# EP Articles

2019-02-18
13:51
 Dalitz Plot analysis of the $D^+ \to K^- K^+ K^+$ decay / LHCb Collaboration The resonant structure of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $D^+\to K^-K^+K^+$ is studied for the first time. The measurement is based on a sample of $pp$-collision data, collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the LHCb detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb$^-1$. [...] arXiv:1902.05884; LHCb-PAPER-2018-039; CERN-EP-2018-336.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-04-08 - 37 p. - Published in : JHEP 04 (2019) 063 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP;

2019-02-15
10:02
 Measurement of $B^+$, $B^0$ and $\Lambda_b^0$ production in $p\mkern 1mu\mathrm{Pb}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 8.16 \ \rm TeV$ / LHCb Collaboration The production of $B^+$, $B^0$ and $\Lambda_b^0$ hadrons is studied in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=8.16\,{\rm TeV}$ recorded with the LHCb detector at the LHC. The measurement uses a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $12.2\pm0.3\ \mathrm{nb}^{-1}$ for the case where the proton beam is projected into the LHCb detector (corresponding to measuring hadron production at positive rapidity) and $18.6\pm0.5\ \mathrm{nb}^{-1}$ for the lead beam projected into the LHCb detector (corresponding to measuring hadron production at negative rapidity). [...] arXiv:1902.05599; LHCb-PAPER-2018-048; CERN-EP-2019-010; LHCb-PAPER-2018-048; CERN-EP-2019-010.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-03-28 - 21 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. D 99 (2019) 052011 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP;

2019-02-07
15:59
 Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays $\Lambda_b^0 \!\to \psi(2S) \Lambda$ and $\Lambda_b^0 \!\to J\!/\!\psi \Lambda$ / LHCb Collaboration Using $pp$ collisions corresponding to 3$\,\text{fb}^{-1}$ integrated luminosity, recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8$\,\text{TeV}$, the ratio of branching fractions \begin{align*} \mathcal{B}(\Lambda^0_b\!\to\psi(2S) \Lambda )/\mathcal{B}(\Lambda^0_b\!\to J/\psi \Lambda)= 0.513 \pm 0.023\, (\text{stat}) \pm 0.016 \, (\text{syst}) \pm 0.011\, (\mathcal{B}) \end{align*} is determined. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic and the third is due to the external branching fractions used.. arXiv:1902.02092; LHCb-PAPER-2017-041; CERN-EP-2019-003.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-03-22 - 16 p. - Published in : JHEP 03 (2019) 126 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP;

2019-01-22
15:12
 Measurement of the mass and production rate of $\Xi_b^-$ baryons / LHCb Collaboration The first measurement of the production rate of $\Xi_b^-$ baryons in $pp$ collisions relative to that of $\Lambda_b^0$ baryons is reported, using data samples collected by the LHCb experiment, and corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1, 2 and 1.6~fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}=7,~8$ and 13~TeV, respectively. In the kinematic region $2 < \eta < 6$ and $p_{\rm T}<20$~GeV/\it{c}, we measure \begin{align*} \frac{f_{\Xi_b^-}}{f_{\Lambda_b^0}}\frac{\mathcal B(\Xi_b^-\to J/\psi\Xi^-)}{\mathcal B(\Lambda_b^0\to J/\psi\Lambda)} &= (10.8\pm0.9\pm0.8)\times10^{-2}~~[\sqrt{s}=7,8~TeV],\\ \frac{f_{\Xi_b^-}}{f_{\Lambda_b^0}}\frac{\mathcal B(\Xi_b^-\to J/\psi\Xi^-)}{\mathcal B(\Lambda_b^0\to J/\psi\Lambda)} &= (13.1\pm1.1\pm1.0)\times10^{-2}~~[\sqrt{s}=13~TeV], \end{align*} where $f_{\Xi_b^-}$ and $f_{\Lambda_b^0}$ are the fragmentation fractions of $b$ quarks into $\Xi_b^-$ and $\Lambda_b^0$ baryons, respectively, $\mathcal B$ represents branching fractions, and the uncertainties are due to statistical and experimental systematic sources. [...] arXiv:1901.07075; LHCb-PAPER-2018-047; CERN-EP-2018-348.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-03-23 - 13 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. D 99 (2019) 052006 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP;

2019-01-16
11:27
 Model-independent observation of exotic contributions to $B^0\to J/\psi K^+\pi^-$ decays / LHCb Collaboration An angular analysis of $B^0\to J/\psi K^+\pi^-$ decays is performed, using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 ${\rm fb}^{-1}$ collected with the LHCb detector. The $m(K^+\pi^-)$ spectrum is divided into fine bins. [...] arXiv:1901.05745; LHCb-PAPER-2018-043; CERN-EP-2018-330.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-04-18 - 10 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 (2019) 152002 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Fulltext from Publisher: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP;

2018-12-19
10:18
 Study of the $B^0\to \rho(770)^0 K^*(892)^0$ decay with an amplitude analysis of $B^0\to (\pi^+\pi^-) (K^+\pi^-)$ decays / LHCb Collaboration An amplitude analysis of ${B^0\to (\pi^+\pi^-) (K^+\pi^-)}$ decays is performed in the two-body invariant mass regions ${300 < m(\pi^+\pi^-)<1100}$ MeV/$c^2$, accounting for the $\rho^0$, $\omega$, $f_0(500)$, $f_0(980)$ and $f_0(1370)$ resonances, and ${750 < m(K^+\pi^-)<1200}$ MeV/$c^2$, which is dominated by the $K^{*}(892)^0$ meson. The analysis uses 3 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. [...] arXiv:1812.07008; LHCb-PAPER-2018-042; CERN-EP-2018-316.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-05-06 - 28 p. - Published in : JHEP 05 (2019) 026 Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Supplementary information: ZIP;

2018-11-22
12:02
 Search for $CP$ violation through an amplitude analysis of $D^0\rightarrow K^+ K^- \pi^+ \pi^-$ decays / LHCb Collaboration A search for $CP$ violation in the Cabibbo-suppressed $D^0 \rightarrow K^+ K^- \pi^+ \pi^-$ decay mode is performed using an amplitude analysis. The measurement uses a sample of $pp$ collisions recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$. [...] arXiv:1811.08304; LHCb-PAPER-2018-041; CERN-EP-2018-299.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-02-20 - 33 p. - Published in : JHEP 02 (2019) 126 Additional files: ZIP; Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Supplementary information: ZIP;

2018-10-22
15:42
 First measurement of charm production in fixed-target configuration at the LHC / LHCb Collaboration The first measurement of heavy-flavour production by the LHCb experiment in its fixed-target mode is presented. The production of $J/\psi$ and $D^0$ mesons is studied with beams of protons of different energies colliding with gaseous targets of helium and argon with nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 86.6$ and $110.4$ ${\rm GeV}$, respectively. [...] arXiv:1810.07907; LHCb-PAPER-2018-023; CERN-EP-2018-266.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-04-03 - 12 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 (2019) 132002 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Fulltext from Publisher: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Supplementary information: ZIP;

2018-10-18
14:47
 Study of $\Upsilon$ production in $p$Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=8.16$ TeV / LHCb Collaboration The production of $\Upsilon (nS)$ mesons ($n=1,2,3$) in $p$Pb and Pb$p$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=8.16$ TeV is measured by the LHCb experiment, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 31.8 nb$^{-1}$. The $\Upsilon (nS)$ mesons are reconstructed through their decays into two opposite-sign muons. [...] arXiv:1810.07655; LHCb-PAPER-2018-035; CERN-EP-2018-267.- Geneva : CERN, 2018-11-29 - 37 p. - Published in : JHEP 11 (2018) 194 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: 1810.07655 - PDF; LHCb-PAPER-2018-035 - PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP;

2018-10-17
15:45
 Measurement of the charm-mixing parameter $y_{CP}$ / LHCb Collaboration A measurement of the charm-mixing parameter $y_{CP}$ using $D^0 \to K^+ K^-$, $D^0 \to \pi^+ \pi^-$, and $D^0 \to K^- \pi^+$ decays is reported. The $D^0$ mesons are required to originate from semimuonic decays of $B^-$ and $\overline{B}^0$ mesons. [...] arXiv:1810.06874; CERN-EP-2018-270 and LHCb-PAPER-2018-038; LHCb-PAPER-2018-038; CERN-EP-2018-270; LHCB-PAPER-2018-038.- Geneva : CERN, 2019-01-08 - 10 p. - Published in : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.011802 Article from SCOAP3: PDF; Fulltext: 1810.06874 - PDF; Paper 2018 038 - PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Supplementary information: ZIP; External link: Figures, tables and other information