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First study of the CP-violating phase and decay-width difference in Bs0→ψ(2S)ϕ decays

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 762 (2016) 253-262

Authors:

R Aaij, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, Z Ajaltouni, S Akar, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, S Ali, G Alkhazov, P Alvarez Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, S Amerio, Y Amhis, L An, L Anderlini, G Andreassi, M Andreotti, JE Andrews, RB Appleby, O Aquines Gutierrez, F Archilli, P d'Argent, J Arnau Romeu, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, M Baalouch, I Babuschkin, S Bachmann, JJ Back, A Badalov, C Baesso, S Baker, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, V Batozskaya, B Batsukh, V Battista, A Bay, L Beaucourt, J Beddow, F Bedeschi, I Bediaga, LJ Bel, V Bellee, N Belloli, K Belous, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, A Berezhnoy, R Bernet, A Bertolin, F Betti, MO Bettler, M van Beuzekom, I Bezshyiko, S Bifani, P Billoir, T Bird, A Birnkraut, A Bitadze, A Bizzeti, T Blake, F Blanc, J Blouw, S Blusk, V Bocci, T Boettcher, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, A Borgheresi, S Borghi, M Borisyak, M Borsato, F Bossu, M Boubdir, TJV Bowcock, E Bowen, C Bozzi, S Braun, M Britsch, T Britton, J Brodzicka, E Buchanan, C Burr, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu

Abstract:

© 2016 The Author(s) A time-dependent angular analysis of B s 0 →ψ(2S)ϕ decays is performed using data recorded by the LHCb experiment. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3.0fb −1 collected during Run 1 of the LHC. The CP-violating phase and decay-width difference of the B s 0 system are measured to be ϕ s =0.23 −0.28 +0.29 ±0.02rad and ΔΓ s =0.066 −0.044 +0.041 ±0.007ps −1 , respectively, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This is the first time that ϕ s and ΔΓ s have been measured in a decay containing the ψ(2S) resonance.

Measurement of the Bs0→J/ψη lifetime

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 762 (2016) 484-492

Authors:

R Aaij, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, Z Ajaltouni, S Akar, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, S Ali, G Alkhazov, P Alvarez Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, S Amerio, Y Amhis, L An, L Anderlini, G Andreassi, M Andreotti, JE Andrews, RB Appleby, O Aquines Gutierrez, F Archilli, P d'Argent, J Arnau Romeu, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, M Baalouch, I Babuschkin, S Bachmann, JJ Back, A Badalov, C Baesso, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, V Batozskaya, B Batsukh, V Battista, A Bay, L Beaucourt, J Beddow, F Bedeschi, I Bediaga, LJ Bel, V Bellee, N Belloli, K Belous, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, A Berezhnoy, R Bernet, A Bertolin, F Betti, MO Bettler, M van Beuzekom, S Bifani, P Billoir, T Bird, A Birnkraut, A Bitadze, A Bizzeti, T Blake, F Blanc, J Blouw, S Blusk, V Bocci, T Boettcher, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, A Borgheresi, S Borghi, M Borisyak, M Borsato, F Bossu, M Boubdir, TJV Bowcock, E Bowen, C Bozzi, S Braun, M Britsch, T Britton, J Brodzicka, E Buchanan, C Burr, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu, R Calabrese, M Calvi

Abstract:

© 2016 The Author Using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb −1 , collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, the effective lifetime in the B s 0 →J/ψη decay mode, τ eff , is measured to beτ eff =1.479±0.034 (stat)±0.011 (syst) ps. Assuming CP conservation, τ eff corresponds to the lifetime of the light B s 0 mass eigenstate. This is the first measurement of the effective lifetime in this decay mode.

Measurements of long-range near-side angular correlations in root sNN=5TeV proton-lead collisions in the forward region

PHYSICS LETTERS B 762 (2016) 473-483

Authors:

R Aaij, CA Beteta, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, A Affolder, Z Ajaltouni, S Akar, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, S Ali, G Alkhazov, PA Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, S Amerio, Y Amhis, L An, L Anderlini, J Anderson, G Andreassi, M Andreotti, JE Andrews, RB Appleby, OA Gutierrez, F Archilli, P d'Argent, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, M Baalouch, S Bachmann, JJ Back, A Badalov, C Baesso, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, V Batozskaya, V Battista, A Bay, L Beaucourt, J Beddow, F Bedeschi, I Bediaga, LJ Bel, V Bellee, N Belloli, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, A Berezhnoy, R Bernet, A Bertolin, M-O Bettler, M van Beuzekom, A Bien, S Bifani, P Billoir, T Bird, A Birnkraut, A Bizzeti, T Blake, F Blanc, J Blouw, S Blusk, V Bocci, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, S Borghi, M Borsato, TJV Bowcock, E Bowen, C Bozzi, S Braun, M Britsch, T Britton, J Brodzicka, NH Brook, E Buchanan, C Burr, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu, R Calabrese, M Calvi, M Calvo Gomez, P Campana, DC Perez, L Capriotti, A Carbone, G Carboni, R Cardinale, A Cardini, P Carniti, L Carson, KC Akiba, G Casse, L Cassina, LC Garcia, M Cattaneo, C Cauet, G Cavallero, R Cenci, M Charles, P Charpentier, M Chefdeville, S Chen, S-F Cheung, N Chiapolini, M Chrzaszcz, X CidVidal, G Ciezarek, PEL Clarke, M Clemencic, HV Cliff, J Closier, V Coco, J Cogan, E Cogneras, V Cogoni, L Cojocariu, G Collazuol, P Collins, A Comerma-Montells, A Contu, A Cook, M Coombes, S Coquereau, G Corti, M Corvo, B Couturier, GA Cowan, DC Craik, A Crocombe, M Cruz Torres, S Cunliffe, R Currie, C D'Ambrosio, E Dall'Occo, J Dalseno, PNY David, A Davis, ODA Francisco, K De Bruyn, S De Capua, M De Cian, JM De Miranda, L De Paula, P De Simone, C-T Dean, D Decamp, M Deckenhoff, L Del Buono, N Deleage, M Demmer, D Derkach, O Deschamps, F Dettori, B Dey, A Di Canto, F Di Ruscio, H Dijkstra, S Donleavy, F Dordei, M Dorigo, A Dosil Suarez, D Dossett, A Dovbnya, K Dreimanis, L Dufour, G Dujany, F Dupertuis, P Durante, R Dzhelyadin, A Dziurda, A Dzyuba, S Easo, U Egede, V Egorychev, S Eidelman, S Eisenhardt, U Eitschberger, R Ekelhof, L Eklund, I El Rifai, C Elsasser, S Ely, S Esen, HM Evans, T Evans, A Falabella, C Farber, N Farley, S Farry, R Fay, D Ferguson, V Fernandez Albor, F Ferrari, F Ferreira Rodrigues, M Ferro-Luzzi, S Filippov, M Fiore, M Fiorini, M Firlej, C Fitzpatrick, T Fiutowski, K Fohl, P Fol, M Fontana, F Fontanelli, DC Forshaw, R Forty, M Frank, C Frei, M Frosini, J Fu, E Furfaro, A Gallas Torreira, D Galli, S Gallorini, S Gambetta, M Gandelman, P Gandini, Y Gao, JG Pardnias, JG Tico, L Garrido, D Gascon, C Gaspar, R Gauld, L Gavardi, G Gazzoni, D Gerick, E Gersabeck, M Gersabeck, T Gershon, P Ghez, S Giani, V Gibson, OG Girard, L Giubega, VV Gligorov, C Gobel, D Golubkov, A Golutvin, A Gomes, C Gotti, MG Gandara, R Graciani Diaz, LAG Cardoso, E Grauges, E Graverini, G Graziani, A Grecu, E Greening, S Gregson, P Griffith, L Grillo, O Gruenberg, B Gui, E Gushchin, Y Guz, T Gys, T Hadavizadeh, C Hadjivasiliou, G Haefeli, C Haen, SC Haines, S Hall, B Hamilton, X Han, S Hansmann-Menzemer, N Harnew, ST Harnew, J Harrison, J He, T Head, V Heijne, A Heister, K Hennessy, P Henrard, L Henry, JA Hernando Morata, E Vanherwijnen, M Hess, A Hicheur, D Hill, M Hoballah, C Hombach, W Hulsbergen, T Humair, N Hussain, D Hutchcroft, D Hynds, M Idzik, P Ilten, R Jacobsson, A Jaeger, J Jalocha, E Jans, A Jawahery, F Jing, M John, D Johnson, CR Jones, C Joram, B Jost, N Jurik, S Kandybei, W Kanso, M Karacson, TM Karbach, S Karodia, M Kecke, M Kelsey, IR Kenyon, M Kenzie, T Ketel, E Khairullin, B Khanji, C Khurewathanakul, T Kirn, S Klaver, K Klimaszewski, O Kochebina, M Kolpin, I Komarov, RF Koopman, P Koppenburg, M Kozeiha, L Kravchuk, K Kreplin, M Kreps, G Krocker, P Krokovny, F Kruse, W Krzemien, W Kucewicz, M Kucharczyk, V Kudryavtsev, AK Kuonen, K Kurek, T Kvaratskheliya, D Lacarrere, G Lafferty, A Lai, D Lambert, G Lanfranchi, C Langenbruch, B Langhans, T Latham, C Lazzeroni, R Le Gac, J van Leerdam, J-P Lees, R Lefevre, A Leflat, J Lefrancois, E Lemos Cid, O Leroy, T Lesiak, B Leverington, Y Li, T Likhomanenko, M Liles, R Lindner, C Linn, F Lionetto, B Liu, X Liu, D Loh, I Longstaff, JH Lopes, D Lucchesi, M Lucio Martinez, H Luo, A Lupato, E Luppi, O Lupton, A Lusiani, F Machefert, F Maciuc, O Maev, K Maguire, S Malde, A Malinin, G Manca, G Mancinelli, P Manning, A Mapelli, J Maratas, JF Marchand, U Marconi, C Marin Benito, P Marino, J Marks, G Martellotti, M Martin, M Martinelli, D Martinez Santos, F Martinez Vidal, D Martins Tostes, A Massafferri, R Matev, A Mathad, Z Mathe, C Matteuzzi, A Mauri, B Maurin, A Mazurov, M McCann, J McCarthy, A McNab, R McNulty, B Meadows, F Meier, M Meissner, D Melnychuk, M Merk, E Michielin, DA Milanes, M-N Minard, DS Mitzel, J Molina Rodriguez, IA Monroy, S Monteil, M Morandin, P Morawski, A Morda, MJ Morello, J Moron, AB Morris, R Mountain, F Muheim, D Muller, J Mueller, K Muller, V Mueller, M Mussini, B Muster, P Naik, T Nakada, R Nandakumar, A Nandi, I Nasteva, M Needham, N Neri, S Neubert, N Neufeld, M Neuner, AD Nguyen, TD Nguyen, C Nguyen-Mau, V Niess, R Niet, N Nikitin, T Nikodem, A Novoselov, DP O'Hanlon, A Oblakowska-Mucha, V Obraztsov, S Ogilvy, O Okhrimenko, R Oldeman, CJG Onderwater, B Osorio Rodrigues, JM Otalora Goicochea, A Otto, P Owen, A Oyanguren, A Palano, F Palombo, M Palutan, J Panman, A Papanestis, M Pappagallo, LL Pappalardo, C Pappenheimer, W Parker, C Parkes, G Passaleva, GD Patel, M Patel, C Patrignani, A Pearce, A Pellegrino, G Penso, MP Altarelli, S Perazzini, P Perret, L Pescatore, K Petridis, A Petrolini, M Petruzzo, E Picatoste Olloqui, B Pietrzyk, T Pilar, D Pinci, A Pistone, A Piucci, S Playfer, M Plo Casasus, T Poikela, F Polci, A Poluektov, I Polyakov, E Polycarpo, A Popov, D Popov, B Popovici, C Potterat, E Price, JD Price, J Prisciandaro, A Pritchard, C Prouve, V Pugatch, AP Navarro, G Punzi, W Qian, R Quagliani, B Rachwal, JH Rademacker, M Rama, MS Rangel, I Raniuk, N Rauschmayr, G Raven, F Redi, S Reichert, MM Reid, AC dos Reis, S Ricciardi, S Richards, M Rihl, K Rinnert, V Rives Molina, P Robbe, AB Rodrigues, E Rodrigues, JA Rodriguez Lopez, PR Perez, S Roiser, V Romanovsky, A Romero Vidal, JW Ronayne, M Rotondo, J Rouvinet, T Ruf, P Ruiz Valls, JJ Saborido Silva, N Sagidova, P Sail, B Saitta, V Salustino Guimaraes, C Sanchez Mayordomo, B Sanmartin Sedes, R Santacesaria, C Santamarina Rios, M Santimaria, E Santovetti, A Sarti, C Satriano, A Satta, DM Saunders, D Savrina, S Schael, M Schiller, H Schindler, M Schlupp, M Schmelling, T Schmelzer, B Schmidt, O Schneider, A Schopper, M Schubiger, M-H Schune, R Schwemmer, B Sciascia, A Sciubba, A Semennikov, A Sergi, N Serra, J Serrano, L Sestini, P Seyfert, M Shapkin, I Shapoval, Y Shcheglov, T Shears, L Shekhtman, V Shevchenko, A Shires, BG Siddi, RS Coutinho, L Silva de Oliveira, G Simi, M Sirendi, N Skidmore, T Skwarnicki, E Smith, E Smith, IT Smith, J Smith, M Smith, H Snoek, MD Sokoloff, FJP Soler, F Soomro, D Souza, B Souza De Paula, B Spaan, P Spradlin, S Sridharan, F Stagni, M Stahl, S Stahl, S Stefkova, O Steinkamp, O Stenyakin, S Stevenson, S Stoica, S Stone, B Storaci, S Stracka, M Straticiuc, U Straumann, L Sun, W Sutcliffe, K Swientek, S Swientek, V Syropoulos, M Szczekowski, T Szumlak, S T'Jampens, A Tayduganov, T Tekampe, M Teklishyn, G Tellarini, F Teubert, C Thomas, E Thomas, J van Tilburg, V Tisserand, M Tobin, J Todd, S Tolk, L Tomassetti, D Tonelli, S Topp-Joergensen, N Torr, E Tournefier, S Tourneur, K Trabelsi, MT Tran, M Tresch, A Trisovic, A Tsaregorodtsev, P Tsopelas, N Tuning, A Ukleja, A Ustyuzhanin, U Uwer, C Vacca, V Vagnoni, G Valenti, A Vallier, RV Gomez, P Vazquez Regueiro, C Vazquez Sierra, S Vecchi, M van veghel, JJ Velthuis, M Veltri, G Veneziano, M Vesterinen, B Viaud, D Vieira, M Vieites Diaz, X Vilasis-Cardona, V Volkov, A Vollhardt, D Volyanskyy, D Voong, A Vorobyev, V Vorobyev, C Voss, JA de Vries, R Waldi, C Wallace, R Wallace, J Walsh, S Wandernoth, J Wang, DR Ward, NK Watson, D Websdale, A Weiden, M Whitehead, G Wilkinson, M Wilkinson, M Williams, MP Williams, M Williams, T Williams, F Wilson, J Wimberley, J Wishahi, W Wislicki, M Witek, G Wormser, SA Wotton, S Wright, K Wyllie, Y Xie, Z Xu, Z Yang, J Yu, X Yuan, O Yushchenko, M Zangoli, M Zavertyaev, L Zhang, Y Zhang, A Zhelezov, A Zhokhov, L Zhong, V Zhukov, S Zucchelli, L Collaboration

Measurements of the S-wave fraction in B0→ K+π−μ+μ−decays and the B0→ K∗(892)0μ+μ−differential branching fraction

Journal of High Energy Physics 2016:11 (2016)

Authors:

LC The, R Aaij, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, Z Ajaltouni, S Akar, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, S Ali, G Alkhazov, P Alvarez Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, S Amerio, Y Amhis, L An, L Anderlini, G Andreassi, M Andreotti, JE Andrews, RB Appleby, O Aquines Gutierrez, F Archilli, P d Argent, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, M Baalouch, S Bachmann, JJ Back, A Badalov, C Baesso, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, V Batozskaya, V Battista, A Bay, L Beaucourt, J Beddow, F Bedeschi, I Bediaga, LJ Bel, V Bellee, N Belloli, K Belous, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, A Berezhnoy, R Bernet, A Bertolin, MO Bettler, M van Beuzekom, S Bifani, P Billoir, T Bird, A Birnkraut, A Bitadze, A Bizzeti, T Blake, F Blanc, J Blouw, S Blusk, V Bocci, T Boettcher, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, S Borghi, M Borisyak, M Borsato, F Bossu, M Boubdir, TJV Bowcock, E Bowen, C Bozzi, S Braun, M Britsch, T Britton, J Brodzicka, E Buchanan, C Burr, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu, R Calabrese

Abstract:

© 2016, The Author(s). A measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay B 0 → K ∗ (892) 0 μ + μ − is presented together with a determination of the S-wave fraction of the K + π − system in the decay B 0 → K + π − μ + μ − . The analysis is based on pp-collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb −1 collected with the LHCb experiment. The measurements are made in bins of the invariant mass squared of the dimuon system, q 2 . Precise theoretical predictions for the differential branching fraction of B 0 → K ∗ (892) 0 μ + μ − decays are available for the q 2 region 1.1 < q 2 < 6.0 GeV 2 /c 4 . In this q 2 region, for the K + π − invariant mass range 796 < m Kπ < 996 MeV/c 2 , the S-wave fraction of the K + π − system in B 0 → K + π − μ + μ − decays is found to be F S =0.101±0.017(stat)±0.009(syst), and the differential branching fraction of B 0 → K ∗ (892) 0 μ + μ − decays is determined to be dℬ/dq 2 =(0.392 −0.019 +0.020 (stat)±0.010(syst)±0.027(norm))×10 −7 c 4 /GeV 2 . The differential branching fraction measurements presented are the most precise to date and are found to be in agreement with Standard Model predictions.

Search for Higgs-like bosons decaying into long-lived exotic particles

European Physical Journal C Springer 76 (2016) 664

Authors:

Shu-Faye Cheung, Tim Evans, Paolo Gandini, Barak R Gruberg Cadzon, Thomas Hadavizadeh, Neville Harnew, Donal Hill, Pawel G Jalocha, Malcolm John, Oliver J Lupton, Sneha S Malde, Anita K Nandi, Stig Topp-Jorgenson, Guy R Wilkinson

Abstract:

A search is presented for massive long-lived particles, in the 20-60 GeV/c2 mass range with lifetimes between 5 and 100 ps. The dataset used corresponds to 0.62 fb^-1 of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at √s = 7 TeV. The particles are assumed to be pair-produced by the decay of a Higgs-like boson with mass between 80 and 140 GeV/c2. No excess above the background expectation is observed and limits are set on the production cross-section as a function of the long-lived particle mass and lifetime and of the Higgs-like boson mass.

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