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Dalitz plot analysis of B-0 -> (D)over-bar(0)pi(+)pi(-) decays

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Bastien Luca Muster, Maria Vieites Diaz, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Julien Rouvinet, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Alessandro Mapelli

The resonant substructures of B-0 --> (D) over bar (0)pi(+)pi(-) decays are studied with the Dalitz plot technique. In this study a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1) of pp collisions collected by the LHCb detector is used. ...

American Physical Society2015

Studies of the resonance structure in D-0 -> (KSK +/-)-K-0 pi(-/+) decays

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Guido Andreassi, Bastien Luca Muster, Violaine Bellée, Maria Vieites Diaz, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Julien Rouvinet, Albert Puig Navarro, Alessandro Mapelli, Lucía Castillo García

Amplitude models are applied to studies of resonance structure in D-0 -> (KSK-)-K-0 pi(+) and D-0 -> (KSK+)-K-0 pi(-) decays using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1) collected by the LHCb experiment. Relative magnitud ...

American Physical Society2016

Observation of the rare B-s(0)->mu(+)mu(-) decay from the combined analysis of CMS and LHCb data

Jian Wang, Matthias Finger, Olivier Schneider, Qian Wang, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, João Miguel das Neves Duarte, Matthias Wolf, Varun Sharma, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Tian Cheng, Yixing Chen, Alexis Kalogeropoulos, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Konstantin Androsov, Jan Steggemann, Aurelio Bay, Ekaterina Kuznetsova, Ho Ling Li, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Roberto Castello, Liang Sun, Lesya Shchutska, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Bastien Luca Muster, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Horst Arthur Vogel, Wei Sun, Julien Rouvinet, Pierre Jaton, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Alessandro Mapelli, Doohyun Kim, Martin George Friedl, Joo Yeon Kim

The standard model of particle physics describes the fundamental particles and their interactions via the strong, electromagnetic and weak forces. It provides precise predictions for measurable quantities that can be tested experimentally. The probabilitie ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Measurement of b hadron fractions in 13 TeV pp collisions

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Lei Zhang, Yi Wang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Violaine Bellée, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Preema Rennee Pais, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Pavol Stefko, Tara Nanut, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Tommaso Colombo, Vladimir Macko, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Mingkui Wang, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, François Fleuret, Katharina Müller, Yi Zhang, Sebastian Schulte, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Liang Sun, Ian William Marison, Michael Thompson McCann, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Craig Matthew Smith, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Achille Mauri, Jorge Miguel Dias Almeida Rodrigues Soares

The production fractions of (B) over bar (0)(s) and Lambda(0)(b) hadrons, normalized to the sum of B- and (B) over bar (0) fractions, arc measured in 13 TeV pp collisions using data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosit ...

American Physical Society2019

Measurement of the eta(c)(1S) production cross-section in p p collisions at root s=13TeV

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yi Wang, Aurelio Bay, Ho Ling Li, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Liupan An, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Elena Graverini, Michel De Cian, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Sebastian Schulte, Tommaso Colombo, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Minh Tâm Tran, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Maria Vieites Diaz, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Surapat Ek-In, Ana Bárbara Rodrigues Cavalcante, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Katharina Müller, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Thi Dung Nguyen, Olivier Göran Girard, Mâu Chung Nguyên, Axel Kuonen, Vincenzo Battista, Simone Meloni, Xiaoqing Zhou, Elisabeth Maria Niel, Alexandre Brea Rodriguez

Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0 fb-1, collected by the LHCb experiment, the production of the.c(1S) state in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of v s = 13 TeVis studied in the rapidity range 2.0 < y < ...

SPRINGER2020

Angular analysis of B0->D-Ds+ with Ds+-> Ds+gamma decays

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Chao Wang, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yi Wang, Aurelio Bay, Ho Ling Li, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Liang Sun, Lesya Shchutska, François Fleuret, Liupan An, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Preema Rennee Pais, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Elena Graverini, Michel De Cian, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Sebastian Schulte, Tommaso Colombo, Donal Patrick Hill, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Minh Tâm Tran, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Maria Vieites Diaz, Marie Theres Christin Bachmayer, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Serhii Cholak, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Ettore Zaffaroni, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Surapat Ek-In, Ana Bárbara Rodrigues Cavalcante, Sara Celani, Carina Trippl, Arnout Lodewijk M Beckers, Sonia Amina Bouchiba, Thi Dung Nguyen, Maxim Karpov, Alison Maria Tully, Mâu Chung Nguyên, Maarten Willibrord Uriël Van Dijk, Simone Meloni, Xiaoqing Zhou, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Elisabeth Maria Niel, Alexandre Brea Rodriguez, Marco Guarise

The first full angular analysis of the B0 -> D-Ds+ decay is performed using 6 fb(-1) of pp collision data collected with the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The Ds+-> Ds+gamma and D*- -> D0- vector meson decays ar ...

Springer Nature2021

Observation of the B-s(0) -> eta 'eta ' Decay

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Bastien Luca Muster, Maria Vieites Diaz, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Julien Rouvinet, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Alessandro Mapelli

The first observation of the B-s(0) -> eta'eta' decay is reported. The study is based on a sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to 3.0 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector. The significance of the signal is 6.4 stand ...

Amer Physical Soc2015

Search for relativistic fractionally charged particles in space

Jian Wang, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Yi Wang, Siyuan Wang, Songmei Wu, Junqiu Liu, Johan Juul Chang, Cheng Zhao, Chiara Perrina, Jennifer Maria Frieden

More than a century after the performance of the oil drop experiment, the possible existence of fractionally charged particles (FCPs) still remains unsettled. The search for FCPs is crucial for some extensions of the Standard Model in particle physics. Mos ...

American Physical Society2022

Measurement of the mass and production rate of Xi(-)(b)( )baryons

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Liupan An, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Preema Rennee Pais, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Elena Graverini, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Tommaso Colombo, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Maria Vieites Diaz, Christoph Frei, Sebastian Schulte, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom

The first measurement of the production rate of Xi(-)(b) baryons in pp collisions relative to that of Lambda(0 )(b)baryons is reported, using data samples collected by the LHCb experiment, and corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1, 2 and 1.6 fb(-1) ...

American Physical Society2019

Observation of the Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda phi decay

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Bastien Luca Muster, Violaine Bellée, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Alessandro Mapelli

The Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda phi decay is observed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1) recorded by the LHCb experiment. The decay proceeds at leading order via a b -> ss loop transition and is therefore sens ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Measurement of the lifetime of the B-c(+) meson using the B-c(+) -> J/psi pi(+) decay mode

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Bastien Luca Muster, Maria Vieites Diaz, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Julien Rouvinet, Pierre Jaton, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Alessandro Mapelli

The difference in total widths between the B-c(+) and B+ mesons is measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1) collected by the LHCb experiment in 7 and 8 TeV centre-of-mass energy proton-proton collisions at the LH ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

Study of W boson production in association with beauty and charm

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Bastien Luca Muster, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Julien Rouvinet, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Alessandro Mapelli

The associated production of a W boson with a jet originating from either a light parton or heavy-flavor quark is studied in the forward region using proton-proton collisions. The analysis uses data corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1.0 and 2.0 f ...

American Physical Society2015

Observation of CP Violation in Charm Decays

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Ho Ling Li, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Liupan An, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Preema Rennee Pais, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Elena Graverini, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Tommaso Colombo, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Maria Vieites Diaz, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Albert Puig Navarro, Katharina Müller, Christoph Frei, Sebastian Schulte, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Mirco Dorigo, Vincenzo Battista, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Adriano Pastore

A search for charge-parity (CP) violation in D-0 -> K-K+ and D-0 -> pi(-)pi(+) decays is reported, using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.9 fb(-1) collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the LHCb detector. The fl ...

2019

Angular analysis of the B-0 -> K*(0) mu(+) mu(-) decay using 3 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Guido Andreassi, Bastien Luca Muster, Violaine Bellée, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Alessandro Mapelli

An angular analysis of the B-0 -> K*(0) (-> K+pi(-))mu(+)mu(-) decay is presented. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1) of pp collision data collected at the LHCb experiment. The complete angular information from the decay is u ...

Springer Nature2016

Measurement of CP Violation in B-0 -> D+D- Decays

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Violaine Bellée, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Preema Rennee Pais, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Pavol Stefko, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin

The CP violation observables S and C in the decay channel B-0 -> D+D- are determined from a sample of proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, collected by the LHCb experiment and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb ...

Amer Physical Soc2016

Measurement of Z -> tau(+)tau(-) production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Jean Wicht, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Alessio Ferrari, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, François Fleuret, Vladislav Balagura, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Christoph Frei, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Greig Alan Cowan, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Tommaso Colombo, Brice Emile Maurin, Ian William Marison, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Daniel Gallichan, Marilisa Neri, Michael Thompson McCann, Mai Tu Xuan, Matteo Fontana, Simon Van Mulders, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Severin Stähly, Craig Matthew Smith, Alexandra Bondarenko, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Adriano Pastore, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiao Yuan, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Giovanni Veneziano, Basile Schäli, Nandita Aggarwal, Benedikt Sebastian Braun, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger, Stéphane Serge Arsène Tourneur

A measurement of Z -> tau(+)tau(-) production cross-section is presented using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb(-1), from pp collisions at root s = 8 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. The tau(+)tau(-)candidates are reconstructed ...

Springer Nature2018

Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Xi(++)(cc)

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Violaine Bellée, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Preema Rennee Pais, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Pavol Stefko, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Tommaso Colombo, Vladimir Macko, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Katharina Müller

A highly significant structure is observed in the Lambda K-+(c)-pi(+)pi(+) mass spectrum, where the Lambda(+)(c) baryon is reconstructed in the decay mode pK(-)pi(+). The structure is consistent with originating from a weakly decaying particle, identified ...

2017

Measurement of the track reconstruction efficiency at LHCb

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Bastien Luca Muster, Maria Vieites Diaz, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Julien Rouvinet, Pierre Jaton, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Joël Bressieux, Songmei Wu, Lucía Castillo García

The determination of track reconstruction efficiencies at LHCb using J/psi -> mu(+)mu(-) decays is presented. Efficiencies above 95% are found for the data taking periods in 2010, 2011, and 2012. The ratio of the track reconstruction efficiency of muons in ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2015

Searches for the Anomalous Photon Polarisation in Radiative B Decays at LHCb

Zhirui Xu

This thesis is exploring the measurements of the photon polarisation in radiative

B

decays at LHCb, which are mediated through

b\to s\gamma

transitions. To ensure optimal physics performance, procedures to align the LHCb detector and to monitor the ali ...

EPFL2016

Measurement of the CKM angle gamma and Bs0-Bs0 mixing frequency with Bs0 -> Ds -/+h +/-pi +/-pi-/+ decays

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yi Wang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Sebastian Schulte, Tommaso Colombo, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Minh Tâm Tran, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Ana Bárbara Rodrigues Cavalcante, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Thi Dung Nguyen, Olivier Göran Girard, Mâu Chung Nguyên, Axel Kuonen, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Brice Emile Maurin

The CKM angle gamma is measured for the first time from mixing-induced CP violation between Bs0 -> Ds -/+ K pi +/- pi -/+ and Bs0 -> Ds +/- K -/+ pi -/+ pi +/- decays reconstructed in proton-proton collision data corresponding to an in ...

Springer Nature2021