P. Billoir

activity

20012026

J / ψ p

resonances consistent with pentaquark states in

Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{-} p

decays

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472 papers

hep-ex2026

New measurements of $B_{c}^{+}$ decays into single charm final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1132

Using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9 fb^{- 1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment, searches are performed for $B_{c}^{+}$ mesons d…

hep-ex2026

Track fitting at the full LHC collision rate

Pierre Billoir, Thomas Boettcher, Michel De Cian +1

The LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider underwent a major upgrade before the LHC Run 3 data taking period, employing an all-software approach in its trigger system. Here w…

hep-ex2026

Improved branching-fraction measurements of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{^{'} -}$ decays and first observation of $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1123

This paper presents a study of the charmless three-body decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{' -}$ (where $h^{(')} = π, K$ ), using a sample of $pp$ collision d…

physics.ins-det2025

Performance of the High-Angle Time Projection Chambers in the Upgraded T2K Off-Axis Near Detector

K. Aivazelis, D. Attié, P. Billoir +94

The off-axis magnetic near detector of the T2K experiment has undergone a significant upgrade, including the construction and installation of two new Time Projection Chambers featu…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Branching fraction measurement of the $Λ \to p μ^{-} ν_{μ}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1187

A measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $Λ \to p μ^{-} ν_{μ}$ is presented using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre…

hep-ex2025

Study of charm mixing and CP violation with $D^{0} \to K^{\pm} π^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1188

A study of charm mixing and CP violation in $D^{0} \to K^{\pm} π^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays is performed using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions from 2015 to 2…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of the $W \to μ ν_{μ}$ cross-sections as a function of the muon transverse momentum in $pp$ collisions at 5.02 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1186

The $pp \to W^{\pm} (\to μ^{\pm} ν_{μ}) X$ cross-sections are measured at a proton-proton centre-of-mass energy $s = 5.02$ TeV using a dataset corresponding to an integrated l…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

First evidence of $C P$ violation in beauty baryon to charmonium decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1178

A study of the difference in the $C P$ asymmetries between $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p π^{-}$ and $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p K^{-}$ decays, $Δ A_{C P}$ , is performed using proton-prot…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to D h^{+} h^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1185

Searches are presented for $B_{c}^{+} \to D h^{+} h^{-}$ decays, where $D$ is a charmed meson and $h^{\pm}$ is a charged pion or kaon, using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb e…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle $γ$ in the decays $B^{\pm} \to [K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [π^{+} π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ ( $h = K, π$ )

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1164

A model-independent determination of the CKM angle $γ$ is presented, using the $B^{\pm} \to [K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [π^{+} π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ decays, with $h = K, π$ . This meas…

hep-ex2025

Amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to η_{c} (1 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1185

An amplitude analysis of the $B^{0} \to η_{c} (1 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ decays with $η_{c} (1 S) \to p p ˉ$ is performed using a sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9$\…

astro-ph.HE2025

Performance Studies of Layered Water Cherenkov Detectors

Pierre Billoir, Benjamin Flaggs, Ioana C. Mariş +1

Next-generation air-shower detectors, such as the Global Cosmic Ray Observatory (GCOS) and the Probing Extreme PeVatron Sources (PEPS) experiment, are considering water-Cherenkov d…

hep-ex2025

Inclusive $B$ -meson flavour-tagging algorithm at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1179

A new algorithm is developed to identify the flavour of neutral $B$ mesons at production in $pp$ collisions by utilising all tracks from the hadronisation process. The algorithm is…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

First observation of the charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to Λ ˉ p p ˉ p$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1186

A search for the charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to Λ ˉ p p ˉ p$ is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated l…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

First observation of $C P$ violation and measurement of polarization in $B^{+} \to ρ (770)^{0} K^{*} (892)^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1183

An amplitude analysis of the $B^{+} \to (π^{+} π^{-}) (K_{S}^{0} π^{+})$ decay is performed in the mass regions $0.30 < m_{π^{+} π^{-}} < 1.10 GeV / c^{2}$ and $0.75 < m_{K^0_{\mathrm{S…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Measurement of transverse $Λ$ and $Λ ˉ$ hyperon polarization in $p$ Pb collisions at $s_{N N} = 5.02$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1131

The transverse polarization of $Λ$ and $Λ ˉ$ hyperons is measured in $p$ Pb collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of $5.02$ TeV. T…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Amplitude analysis of the $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} π^{+}$ decay and $Ξ_{c}^{+}$ baryon polarization measurement in semileptonic beauty-hadron decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1128

An amplitude analysis of the $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} π^{+}$ decay together with a measurement of the $Ξ_{c}^{+}$ polarization vector in semileptonic beauty-hadron decays is presented. The analysis…

hep-ex2025

Search for resonances decaying to photon pairs with masses between 4.9 and 19.4 GeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1144

A search is presented for axion-like particles (ALPs) with masses between 4.9 and 19.4 GeV decaying to a pair of photons, using proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb det…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Search for the decay $B^{0} \to ϕϕ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1160

A search for the decay $B^{0} \to ϕϕ$ is made using $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to an in…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of the $B^{0} \to ρ (770)^{0} γ$ branching fraction

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1160

The ratio between the branching fractions of the $B^{0} \to ρ (770)^{0} γ$ and $B^{0} \to K^{*} (892)^{0} γ$ decays is measured with proton-proton collision data collected…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Improved measurement of $η / η^{'}$ mixing in $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1182

Branching fraction ratios between the decays $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ are measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of…

hep-ex2025

Precision measurement of the $Ξ_{b}^{0}$ baryon lifetime

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1176

A sample of $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb $^{- 1}$ and collected by the LHCb experiment during LHC Run 2, is used to measure the ratio of t…

hep-ex2025★ 2 cited

First observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay and search for pentaquarks in the $Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ system

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1176

The $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay is observed for the first time using the data sample from proton-proton collisions recorded at a center-o…

hep-ex2025★ 4 cited

Observation of orbitally excited $B_{c}^{+}$ states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1155

The observation of a wide peaking structure in the $B_{c}^{+} γ$ mass spectrum is reported using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energ…

New measurements of Bc+​ decays into single charm final states

Track fitting at the full LHC collision rate

Improved branching-fraction measurements of B(s)0​→KS0​h+h′− decays and first observation of Bs0​→KS0​K+K−

Performance of the High-Angle Time Projection Chambers in the Upgraded T2K Off-Axis Near Detector

Branching fraction measurement of the Λ→pμ−νμ​ decay

Study of charm mixing and CP violation with D0→K±π∓π±π∓ decays

Measurement of the W→μνμ​ cross-sections as a function of the muon transverse momentum in pp collisions at 5.02 TeV

First evidence of CP violation in beauty baryon to charmonium decays

Observation of Bc+​→Dh+h− decays

A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle γ in the decays B±→[K+K−π+π−]D​h± and B±→[π+π−π+π−]D​h± (h=K,π)

Amplitude analysis of B0→ηc​(1S)K+π− decays

Performance Studies of Layered Water Cherenkov Detectors

Inclusive B-meson flavour-tagging algorithm at LHCb

First observation of the charmless baryonic decay B+→Λˉppˉ​p

First observation of CP violation and measurement of polarization in B+→ρ(770)0K∗(892)+ decays

Measurement of transverse Λ and Λˉ hyperon polarization in pPb collisions at sNN​​=5.02 TeV

Amplitude analysis of the Ξc+​→pK−π+ decay and Ξc+​ baryon polarization measurement in semileptonic beauty-hadron decays

Search for resonances decaying to photon pairs with masses between 4.9 and 19.4 GeV

Search for the decay B0→ϕϕ

Measurement of the B0→ρ(770)0γ branching fraction

Improved measurement of η/η′ mixing in B(s)0​→J/ψη(′) decays

Precision measurement of the Ξb0​ baryon lifetime

First observation of the Λb0​→Λc+​Ds−​K+K− decay and search for pentaquarks in the Λc+​Ds−​ system

Observation of orbitally excited Bc+​ states

New measurements of $B_{c}^{+}$ decays into single charm final states

Improved branching-fraction measurements of $B_{(s)}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} h^{+} h^{^{'} -}$ decays and first observation of $B_{s}^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$

Branching fraction measurement of the $Λ \to p μ^{-} ν_{μ}$ decay

Study of charm mixing and CP violation with $D^{0} \to K^{\pm} π^{\mp} π^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ decays

Measurement of the $W \to μ ν_{μ}$ cross-sections as a function of the muon transverse momentum in $pp$ collisions at 5.02 TeV

First evidence of $C P$ violation in beauty baryon to charmonium decays

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to D h^{+} h^{-}$ decays

A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle $γ$ in the decays $B^{\pm} \to [K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \to [π^{+} π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}]_{D} h^{\pm}$ ( $h = K, π$ )

Amplitude analysis of $B^{0} \to η_{c} (1 S) K^{+} π^{-}$ decays

Inclusive $B$ -meson flavour-tagging algorithm at LHCb

First observation of the charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to Λ ˉ p p ˉ p$

First observation of $C P$ violation and measurement of polarization in $B^{+} \to ρ (770)^{0} K^{*} (892)^{+}$ decays

Measurement of transverse $Λ$ and $Λ ˉ$ hyperon polarization in $p$ Pb collisions at $s_{N N} = 5.02$ TeV

Amplitude analysis of the $Ξ_{c}^{+} \to p K^{-} π^{+}$ decay and $Ξ_{c}^{+}$ baryon polarization measurement in semileptonic beauty-hadron decays

Search for the decay $B^{0} \to ϕϕ$

Measurement of the $B^{0} \to ρ (770)^{0} γ$ branching fraction

Improved measurement of $η / η^{'}$ mixing in $B_{(s)}^{0} \to J / ψ η^{(')}$ decays

Precision measurement of the $Ξ_{b}^{0}$ baryon lifetime

First observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-} K^{+} K^{-}$ decay and search for pentaquarks in the $Λ_{c}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ system

Observation of orbitally excited $B_{c}^{+}$ states