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most citedMeasurement of the J/Psi Meson and b-Hadron Production Cross Sections in ppbar Collisions at sqrt s = 1960 GeV

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hep-ex2026

ML-based Fast Simulation of FARICH Responses

Foma Shipilov, Alexander Barnyakov, Artem Ivanov +1

A fast simulation of the detector response is a vital task in high-energy physics (HEP). Traditional Monte-Carlo methods form the backbone of modern particle physics simulation sof…

hep-ex2026

Production of Λ hyperons in 4.0A GeV and 4.5A GeV carbon-nucleus interactions at the Nuclotron

S. Afanasiev, G. Agakishiev, A. Aleksandrov +207

The BM@N experiment (Baryonic Matter at the Nuclotron) is the first fixed-target experiment at the JINR NICA accelerator complex. In this work, data on the interactions of a carbon…

hep-ex2025

Production of protons, deuterons and tritons in argon-nucleus interactions at 3.2 AGeV

S. Afanasiev, G. Agakishiev, A. Aleksandrov +200

Results of the BM@N experiment at the Nuclotron/NICA complex on the production of protons, deuterons and tritons in interactions of an argon beam of 3.2 AGeV with fixed targets of…

hep-ex2024★ 12 cited

Technical Design Report of the Spin Physics Detector at NICA

The SPD Collaboration, V. Abazov, V. Abramov +411

The Spin Physics Detector collaboration proposes to install a universal detector in the second interaction point of the NICA collider under construction (JINR, Dubna) to study the…

hep-ex2023★ 1 cited

The BM@N spectrometer at the NICA accelerator complex

S. Afanasiev, G. Agakishiev, E. Aleksandrov +208

BM@N (Baryonic Matter at Nuclotron) is the first experiment operating and taking data at the Nuclotron/NICA ion-accelerating complex.The aim of the BM@N experiment is to study inte…

hep-ex2023

What Machine Learning Can Do for Focusing Aerogel Detectors

Foma Shipilov, Alexander Barnyakov, Viktor Bobrovnikov +2

Particle identification at the Super Charm-Tau factory experiment will be provided by a Focusing Aerogel Ring Imaging CHerenkov detector (FARICH). The specifics of detector locatio…

hep-ex2022

SND@LHC: The Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC

LHC Collaboration

SND@LHC is a compact and stand-alone experiment designed to perform measurements with neutrinos produced at the LHC in the pseudo-rapidity region of $7.2 < η < 8.4$ . The experimen…

hep-ex2022

Generative Surrogates for Fast Simulation: TPC Case

Fedor Ratnikov, Artem Maevskiy, Alexander Zinchenko +3

Simulation of High Energy Physics experiments is widely used, necessary for both detector and physics studies. Detailed Monte-Carlo simulation algorithms are often limited due to t…

hep-ex2020★ 42 cited

Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to dark photons decaying to a pair of charged particles

SHiP Collaboration, C. Ahdida, A. Akmete +331

Dark photons are hypothetical massive vector particles that could mix with ordinary photons. The simplest theoretical model is fully characterised by only two parameters: the mass…

hep-ex2020★ 28 cited

First branching fraction measurement of the suppressed decay $Ξ_{c}^{0} \to π^{-} Λ_{c}^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +963

The $Ξ_{c}^{0}$ baryon is unstable and usually decays into charmless final states by the $c \to s u d$ transition. It can, however, also disintegrate into a $π^{-}$ meson and a…

hep-ex2020★ 53 cited

Study of the $ψ_{2} (3823)$ and $χ_{c 1} (3872)$ states in $B^{+} \to (J ψ π^{+} π^{-}) K^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +956

The decays $B^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-} K^{+}$ are studied using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9fb $^{- 1}$ collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton co…

hep-ex2019★ 32 cited

Search for $C P$ violation and observation of $P$ violation in $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +902

A search for $C P$ violation in the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decay is performed using LHCb data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6.6 $f b^{- 1}$ collected in $pp$ coll…

hep-ex2019★ 29 cited

Cherenkov Detectors Fast Simulation Using Neural Networks

Denis Derkach, Nikita Kazeev, Fedor Ratnikov +2

We propose a way to simulate Cherenkov detector response using a generative adversarial neural network to bypass low-level details. This network is trained to reproduce high level…

hep-ex2018★ 76 cited

Observation of two resonances in the $Λ_{b}^{0} π^{\pm}$ systems and precise measurement of $Σ_{b}^{\pm}$ and $Σ_{b}^{*\pm}$ properties

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +837

The first observation of two structures consistent with resonances in the final states $Λ_{b}^{0} π^{-}$ and $Λ_{b}^{0} π^{+}$ is reported using samples of $pp$ collision data collected by the…

hep-ex2018★ 40 cited

Study of $Υ$ production in $p$ Pb collisions at $s_{N N} = 8.16$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +840

The production of $Υ (n S)$ mesons ( $n = 1, 2, 3$ ) in $p$ Pb and Pb $p$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair $s_{N N} = 8.16$ TeV is measured by the LHCb experiment,…

hep-ex2018

Physics case for an LHCb Upgrade II - Opportunities in flavour physics, and beyond, in the HL-LHC era

LHCb collaboration, I. Bediaga, M. Cruz Torres +828

The LHCb Upgrade II will fully exploit the flavour-physics opportunities of the HL-LHC, and study additional physics topics that take advantage of the forward acceptance of the LHC…

hep-ex2017★ 39 cited

Studies of the resonance structure in $D^{0} \to K^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays

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

Amplitude models are constructed to describe the resonance structure of $D^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ and $D^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-} π^{-} π^{+}$ decays using $pp$ collision data co…

hep-ex2017★ 33 cited

Search for the rare decay $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +792

A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is reported using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0 f b^{- 1}$ collected…

hep-ex2017★ 34 cited

A measurement of the $C P$ asymmetry difference in $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} K^{+}$ and $p π^{-} π^{+}$ decays

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

The difference between the $C P$ asymmetries in the decays $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} K^{+}$ and $Λ_{c}^{+} \to p π^{-} π^{+}$ is presented. Proton-proton collision data t…

hep-ex2017★ 33 cited

Updated determination of $D^{0}$ - $D^{0}$ mixing and CP violation parameters with $D^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +792

We report measurements of charm-mixing parameters based on the decay-time-dependent ratio of $D^{0} \to K^{+} π^{-}$ to $D^{0} \to K^{-} π^{+}$ rates. The analysis uses a data sample of proton-pro…

hep-ex2017★ 12 cited

First observation of $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} K^{+} K^{-}$ decays and a search for $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} ϕ$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +797

A search for $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} K^{+} K^{-}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 fb $^{- 1}$ , collected at centre-of-mass ene…

hep-ex2017★ 45 cited

Measurement of the $B^{\pm}$ production cross-section in pp collisions at $s =$ 7 and 13 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +796

The production of $B^{\pm}$ mesons is studied in $pp$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 13 TeV, using $B^{\pm} \to J / ψ K^{\pm}$ decays and data samples correspon…

hep-ex2017★ 5 cited

First observation of forward $Z \to b b ˉ$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +804

The decay $Z \to b b ˉ$ is reconstructed in $pp$ collision data, corresponding to 2 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity, collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-…

hep-ex2017★ 48 cited

Measurement of the shape of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} μ^{-} ν$ differential decay rate

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +801

A measurement of the shape of the differential decay rate and the associated Isgur-Wise function for the decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} μ^{-} ν$ is reported, using data corresponding to…

ML-based Fast Simulation of FARICH Responses

Production of Λ hyperons in 4.0A GeV and 4.5A GeV carbon-nucleus interactions at the Nuclotron

Production of protons, deuterons and tritons in argon-nucleus interactions at 3.2 AGeV

Technical Design Report of the Spin Physics Detector at NICA

The BM@N spectrometer at the NICA accelerator complex

What Machine Learning Can Do for Focusing Aerogel Detectors

SND@LHC: The Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC

Generative Surrogates for Fast Simulation: TPC Case

Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to dark photons decaying to a pair of charged particles

First branching fraction measurement of the suppressed decay Ξc0​→π−Λc+​

Study of the ψ2​(3823) and χc1​(3872) states in B+→(Jψπ+π−)K+ decays

Search for CP violation and observation of P violation in Λb0​→pπ−π+π− decays

Cherenkov Detectors Fast Simulation Using Neural Networks

Observation of two resonances in the Λb0​π± systems and precise measurement of Σb±​ and Σb∗±​ properties

Study of Υ production in pPb collisions at sNN​​=8.16 TeV

Physics case for an LHCb Upgrade II - Opportunities in flavour physics, and beyond, in the HL-LHC era

Studies of the resonance structure in D0→K∓π±π±π∓ decays

Search for the rare decay Λc+​→pμ+μ−

A measurement of the CP asymmetry difference in Λc+​→pK−K+ and pπ−π+ decays

Updated determination of D0-D0 mixing and CP violation parameters with D0→K+π− decays

First observation of B+→Ds+​K+K− decays and a search for B+→Ds+​ϕ decays

Measurement of the B± production cross-section in pp collisions at s​= 7 and 13 TeV

First observation of forward Z→bbˉ production in pp collisions at s​=8 TeV

Measurement of the shape of the Λb0​→Λc+​μ−ν differential decay rate