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20142021

most citedTest of lepton universality using

B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}

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hep-ex2021★ 31 cited

Heavy Flavour Physics and CP Violation at LHCb: a Ten-Year Review

Shanzhen Chen, Yiming Li, Wenbin Qian +5

Heavy flavour physics provides excellent opportunities to indirectly search for new physics at very high energy scales and to study hadron properties for deep understanding of the…

hep-ex2020★ 13 cited

A novel method to test particle ordering and final state alignment in helicity formalism

Mengzhen Wang, Yi Jiang, Yinrui Liu +3

In this article, the importance is demonstrated of a proper choice of reference particles for decay angle definitions, when constructing partial-wave amplitude of multi-body decays…

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-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★ 29 cited

Improved limit on the branching fraction of the rare decay $K_{S}^{0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767

A search for the decay $K_{S}^{0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is performed, based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1…

hep-ex2017★ 4 cited

Observation of the $B^{+} \to D^{*-} K^{+} π^{+}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +771

The $B^{+} \to D^{*-} K^{+} π^{+}$ decay potentially provides an excellent way to investigate charm meson spectroscopy. The decay is searched for in a sample of proton-proton collision dat…

hep-ex2017★ 94 cited

Search for the decays $B_{s}^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +775

A search for the rare decays $B_{s}^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ is performed using proton--proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector. The data sample corresponds to a…

hep-ex2017★ 14 cited

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} ϕ$ and evidence for $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} π^{+} π^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +762

A study of $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} ϕ$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays is performed using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0$\,\rm fb^{-1}…

hep-ex2017★ 19 cited

Measurement of the $B^{\pm}$ production asymmetry and the $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{\pm} \to J / ψ K^{\pm}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +764

The $B^{\pm}$ meson production asymmetry in $pp$ collisions is measured using $B^{+} \to D ˉ^{0} π^{+}$ decays. The data were recorded by the LHCb experiment during Run 1 of the LHC…

hep-ex2017★ 26 cited

Observation of the suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +768

The suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ , excluding the $J / ψ$ and $ψ (2 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ resonances, is observed for the first time with a significance o…

hep-ex2017★ 12 cited

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ and $D_{s}^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +770

A search for $C P$ violation in $D^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ and $D_{s}^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ decays is performed using proton-proton collision data, corre…

hep-ex2017★ 29 cited

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to D^{0} K^{+}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763

Using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb $^{- 1}$ , recorded by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, the $B_{c}^{…

hep-ex2016★ 5 cited

Search for the $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} ϕ$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +763

A search for the charmless $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} ϕ$ decay is performed using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8$ TeV,…

hep-ex2016★ 15 cited

Search for $C P$ violation in the phase space of $D^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +769

A search for time-integrated $C P$ violation in the Cabibbo-suppressed decay $\mbox{$D^0\rightarrowπ^+π^-π^+π^-$}$ is performed using an unbinned, model-independent technique known…

hep-ex2016★ 12 cited

Evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767

A search for the rare two-body charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$ is performed with $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3\,\mbox{fb}^{-1}$, c…

hep-ex2016★ 19 cited

Measurement of forward $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767

The production of $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ is studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 Te…

hep-ex2016★ 11 cited

Search for the $C P$ -violating strong decays $η \to π^{+} π^{-}$ and $η^{'} (958) \to π^{+} π^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +769

A search for the $C P$ -violating strong decays $η \to π^{+} π^{-}$ and $η^{'} (958) \to π^{+} π^{-}$ has been performed using approximately $2.5 \times 1 0^{7}$ events of each of the decays…

hep-ex2016★ 5 cited

Observation of $B^{+} \to J / ψ 3 π^{+} 2 π^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to ψ (2 S) π^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +767

The decays $B^{+} \to J / ψ 3 π^{+} 2 π^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to ψ (2 S) π^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ are observed for the first time using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0f…

hep-ex2016★ 13 cited

Measurement of the $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ η$ lifetime

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +753

Using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3 f b^{- 1}$ , collected by the LHCb experiment in $pp$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, the effect…

Heavy Flavour Physics and CP Violation at LHCb: a Ten-Year Review

A novel method to test particle ordering and final state alignment in helicity formalism

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 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

Improved limit on the branching fraction of the rare decay KS0​→μ+μ−

Observation of the B+→D∗−K+π+ decay

Search for the decays Bs0​→τ+τ− and B0→τ+τ−

Observation of the decay Bs0​→ηc​ϕ and evidence for Bs0​→ηc​π+π−

Measurement of the B± production asymmetry and the CP asymmetry in B±→J/ψK± decays

Observation of the suppressed decay Λb0​→pπ−μ+μ−

Measurement of CP asymmetries in D±→η′π± and Ds±​→η′π± decays

Observation of Bc+​→D0K+ decays

Search for the Bs0​→η′ϕ decay

Search for CP violation in the phase space of D0→π+π−π+π− decays

Evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay B+→pΛˉ

Measurement of forward tt, W+bb and W+cc production in pp collisions at s​=8 TeV

Search for the CP-violating strong decays η→π+π− and η′(958)→π+π−

Observation of B+→J/ψ3π+2π− and B+→ψ(2S)π+π+π− decays

Measurement of the Bs0​→J/ψη lifetime

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Improved limit on the branching fraction of the rare decay $K_{S}^{0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$

Observation of the $B^{+} \to D^{*-} K^{+} π^{+}$ decay

Search for the decays $B_{s}^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$

Observation of the decay $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} ϕ$ and evidence for $B_{s}^{0} \to η_{c} π^{+} π^{-}$

Measurement of the $B^{\pm}$ production asymmetry and the $C P$ asymmetry in $B^{\pm} \to J / ψ K^{\pm}$ decays

Observation of the suppressed decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to p π^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

Measurement of $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ and $D_{s}^{\pm} \to η^{'} π^{\pm}$ decays

Observation of $B_{c}^{+} \to D^{0} K^{+}$ decays

Search for the $B_{s}^{0} \to η^{'} ϕ$ decay

Search for $C P$ violation in the phase space of $D^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

Evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay $B^{+} \to p Λ ˉ$

Measurement of forward $t t$ , $W + b b$ and $W + c c$ production in $pp$ collisions at $s = 8$ TeV

Search for the $C P$ -violating strong decays $η \to π^{+} π^{-}$ and $η^{'} (958) \to π^{+} π^{-}$

Observation of $B^{+} \to J / ψ 3 π^{+} 2 π^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to ψ (2 S) π^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

Measurement of the $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ η$ lifetime