R. McNulty

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hep-ex2015★ 7 cited

Central Exclusive Production at LHCb

Ronan McNulty

Central Exclusive Production is a unique QCD process in which particles are produced via colourless propagators. Several results have been obtained at LHCb for the production of si…

hep-ex2015★ 58 cited

Production of associated $Υ$ and open charm hadrons in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ and $8$ TeV via double parton scattering

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +724

Associated production of bottomonia and open charm hadrons in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ and $8$ TeV is observed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3$fb^{-…

hep-ex2015★ 30 cited

Evidence for the strangeness-changing weak decay $Ξ_{b}^{-} \to Λ_{b}^{0} π^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +724

Using a $pp$ collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0~fb $^{- 1}$ , collected by the LHCb detector, we present the first search for the strangeness-chang…

hep-ex2015★ 46 cited

A model-independent confirmation of the $Z (4430)^{-}$ state

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

The decay $B^{0} \to ψ (2 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ is analyzed using $3 f b^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb detector. A model-independent description of the $ψ (2 S) π$ mass spe…

hep-ex2015★ 175 cited

Measurements of prompt charm production cross-sections in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13 TeV$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +724

Production cross-sections of prompt charm mesons are measured with the first data from $pp$ collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of $13 TeV$ . The data sample…

hep-ex2015★ 49 cited

Forward production of $Υ$ mesons in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ and 8TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +720

The production of $Υ$ mesons in $pp$ collisions at $= 7$ and $8 TeV$ is studied with the LHCb detector using data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of…

hep-ex2015★ 71 cited

First measurement of the differential branching fraction and $C P$ asymmetry of the $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

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

The differential branching fraction with respect to the dimuon invariant mass squared, and the $C P$ asymmetry of the $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay are measured for the first time.…

hep-ex2015★ 26 cited

Measurement of the time-integrated $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays

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

The time-integrated $C P$ asymmetry in the decay $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ is measured using $3 f b^{- 1}$ of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-ma…

hep-ex2015★ 157 cited

Search for hidden-sector bosons in $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +724

A search is presented for hidden-sector bosons, $χ$ , produced in the decay $B^{0} \to K^{*} (892)^{0} χ$ , with $K^{*} (892)^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ and $χ \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ . The search is performed u…

hep-ex2015★ 1.3k cited

Observation of $J / ψ p$ resonances consistent with pentaquark states in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +720

Observations of exotic structures in the $J / ψ p$ channel, that we refer to as pentaquark-charmonium states, in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p$ decays are presented. The data sample corresponds…

hep-ex2015★ 35 cited

$B$ flavour tagging using charm decays at the LHCb experiment

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +725

An algorithm is described for tagging the flavour content at production of neutral $B$ mesons in the LHCb experiment. The algorithm exploits the correlation of the flavour of a $B$ …

hep-ex2015★ 11 cited

Measurement of the top-quark mass in the $t t ˉ$ dilepton channel using the full CDF Run II data set

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +400

We present a measurement of the top-quark mass in events containing two leptons (electrons or muons) with a large transverse momentum, two or more energetic jets, and a transverse-…

hep-ex2015★ 17 cited

Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb

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

A search is performed for heavy long-lived charged particles using 3.0 fb $^{- 1}$ of pp collisions collected at $s$ = 7 and 8 TeV with the LHCb detector. The search is mainly…

hep-ex2015★ 6 cited

First observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +713

A search for $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0 fb^{- 1}$ , collected…

hep-ex2015★ 635 cited

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $B (B^{0} \to D^{+} τ^{-} ν_{τ}) / B (B^{0} \to D^{+} μ^{-} ν_{μ})$

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

The branching fraction ratio $R (D^{*}) \equiv B (B^{0} \to D^{*+} τ^{-} ν_{τ}) / B (B^{0} \to D^{*+} μ^{-} ν_{μ})$ is measured…

hep-ex2015★ 19 cited

Study of $B^{-} \to D K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $B^{-} \to D π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays and determination of the CKM angle $γ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +716

We report a study of the suppressed $B^{-} \to D K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ and favored $B^{-} \to D π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays, where the neutral $D$ meson is detected through its decays to the $K^{\mp} π^{\pm}$ a…

hep-ex2015★ 178 cited

Search for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{0} f_{0} (980)$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +705

A search for $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{0} f_{0} (980)$ decays is performed using $3.0 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. Th…

hep-ex2015★ 7 cited

First measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in bottom-quark pair production at high mass

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +400

We measure the particle-level forward-backward production asymmetry in $b b ˉ$ pairs with masses $m (b b ˉ)$ larger than 150 GeV/ $c^{2}$ , using events with hadronic jets and emp…

hep-ex2015★ 10 cited

Search for Resonances Decaying to Top and Bottom Quarks with the CDF Experiment

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +402

We report on a search for charged massive resonances decaying to top ( $t$ ) and bottom ( $b$ ) quarks in the full data set of proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy of…

hep-ex2015★ 115 cited

Quantum numbers of the $X (3872)$ state and orbital angular momentum in its $ρ^{0} J ψ$ decay

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

Angular correlations in $B^{+} \to X (3872) K^{+}$ decays, with $X (3872) \to ρ^{0} J / ψ$ , $ρ^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-}$ and $J / ψ \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ , are used to measure orbital angular momentum contributions and to…

hep-ex2015★ 51 cited

Measurement of $C P$ violation in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays

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

Measurements are presented of the $C P$ violation observables $S$ and $C$ in the decays of $B^{0}$ and $B^{0}$ mesons to the $J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ final state. The data sample corresp…

hep-ex2015

Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

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

The differential branching fraction of the rare decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is measured as a function of $q^{2}$ , the square of the dimuon invariant mass. The analysis is…

hep-ex2015★ 69 cited

First observation and amplitude analysis of the $B^{-} \to D^{+} K^{-} π^{-}$ decay

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

The $B^{-} \to D^{+} K^{-} π^{-}$ decay is observed in a data sample corresponding to $3.0 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. I…

hep-ex2015★ 3 cited

Constraints on models of the Higgs boson with exotic spin and parity using the full CDF data set

T. Aaltonen, CDF Collaboration

A search for particles with the same mass and couplings as those of the standard model Higgs boson but different spin and parity quantum numbers is presented. We test two specific…

Central Exclusive Production at LHCb

Production of associated Υ and open charm hadrons in pp collisions at s​=7 and 8TeV via double parton scattering

Evidence for the strangeness-changing weak decay Ξb−​→Λb0​π−

A model-independent confirmation of the Z(4430)− state

Measurements of prompt charm production cross-sections in pp collisions at s​=13TeV

Forward production of Υ mesons in pp collisions at s​=7 and 8TeV

First measurement of the differential branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the B±→π±μ+μ− decay

Measurement of the time-integrated CP asymmetry in D0→KS0​KS0​ decays

Search for hidden-sector bosons in B0→K∗0μ+μ− decays

Observation of J/ψp resonances consistent with pentaquark states in Λb0​→J/ψK−p decays

B flavour tagging using charm decays at the LHCb experiment

Measurement of the top-quark mass in the ttˉ dilepton channel using the full CDF Run II data set

Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb

First observation of the decay Bs0​→KS0​K∗(892)0

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B0→D∗+τ−ντ​)/B(B0→D∗+μ−νμ​)

Study of B−→DK−π+π− and B−→Dπ−π+π− decays and determination of the CKM angle γ

Search for the decay Bs0​→D0f0​(980)

First measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in bottom-quark pair production at high mass

Search for Resonances Decaying to Top and Bottom Quarks with the CDF Experiment

Quantum numbers of the X(3872) state and orbital angular momentum in its ρ0Jψ decay

Measurement of CP violation in B0→J/ψKS0​ decays

Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of Λb0​→Λμ+μ− decays

First observation and amplitude analysis of the B−→D+K−π− decay

Constraints on models of the Higgs boson with exotic spin and parity using the full CDF data set

Production of associated $Υ$ and open charm hadrons in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ and $8$ TeV via double parton scattering

Evidence for the strangeness-changing weak decay $Ξ_{b}^{-} \to Λ_{b}^{0} π^{-}$

A model-independent confirmation of the $Z (4430)^{-}$ state

Measurements of prompt charm production cross-sections in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13 TeV$

Forward production of $Υ$ mesons in $pp$ collisions at $s = 7$ and 8TeV

First measurement of the differential branching fraction and $C P$ asymmetry of the $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

Measurement of the time-integrated $C P$ asymmetry in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K_{S}^{0}$ decays

Search for hidden-sector bosons in $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

Observation of $J / ψ p$ resonances consistent with pentaquark states in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p$ decays

$B$ flavour tagging using charm decays at the LHCb experiment

Measurement of the top-quark mass in the $t t ˉ$ dilepton channel using the full CDF Run II data set

First observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{*} (892)^{0}$

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $B (B^{0} \to D^{+} τ^{-} ν_{τ}) / B (B^{0} \to D^{+} μ^{-} ν_{μ})$

Study of $B^{-} \to D K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $B^{-} \to D π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays and determination of the CKM angle $γ$

Search for the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D^{0} f_{0} (980)$

Quantum numbers of the $X (3872)$ state and orbital angular momentum in its $ρ^{0} J ψ$ decay

Measurement of $C P$ violation in $B^{0} \to J / ψ K_{S}^{0}$ decays

Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

First observation and amplitude analysis of the $B^{-} \to D^{+} K^{-} π^{-}$ decay