G. Cowan

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19972026

most citedAsymptotic formulae for likelihood-based tests of new physics

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hep-ex2019★ 31 cited

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} X_{c c ˉ}$

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +232

A study of the two body decays $B^{\pm} \to X_{c c ˉ} K^{\pm}$ , where X $_{c c ˉ}$ refers to one charmonium state, is reported by BaBar collaboration using a data sample of 42…

hep-ex2019★ 31 cited

Determination of quantum numbers for several excited charmed mesons observed in $B^{-} \to D^{*+} π^{-} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +907

A four-body amplitude analysis of the $B^{-} \to D^{*+} π^{-} π^{-}$ decay is performed, where fractions and relative phases of the various resonances contributing to the decay are measu…

hep-ex2019★ 37 cited

Measurement of the $η_{c} (1 S)$ production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +913

Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $2.0 f b^{- 1}$ , collected by the LHCb experiment, the production of the $η_{c} (1 S)$ state in proton-proton collisions…

physics.data-an2019

Comparison of unfolding methods using RooFitUnfold

Lydia Brenner, Pim Verschuuren, Rahul Balasubramanian +4

In this paper we describe RooFitUnfold, an extension of the RooFit statistical software package to treat unfolding problems, and which includes most of the unfolding methods that c…

hep-ex2019★ 64 cited

Search for the doubly charmed baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abelán Beteta +905

A search for the doubly charmed baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{+}$ is performed through its decay to the $Λ_{c}^{+} K^{-} π^{+}$ final state, using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb de…

hep-ex2019★ 75 cited

Amplitude analysis of the $B^{+} \to π^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +868

The results of an amplitude analysis of the charmless three-body decay $B^{+} \to π^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ , in which $C P$ -violation effects are taken into account, are reported. The anal…

hep-ex2019★ 13 cited

Measurement of the electron reconstruction efficiency at LHCb

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +910

The single electron track-reconstruction efficiency is calibrated using a sample corresponding to $1.3 fb^{- 1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded with the LHCb detector in 20…

hep-ex2019★ 35 cited

Precision measurement of the $Λ_{c}^{+}$ , $Ξ_{c}^{+}$ and $Ξ_{c}^{0}$ baryon lifetimes

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +847

We report measurements of the lifetimes of the $Λ_{c}^{+}$ , $Ξ_{c}^{+}$ and $Ξ_{c}^{0}$ charm baryons using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8\tev, correspondin…

hep-ex2019★ 6 cited

Search for $B^{-} \to Λ p ˉ ν ν ˉ$ with the BABAR experiment

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +235

We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process $B^{-} \to Λ p ν ν$ using data from the BABAR experiment. A total of 424 fb $^{- 1}$ of $e^{+} e^{-}$ col…

hep-ex2019★ 18 cited

Measurement of psi(2S) production cross-sections in proton-proton collisions at 7 and 13 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +842

The cross-sections of $ψ (2 S)$ meson production in proton-proton collisions at $s = 13 TeV$ are measured with a data sample collected by the LHCb detector correspondin…

hep-ex2019★ 16 cited

Measurement of CP violation in the $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decay and search for the $B^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +868

A measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕϕ$ decays is presented. Using a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrate…

hep-ex2019★ 14 cited

Observation of the $Λ_{b}^{0} \to χ_{c 1} (3872) p K^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +903

Using proton-proton collision data, collected with the LHCb detector and corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.9fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity at the centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8,…

hep-ex2019★ 46 cited

Updated measurement of time-dependent $C P$ -violating observables in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{+} K^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +910

The decay-time-dependent $C P$ asymmetry in $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ K^{+} K^{-}$ decays is measured using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.9\,\…

hep-ex2019★ 738 cited

Observation of a narrow pentaquark state, $P_{c} (4312)^{+}$ , and of two-peak structure of the $P_{c} (4450)^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +866

A narrow pentaquark state, $P_{c} (4312)^{+}$ , decaying to $J / ψ p$ is discovered with a statistical significance of $7.3 σ$ in a data sample of $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ p K^{-}$ decays which is an or…

hep-ex2019★ 15 cited

Amplitude analysis of the $B_{(s)} \to K^{* 0} K^{* 0}$ decays and measurement of the branching fraction of the $B \to K^{* 0} K^{* 0}$ decay

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +844

The $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} K^{* 0}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to K^{* 0} K^{* 0}$ decays are studied using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3…

hep-ex2019★ 17 cited

A search for $Ξ_{cc}^{++} \to D^{+} p K^{-} π^{+}$ decays

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +848

A search for the $Ξ_{cc}^{++}$ baryon through the $Ξ_{cc}^{++} \to D^{+} p K^{-} π^{+}$ decay is performed with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosit…

hep-ex2019★ 7 cited

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the $D^{0}$ meson

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +234

We present a search for nine lepton-number-violating and three lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type $D^{0} \to h^{' -} h^{-} ℓ^{' +} ℓ^{+}$ …

hep-ex2019★ 32 cited

First observation of the radiative decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ γ$

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +848

The radiative decay $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ γ$ is observed for the first time using a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.7 f b^{- 1}$ co…

hep-ex2019★ 6 cited

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays $Λ_{b}^{0} \to ψ (2 S) Λ$ and $Λ_{b}^{0} \to J / ψ Λ$

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva +799

Using $pp$ collisions corresponding to 3 $fb^{- 1}$ integrated luminosity, recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 $TeV$ , the ratio of…

hep-ex2019★ 41 cited

Measurement of $B^{+}$ , $B^{0}$ and $Λ_{b}^{0}$ production in $p Pb$ collisions at $s_{NN} = 8.16 TeV$

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +842

The production of $B^{+}$ , $B^{0}$ and $Λ_{b}^{0}$ hadrons is studied in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of $s_{NN} = 8.16 TeV$ record…

hep-ex2019★ 55 cited

Near-threshold $D D ˉ$ spectroscopy and observation of a new charmonium state

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +846

Using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 $f b^{- 1}$ , collected with the~LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018, a new narrow charmonium state,…

hep-ex2019★ 50 cited

Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of $B \to D^{*} ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$

B. Dey

An angular analysis of the decay $B \to D^{*} ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ , $ℓ \in {e, μ}$ , is reported using the full $e^{+} e^{-}$ collision data set collected by t…

hep-ex2019★ 402 cited

Search for lepton-universality violation in $B^{+} \to K^{+} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +846

A measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays $B^{+} \to K^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{+} \to K^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ is presented. The proton-proton collision data used correspond to an integ…

hep-ex2019★ 21 cited

Measurement of the $C P$ -violating phase $ϕ_{s}$ from $B_{s}^{0} \to J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ decays in 13 TeV $pp$ collisions

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta +844

Decays of $B_{s}^{0}$ and $B_{s}^{0}$ mesons into $J / ψ π^{+} π^{-}$ final states are studied in a data sample corresponding to 1.9 fb $^{- 1}$ of integrated luminosity collect…

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B±→K±Xccˉ​

Determination of quantum numbers for several excited charmed mesons observed in B−→D∗+π−π− decays

Measurement of the ηc​(1S) production cross-section in pp collisions at s​=13 TeV

Comparison of unfolding methods using RooFitUnfold

Search for the doubly charmed baryon Ξcc+​

Amplitude analysis of the B+→π+π+π− decay

Measurement of the electron reconstruction efficiency at LHCb

Precision measurement of the Λc+​, Ξc+​ and Ξc0​ baryon lifetimes

Search for B−→Λpˉ​ννˉ with the BABAR experiment

Measurement of psi(2S) production cross-sections in proton-proton collisions at 7 and 13 TeV

Measurement of CP violation in the Bs0​→ϕϕ decay and search for the B0→ϕϕ decay

Observation of the Λb0​→χc1​(3872)pK− decay

Updated measurement of time-dependent CP-violating observables in Bs0​→J/ψK+K− decays

Observation of a narrow pentaquark state, Pc​(4312)+, and of two-peak structure of the Pc​(4450)+

Amplitude analysis of the B(s)​→K∗0K∗0 decays and measurement of the branching fraction of the B→K∗0K∗0 decay

A search for Ξcc++​→D+pK−π+ decays

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the D0 meson

First observation of the radiative decay Λb0​→Λγ

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays Λb0​→ψ(2S)Λ and Λb0​→J/ψΛ

Measurement of B+, B0 and Λb0​ production in pPb collisions at sNN​​=8.16TeV

Near-threshold DDˉ spectroscopy and observation of a new charmonium state

Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of B→D∗ℓ−νℓ​

Search for lepton-universality violation in B+→K+ℓ+ℓ− decays

Measurement of the CP-violating phase ϕs​ from Bs0​→J/ψπ+π− decays in 13 TeV pp collisions