G. Cowan

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19972026

most citedAsymptotic formulae for likelihood-based tests of new physics

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hep-ex2015★ 16 cited

Time-dependent analysis of $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{-} π^{+} γ$ decays and studies of the $K^{+} π^{-} π^{+}$ system in $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{-} π^{+} γ$ decays

P. del Amo Sanchez, others

We measure the time-dependent $C P$ asymmetry in the radiative-penguin decay $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{-} π^{+} γ$ , using a sample of $471$ million $Υ(4S) \to B{\kern 0.18em\overline{\kern…

hep-ex2015★ 20 cited

Measurement of the I=1/2 $K π$ $S$ -wave amplitude from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c} \to K K ˉ π$ in two-photon interactions

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We study the processes $γ γ \to K_{S}^{0} K^{\pm} π^{\mp}$ and $γ γ \to K^{+} K^{-} π^{0}$ using a data sample of 519~ $f b^{- 1}$ recorded with the BaBar detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymm…

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★ 33 cited

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

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

Amplitude models are applied to studies of resonance structure in $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{-} π^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} K^{+} π^{-}$ decays using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated…

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★ 25 cited

Study of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

The BABAR Collaboration

The $e^{+} e^{-} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ cross section and charged-kaon electromagnetic form factor are measured in the $e^{+} e^{-}$ center-of-mass energy range ( $E$ ) from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV using the initi…

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★ 34 cited

Collins asymmetries in inclusive charged $K K$ and $K π$ pairs produced in $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation

B. Aubert, others

We present measurements of Collins asymmetries in the inclusive process $e^{+} e^{-} \to h_{1} h_{2} X$ , $h_{1} h_{2} = K K, K π, π π$ , at the center-of-mass energy of 10.6 GeV, using a d…

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

First Observation of CP Violation in B0->D(*)CP h0 Decays by a Combined Time-Dependent Analysis of BaBar and Belle Data

The BaBar, Belle Collaborations, : +471

We report a measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry of B0->D(*)CP h0 decays, where the light neutral hadron h0 is a pi0, eta or omega meson, and the neutral D meson is recon…

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…

physics.ins-det2015★ 73 cited

A Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment Using J-PARC Neutrino Beam and Hyper-Kamiokande

Kamiokande Working Group, K. Abe, H. Aihara +245

Hyper-Kamiokande will be a next generation underground water Cherenkov detector with a total (fiducial) mass of 0.99 (0.56) million metric tons, approximately 20 (25) times larger…

hep-ex2015★ 17 cited

Evidence for $C P$ violation in $B^{+} \to K^{*} (892)^{+} π^{0}$ from a Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{0}$ decays

J. P. Lees

We report a Dalitz plot analysis of charmless hadronic decays of charged $B$ mesons to the final state $K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{0}$ using the full BaBar dataset of $470.9 \pm 2.8$ milli…

hep-ex2015★ 38 cited

Measurement of indirect $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ decays using semileptonic $B$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +707

Time-dependent $C P$ asymmetries in the decay rates of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ are measured in $pp$ collision data c…

Time-dependent analysis of B0→KS0​π−π+γ decays and studies of the K+π−π+ system in B+→K+π−π+γ decays

Measurement of the I=1/2 Kπ S-wave amplitude from Dalitz plot analyses of ηc​→KKˉπ in two-photon interactions

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

Studies of the resonance structure in D0→KS0​K±π∓ decays

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

Study of the e+e−→K+K− reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

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​)

Collins asymmetries in inclusive charged KK and Kπ pairs produced in e+e− annihilation

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

First Observation of CP Violation in B0->D(*)CP h0 Decays by a Combined Time-Dependent Analysis of BaBar and Belle Data

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

A Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment Using J-PARC Neutrino Beam and Hyper-Kamiokande

Evidence for CP violation in B+→K∗(892)+π0 from a Dalitz plot analysis of B+→KS0​π+π0 decays

Measurement of indirect CP asymmetries in D0→K−K+ and D0→π−π+ decays using semileptonic B decays

Time-dependent analysis of $B^{0} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{-} π^{+} γ$ decays and studies of the $K^{+} π^{-} π^{+}$ system in $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{-} π^{+} γ$ decays

Measurement of the I=1/2 $K π$ $S$ -wave amplitude from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c} \to K K ˉ π$ in two-photon interactions

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 $s = 13 TeV$

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

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

Study of the $e^{+} e^{-} \to K^{+} K^{-}$ reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

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

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

Collins asymmetries in inclusive charged $K K$ and $K π$ pairs produced in $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation

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

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

Evidence for $C P$ violation in $B^{+} \to K^{*} (892)^{+} π^{0}$ from a Dalitz plot analysis of $B^{+} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{+} π^{0}$ decays

Measurement of indirect $C P$ asymmetries in $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$ decays using semileptonic $B$ decays