A. M. Sánchez

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20112014

most citedTest of lepton universality using

B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}

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hep-ex2014★ 46 cited

Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the Xi_b^- baryon

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

We report on measurements of the mass and lifetime of the Xi_b^- baryon using about 1800 Xi_b^- decays reconstructed in a proton-proton collision data set corresponding to an integ…

hep-ex2014★ 30 cited

Determination of gamma and -2beta_s from charmless two-body decays of beauty mesons

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

Using the latest LHCb measurements of time-dependent CP violation in the B^0_s -> K^+K^- decay, a U-spin relation between the decay amplitudes of B^0_s -> K^+K^- and B^0 -> π^+π^-…

hep-ex2014★ 38 cited

Measurement of the B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

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

The B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries, AP(B0) and AP(Bs), are measured by means of a time-dependent analysis of B0 -> J/ψK*0, B0 -> D- pi+ and Bs -> Ds- pi+ decays, usin…

hep-ex2014★ 130 cited

Dalitz plot analysis of $B_{s}^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{-} π^{+}$ decays

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

The resonant substructure of $B_{s}^{0} \to D ˉ^{0} K^{-} π^{+}$ decays is studied with the Dalitz plot analysis technique. The study is based on a data sample corresponding to a…

hep-ex2014★ 952 cited

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

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

A measurement of the ratio of the branching fractions of the $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ decays is presented using proton-proton colli…

hep-ex2014★ 57 cited

Observation of $Z$ production in proton-lead collisions at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +702

The first observation of $Z$ boson production in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per proton-nucleon pair of $s_{N N} = 5 TeV$ is presented. The data sa…

hep-ex2014★ 92 cited

Measurement of the resonant and CP components in $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +693

The resonant structure of the reaction $B^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ is studied using data from 3 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity collected by the LHCb experiment, one-t…

hep-ex2014★ 165 cited

Evidence for the decay $X (3872) \to ψ (2 S) γ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +692

Evidence for the decay mode $X (3872) \to ψ (2 S) γ$ in $B^{+} \to X (3872) K^{+}$ decays is found with a significance of 4.4 standard deviations. The analysis is based on a dat…

hep-ex2014★ 71 cited

Measurement of $ψ (2 S)$ polarisation in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +693

The polarisation of prompt $ψ (2 S)$ mesons is measured by performing an angular analysis of $ψ (2 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays using proton-proton collision data, corresponding t…

hep-ex2014★ 32 cited

Observation of associated production of a $Z$ boson with a $D$ meson in the~forward region

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +673

A search for associated production of a $Z$ boson with an open charm meson is presented using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0 fb^{- ‘}$ of…

hep-ex2013★ 39 cited

Observation of B^0_(s) -> J/ψf_1(1285) decays and measurement of the f_1(1285) mixing angle

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +666

Decays of Bs and B0 mesons into J/ψπ+π-π+π- final states, produced in pp collisions at the LHC, are investigated using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3/fb collec…

hep-ex2013★ 22 cited

Observation of $B_{s}^{0}$ - $B ˉ_{s}^{0}$ mixing and measurement of mixing frequencies using semileptonic B decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +657

The $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ mixing frequencies, $Δ m_{s}$ and $Δ m_{d}$ , are measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb^{-1} collected by the LHCb experim…

hep-ex2013★ 75 cited

Observation of a resonance in $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays at low recoil

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +657

A broad peaking structure is observed in the dimuon spectrum of $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays in the kinematic region where the kaon has a low recoil against the dimuon system. The s…

hep-ex2013★ 52 cited

Measurement of the relative rate of prompt $χ_{c 0}$ , $χ_{c 1}$ and $χ_{c 2}$ production at $s = 7$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +648

Prompt production of charmonium $χ_{c 0}$ , $χ_{c 1}$ and $χ_{c 2}$ mesons is studied using proton-proton collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of $s = 7$ TeV. The $χ_{c…

hep-ex2013★ 415 cited

Determination of the X(3872) meson quantum numbers

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +619

The quantum numbers of the X(3872) meson are determined to be JPC = 1++ based on angular correlations in B+ to X(3872) K+ decays, where X(3872) to pi+pi- J/psi and J/psi to μ+μ-. T…

hep-ex2013★ 166 cited

Measurement of the fragmentation fraction ratio $f_{s} / f_{d}$ and its dependence on $B$ meson kinematics

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +624

The relative production rate of $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ mesons is determined with the hadronic decays $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{-} π^{+}$ and $B^{0} \to D^{-} K^{+}$ . The m…

hep-ex2012★ 391 cited

First evidence for the decay Bs -> mu+ mu-

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +617

A search for the rare decays Bs->mu+mu- and B0->mu+mu- is performed using data collected in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The data samples co…

hep-ex2012★ 62 cited

First observation of the decay $B_{s 2}^{} (5840)^{0} \to B^{+} K^{-}$ and studies of excited $B_{s}$ mesons

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +621

Properties of the orbitally excited (L=1) $B_{s}$ states are studied using 1.0 fb $^{- 1}$ of pp collisions at $s = 7$ TeV collected with the LHCb detector. The first observation…

hep-ex2012★ 629 cited

The LHCb Trigger and its Performance in 2011

R. Aaij, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio +80

This paper presents the design of the LHCb trigger and its performance on data taken at the LHC in 2011. A principal goal of LHCb is to perform flavour physics measurements, and th…

hep-ex2012★ 46 cited

First observation of the decay $B^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +621

A discovery of the rare decay $B^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is presented. This decay is observed for the first time, with 5.2 $σ$ significance. The observation is made usin…

hep-ex2012★ 93 cited

Measurements of $B_{c}^{+}$ production and mass with the $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +617

Measurements of $B_{c}^{+}$ production and mass are performed with the decay mode $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+}$ using 0.37 fb $^{- 1}$ of data collected in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ TeV by th…

hep-ex2012★ 123 cited

Inclusive $W$ and $Z$ production in the forward region at $s = 7$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +606

Measurements of inclusive $W$ and $Z$ boson production cross-sections in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ TeV using final states containing muons are presented. The data sample corr…

hep-ex2012

Measurement of psi(2S) meson production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +577

The differential cross-section for the inclusive production of psi(2S) mesons in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV has been measured with the LHCb detector. The data sample correspond…

hep-ex2012★ 76 cited

Opposite-side flavour tagging of B mesons at the LHCb experiment

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +594

The calibration and performance of the opposite-side flavour tagging algorithms used for the measurements of time-dependent asymmetries at the LHCb experiment are described. The al…

Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the Xi_b^- baryon

Determination of gamma and -2beta_s from charmless two-body decays of beauty mesons

Measurement of the B0bar-B0 and Bsbar-Bs production asymmetries in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

Dalitz plot analysis of Bs0​→Dˉ0K−π+ decays

Test of lepton universality using B+→K+ℓ+ℓ− decays

Observation of Z production in proton-lead collisions at LHCb

Measurement of the resonant and CP components in B0→J/ψπ+π− decays

Evidence for the decay X(3872)→ψ(2S)γ

Measurement of ψ(2S) polarisation in pp collisions at s​=7 TeV

Observation of associated production of a Z boson with a D meson in the~forward region