ex2018★ 29 cited

Search for CP violation using triple product asymmetries in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ , $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ and $Ξ_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-} K^{-} π^{+}$ decays

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

A search for $C$ P and $P$ violation using triple-product asymmetries is performed with $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ , $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p K^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ and $Ξ^{0}_{b}\to pK^{-}K^{-…

hep-ex2018★ 32 cited

Evidence for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +788

A search for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is presented using data sets corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.6 $fb^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity coll…

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^+…

Studying the GRAiNITA concept: first test beam results

First characterization of a novel grain calorimeter: the GRAiNITA prototype

Calibration and performance of the LHCb calorimeters in Run 1 and 2 at the LHC

Search for the doubly charmed baryon Ξcc+​

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays Λb0​→ψ(2S)Λ and Λb0​→J/ψΛ

Dalitz plot analysis of the D+→K−K+K+ decay

Observation of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay Ξc+​→pϕ

Measurement of the branching fraction and CP asymmetry in B+→J/ψρ+ decays

Measurement of the charm-mixing parameter yCP​

Measurement of the branching fractions of the decays D+→K−K+K+, D+→π−π+K+ and Ds+​→π−K+K+

Evidence for an ηc​(1S)π− resonance in B0→ηc​(1S)K+π− decays

Measurement of the Ωc0​ baryon lifetime

Measurement of antiproton production in pHe collisions at sNN​​=110 GeV

Measurement of the lifetime of the doubly charmed baryon Ξcc++​

First observation of the doubly charmed baryon decay Ξcc++​→Ξc+​π+

Measurement of angular and CP asymmetries in D0→π+π−μ+μ− and D0→K+K−μ+μ− decays

Observation of the decay Bs0​​→χc2​K+K− in the φ mass region

Search for beautiful tetraquarks in the Υ(1S)μμ invariant-mass spectrum

Central exclusive production of J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons in pp collisions at s​=13 TeV

Measurement of the CKM angle γ using B±→DK± with D→KS0​π+π−, KS0​K+K− decays

Measurement of Ds±​ production asymmetry in pp collisions at s​=7 and 8 TeV

Search for CP violation using triple product asymmetries in Λb0​→pK−π+π−, Λb0​→pK−K+K− and Ξb0​→pK−K−π+ decays

Evidence for the decay Bs0​→K∗0μ+μ−