S. Playfer

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most citedTest of lepton universality using

B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}

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hep-ex2014★ 42 cited

Measurement of the $D^{0} \to π^{-} e^{+} ν_{e}$ differential decay branching fraction as a function of $q^{2}$ and study of form factor parameterizations

J. P. Lees

Based on a sample of 500 million $e^{+} e^{-} \to c c ˉ$ events recorded by the BaBar detector at c.m. energies of close to 10.6 GeV, we report on a study of the decay $D^0 \to π^- e^…

hep-ex2014★ 3 cited

Search for new $π^{0}$ -like particles produced in association with a $τ$ -lepton pair

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We report on a search in $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilations for new $π^{0}$ -like particles produced in association with a $τ$ -lepton pair. These objects, with a similar mass and similar decay mo…

hep-ex2014★ 19 cited

Study of CP asymmetry in B0-B0bar mixing with inclusive dilepton events

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We present a measurement of the asymmetry $A_{C P}$ between same-sign inclusive dilepton samples $ℓ^{+} ℓ^{+}$ and $ℓ^{-} ℓ^{-}$ ( $ℓ = e, μ$ ) from semileptonic B decays in Y(4…

hep-ex2014★ 75 cited

Observation of two new $Ξ_{b}^{-}$ baryon resonances

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

Two structures are observed close to the kinematic threshold in the $Ξ_{b}^{0} π^{-}$ mass spectrum in a sample of proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity…

hep-ex2014★ 81 cited

Measurement of $B_{c}^{+}$ production in proton-proton collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

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

Production of $B_{c}^{+}$ mesons in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV is studied with data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $2.0 fb^{- 1}$ r…

hep-ex2014★ 10 cited

Bottomonium spectroscopy and radiative transitions involving the chi_bJ(1P,2P) states at BABAR

J. P. Lees

We use $(121 \pm 1)$ million $Υ (3 S)$ and $(98 \pm 1)$ million $Υ (2 S)$ mesons recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II $e^{+} e^{-}$ collider at SLAC to perform a study of radiative tran…

hep-ex2014★ 54 cited

Measurement of the semileptonic $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{0} - B^{0}$ mixing

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

The semileptonic $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{0} - B^{0}$ mixing, $a_{sl}^{d}$ , is measured in proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^…

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★ 101 cited

Measurement of the $η_{c} (1 S)$ production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay $η_{c} (1 S) \to p p ˉ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +705

The production of the $η_{c} (1 S)$ state in proton-proton collisions is probed via its decay to the $p p ˉ$ final state with the LHCb detector, in the rapidity range $2.0 < y < 4…

hep-ex2014★ 36 cited

First observation of a baryonic $B_{c}^{+}$ decay

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

A baryonic decay of the $B_{c}^{+}$ meson, $B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ p p π^{+}$ , is observed for the first time, with a significance of $7.3$ standard deviations, in $pp$ collision data coll…

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★ 27 cited

Search for $C P$ violation using $T$ -odd correlations in $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

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

A search for $C P$ violation using $T$ -odd correlations is performed using the four-body $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decay, selected from semileptonic $B$ decays. The data sample corresp…

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★ 26 cited

Study of $χ_{b}$ meson production in pp collisions at $s = 7$ and 8TeV and observation of the decay $χ_{b} \to Υ (3 S) γ$

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

A study of $χ_{b}$ meson production at LHCb is performed on proton-proton collision data, corresponding to 3.0fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity collected at centre-of-mass energie…

hep-ex2014★ 50 cited

Observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ decay

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

The first observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ is reported using a data sample of proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an in…

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★ 53 cited

Study of B{+-,0} --> J/ψ K+ K- K{+-,0} and search for B0 --> J/ψ ϕ at BABAR

The BABAR Collaboration

We study the rare B meson decays B{+-,0} --> J/ψ K^+ K^- K{+-,0}, B{+-,0} --> J/ψ ϕ K{+-,0}, and search for B0 --> J/ψ ϕ, using 469 million BBbar events collected at the Upsilon(4S…

hep-ex2014★ 27 cited

Measurement of CP asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays

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

We report on measurements of the time-dependent CP violating observables in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays using a dataset corresponding to 1.0 fb $^{- 1}$ of pp collisi…

hep-ex2014★ 26 cited

Evidence for CP violation in $B^{+} \to p p ˉ K^{+}$ decays

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

Three-body $B^{+} \to p p K^{+}$ and $B^{+} \to p p π^{+}$ decays are studied using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 $f b^{- 1}$ collected by…

hep-ex2014★ 19 cited

Measurement of CP violation in $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decays

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

A measurement of the decay time dependent CP-violating asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decays is presented, along with measurements of the $T$ -odd triple-product asymmetries. In this d…

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★ 21 cited

Effective lifetime measurements in the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ , $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to π^{+} K^{-}$ decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +689

Measurements of the effective lifetimes in the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ , $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to π^{+} K^{-}$ decays are presented using…

hep-ex2014★ 427 cited

The Physics of the B Factories

A. J. Bevan, B. Golob, Th. Mannel +2003

This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and da…

hep-ex2014★ 22 cited

First measurement of the charge asymmetry in beauty-quark pair production at a hadron collider

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi +700

The difference in the angular distributions between beauty quarks and antiquarks, referred to as the charge asymmetry, is measured for the first time in $b b ˉ$ pair production…

Measurement of the D0→π−e+νe​ differential decay branching fraction as a function of q2 and study of form factor parameterizations

Search for new π0-like particles produced in association with a τ-lepton pair

Study of CP asymmetry in B0-B0bar mixing with inclusive dilepton events

Observation of two new Ξb−​ baryon resonances

Measurement of Bc+​ production in proton-proton collisions at s​=8 TeV

Bottomonium spectroscopy and radiative transitions involving the chi_bJ(1P,2P) states at BABAR

Measurement of the semileptonic CP asymmetry in B0−B0 mixing

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

Measurement of the ηc​(1S) production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay ηc​(1S)→ppˉ​

First observation of a baryonic Bc+​ decay

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

Search for CP violation using T-odd correlations in D0→K+K−π+π− decays

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

Study of χb​ meson production in pp collisions at s​=7 and 8TeV and observation of the decay χb​→Υ(3S)γ

Observation of the Λb0​→J/ψpπ− decay

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

Study of B{+-,0} --> J/ψ K+ K- K{+-,0} and search for B0 --> J/ψ ϕ at BABAR

Measurement of CP asymmetry in Bs0​→Ds∓​K± decays

Evidence for CP violation in B+→ppˉ​K+ decays

Measurement of CP violation in Bs0​→ϕϕ decays

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

Effective lifetime measurements in the Bs0​→K+K−, B0→K+π− and Bs0​→π+K− decays

The Physics of the B Factories

First measurement of the charge asymmetry in beauty-quark pair production at a hadron collider

Measurement of the $D^{0} \to π^{-} e^{+} ν_{e}$ differential decay branching fraction as a function of $q^{2}$ and study of form factor parameterizations

Search for new $π^{0}$ -like particles produced in association with a $τ$ -lepton pair

Observation of two new $Ξ_{b}^{-}$ baryon resonances

Measurement of $B_{c}^{+}$ production in proton-proton collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

Measurement of the semileptonic $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{0} - B^{0}$ mixing

Measurement of the $η_{c} (1 S)$ production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay $η_{c} (1 S) \to p p ˉ$

First observation of a baryonic $B_{c}^{+}$ decay

Search for $C P$ violation using $T$ -odd correlations in $D^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

Study of $χ_{b}$ meson production in pp collisions at $s = 7$ and 8TeV and observation of the decay $χ_{b} \to Υ (3 S) γ$

Observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ decay

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

Measurement of CP asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ decays

Evidence for CP violation in $B^{+} \to p p ˉ K^{+}$ decays

Measurement of CP violation in $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decays

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

Effective lifetime measurements in the $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ , $B^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to π^{+} K^{-}$ decays