K. Akiba

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20092026

most citedLHCb Detector Performance

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271 papers

hep-ex2026

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ τ^{+} ν_{τ}) / B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ μ^{+} ν_{μ})$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah +1121

A measurement of the ratio of semileptonic branching fractions $R (J ψ)$ , defined as $\mathcal{R}(J/ψ) \equiv \mathcal{B}(B_c^+ \to J/ψτ^+ ν_τ)/\mathcal{B}(B_c^+ \to J/ψμ^+…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Observation of the very rare $Σ^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

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

The first observation of the $Σ^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay is reported with high significance using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4\,\rm…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Search for the $B_{c}^{+} \to χ_{c 1} (3872) π^{+}$ decay

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

A search for the decay $B_{c}^{+} \to χ_{c 1} (3872) π^{+}$ is reported using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018 at centre-of-mass en…

hep-ex2025★ 47 cited

Observation of charge-parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1136

The Standard Model of particle physics-the theory of particles and interactions at the smallest scale-predicts that matter and antimatter interact differently due to violation of t…

hep-ex2025★ 4 cited

Observation of a new charmed baryon decaying to $Ξ_{c}^{+} π^{-} π^{+}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1139

The $Ξ_{c}^{+} π^{-} π^{+}$ spectrum is investigated using proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4fb $^{- 1}$ , collecte…

hep-ex2024★ 3 cited

Test of lepton flavour universality with $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{+} π^{-} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

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

The first test of lepton flavor universality between muons and electrons using $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{+} π^{-} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ ( $ℓ = e, μ$ ) decays is presented. The measurement is performed with d…

hep-ex2024★ 5 cited

Search for $D^{0}$ meson decays to $π^{+} π^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ and $K^{+} K^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ final states

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1130

A search for $D^{0}$ meson decays to the $π^{+} π^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ and $K^{+} K^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ final states is reported using a sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a c…

hep-ex2024★ 19 cited

Study of $\itΛ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ and $\itΞ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ decays to $Λ h^{+} h^{^{'} -}$ and evidence for $C P$ violation in $\itΛ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}\to\itΛ K^+K^-$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1134

A study of $\itΛ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ and $\itΞ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ decays to $Λ h^{+} h^{' -}$ $(h^{(')} = π, K)$ is performed using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

First evidence for direct CP violation in beauty to charmonium decays

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

The $C P$ asymmetry and branching fraction of the CKM-suppressed decay $B^{+} \to J / ψ π^{+}$ are precisely measured relative to the favoured decay $B^+\!\to J\…

nucl-ex2024

Measurement of the $ψ (2 S)$ to $J / ψ$ cross-section ratio as a function of centrality in PbPb collisions at $s_{NN}$ = 5.02 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1133

The dissociation of quarkonium states with different binding energies produced in heavy-ion collisions is a powerful probe for investigating the formation and properties of the qua…

hep-ex2024★ 9 cited

Study of $D_{s 1} (2460)^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ in $B \to D ˉ^{(*)} D_{s}^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1129

An amplitude analysis of the $D_{s 1} (2460)^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ transition is performed simultaneously in $B^{0} \to D^{-} D_{s}^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ , $B^{+}\to{\bar{D}}^{0} D_{s}^{+}…

hep-ex2024★ 9 cited

Test of lepton flavour universality with $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

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

Lepton flavour universality in rare $b \to s$ transitions is tested for the first time using $B_{s}^{0}$ meson decays. The measurements are performed using $pp$ collision data c…

hep-ex2024★ 5 cited

Measurement of the effective leptonic weak mixing angle

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1120

Using $pp$ collision data at $s = 13$ TeV, recorded by the LHCb experiment between 2016 and 2018 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4$ fb $^{- 1}$ , the forward-…

hep-ex2024

Search for $B_{(s)}^{* 0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ in $B_{c}^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1116

A search for the very rare $B^{* 0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{* 0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays is conducted by analysing the $B_{c}^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ process. The analysis uses proton-proton collision…

hep-ex2024★ 8 cited

Measurement of exclusive $J / ψ$ and $ψ (2 S)$ production at $s = 13$ TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1075

Measurements are presented of the cross-section for the central exclusive production of $J / ψ \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $ψ (2 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ processes in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13…

hep-ex2024★ 1 cited

Measurement of $C P$ violation in $B^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1118

A time-dependent, flavour-tagged measurement of $C P$ violation is performed with $B^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays, using data…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of $\itΛ_\it{b}^0$, $\itΛ_\it{c}^+$ and $Λ$ decay parameters using $\itΛ_\it{b}^0 \to \itΛ_\it{c}^+ h^-$ decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1106

A comprehensive study of the angular distributions in the bottom-baryon decays $Λ_{b}^{0} \to Λ_{c}^{+} h^{-} (h = π, K)$ , followed by $Λ_{c}^{+} \to Λ h^{+}$ with $\itΛ\to \it{p} π^…

hep-ex2024

Study of the rare decay $J / ψ \to μ^{+} μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1099

The rare electromagnetic $J / ψ \to μ^{+} μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay is observed with a significance greatly exceeding the discovery threshold, using proton-proton collision data collected by the…

hep-ex2024★ 5 cited

Observation of exotic $J / ψ ϕ$ resonant structure in diffractive processes in proton-proton collisions

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1072

The first study of $J / ψ ϕ$ production in diffractive processes in proton-proton collisions is presented. The study is based on an LHCb dataset recorded at centre-of-mass energy of 1…

hep-ex2024★ 4 cited

Study of charmonium production via the decay to $p p ˉ$ at $s = 13 T e V$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1063

Charmonium production cross-section in proton-proton collisions is measured at the centre-of-mass energy $s = 13 T e V$ using decays to $p p ˉ$ final state. The study is per…

hep-ex2024★ 13 cited

Probing the nature of the $χ_{c 1} (3872)$ state using radiative decays

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1097

The radiative decays $χ_{c 1} (3872) \to ψ (2 S) γ$ and $χ_{c 1} (3872) \to J / ψ γ$ are used to probe the~nature of the~ $χ_{c 1} (3872)$ state using proton-proton collision data…

hep-ex2024

Comprehensive analysis of local and nonlocal amplitudes in the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1073

A comprehensive study of the local and nonlocal amplitudes contributing to the decay $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} (\to K^{+} π^{-}) μ^{+} μ^{-}$ is performed by analysing the phase-space distributi…

hep-ex2024★ 3 cited

Search for the lepton-flavor violating decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ μ^{\pm} τ^{\mp}$

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1065

A search for the lepton-flavor violating decays $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ μ^{\pm} τ^{\mp}$ is presented, using a sample of proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, colle…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

Transverse polarization measurement of $Λ$ hyperons in $p$ Ne collisions at $s_{N N}$ = 68.4 GeV with the $\mbox{LHCb}$ detector

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb +1068

A measurement of the transverse polarization of the $Λ$ and $Λ ˉ$ hyperons in $p$ Ne fixed-target collisions at $s_{N N}$ = 68.4 GeV is presented using data collected by the…

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(Bc+​→J/ψτ+ντ​)/B(Bc+​→J/ψμ+νμ​)

Observation of the very rare Σ+→pμ+μ− decay

Search for the Bc+​→χc1​(3872)π+ decay

Observation of charge-parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays

Observation of a new charmed baryon decaying to Ξc+​π−π+

Test of lepton flavour universality with B+→K+π+π−ℓ+ℓ− decays

Search for D0 meson decays to π+π−e+e− and K+K−e+e− final states

Study of $\itΛ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ and $\itΞ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ decays to Λh+h′− and evidence for CP violation in $\itΛ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}\to\itΛ K^+K^-$ decays

First evidence for direct CP violation in beauty to charmonium decays

Measurement of the ψ(2S) to J/ψ cross-section ratio as a function of centrality in PbPb collisions at sNN​​ = 5.02 TeV

Study of Ds1​(2460)+→Ds+​π+π− in B→Dˉ(∗)Ds+​π+π− decays

Test of lepton flavour universality with Bs0​→ϕℓ+ℓ− decays

Measurement of the effective leptonic weak mixing angle

Search for B(s)∗0​→μ+μ− in Bc+​→π+μ+μ− decays

Measurement of exclusive J/ψ and ψ(2S) production at s​=13 TeV

Measurement of CP violation in B0→D+D− and Bs0​→Ds+​Ds−​ decays

Measurement of $\itΛ_\it{b}^0$, $\itΛ_\it{c}^+$ and Λ decay parameters using $\itΛ_\it{b}^0 \to \itΛ_\it{c}^+ h^-$ decays

Study of the rare decay J/ψ→μ+μ−μ+μ−

Observation of exotic J/ψϕ resonant structure in diffractive processes in proton-proton collisions

Study of charmonium production via the decay to ppˉ​ at s​=13TeV

Probing the nature of the χc1​(3872) state using radiative decays

Comprehensive analysis of local and nonlocal amplitudes in the B0→K∗0μ+μ− decay

Search for the lepton-flavor violating decay Bs0​→ϕμ±τ∓

Transverse polarization measurement of Λ hyperons in pNe collisions at sNN​​ = 68.4 GeV with the $\mbox{LHCb}$ detector

Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ τ^{+} ν_{τ}) / B (B_{c}^{+} \to J / ψ μ^{+} ν_{μ})$

Observation of the very rare $Σ^{+} \to p μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

Search for the $B_{c}^{+} \to χ_{c 1} (3872) π^{+}$ decay

Observation of a new charmed baryon decaying to $Ξ_{c}^{+} π^{-} π^{+}$

Test of lepton flavour universality with $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{+} π^{-} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

Search for $D^{0}$ meson decays to $π^{+} π^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ and $K^{+} K^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$ final states

Study of $\itΛ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ and $\itΞ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}$ decays to $Λ h^{+} h^{^{'} -}$ and evidence for $C P$ violation in $\itΛ_{\it{b}}^\rm{0}\to\itΛ K^+K^-$ decays

Measurement of the $ψ (2 S)$ to $J / ψ$ cross-section ratio as a function of centrality in PbPb collisions at $s_{NN}$ = 5.02 TeV

Study of $D_{s 1} (2460)^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ in $B \to D ˉ^{(*)} D_{s}^{+} π^{+} π^{-}$ decays

Test of lepton flavour universality with $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$ decays

Search for $B_{(s)}^{* 0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ in $B_{c}^{+} \to π^{+} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decays

Measurement of exclusive $J / ψ$ and $ψ (2 S)$ production at $s = 13$ TeV

Measurement of $C P$ violation in $B^{0} \to D^{+} D^{-}$ and $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} D_{s}^{-}$ decays

Measurement of $\itΛ_\it{b}^0$, $\itΛ_\it{c}^+$ and $Λ$ decay parameters using $\itΛ_\it{b}^0 \to \itΛ_\it{c}^+ h^-$ decays

Study of the rare decay $J / ψ \to μ^{+} μ^{-} μ^{+} μ^{-}$

Observation of exotic $J / ψ ϕ$ resonant structure in diffractive processes in proton-proton collisions

Study of charmonium production via the decay to $p p ˉ$ at $s = 13 T e V$

Probing the nature of the $χ_{c 1} (3872)$ state using radiative decays

Comprehensive analysis of local and nonlocal amplitudes in the $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{+} μ^{-}$ decay

Search for the lepton-flavor violating decay $B_{s}^{0} \to ϕ μ^{\pm} τ^{\mp}$

Transverse polarization measurement of $Λ$ hyperons in $p$ Ne collisions at $s_{N N}$ = 68.4 GeV with the $\mbox{LHCb}$ detector