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First observation of the decay Bc+→J/ψπ ⁺π ^-π ⁺

Physical Review Letters 108:25 (2012)

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R Aaij, C Abellan Beteta, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, C Adrover, A Affolder, Z Ajaltouni, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, S Ali, G Alkhazov, P Alvarez Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, Y Amhis, J Anderson, RB Appleby, O Aquines Gutierrez, F Archilli, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, S Bachmann, JJ Back, V Balagura, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, A Bates, C Bauer, T Bauer, A Bay, I Bediaga, S Belogurov, K Belous, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, M Benayoun, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, R Bernet, MO Bettler, M Van Beuzekom, A Bien, S Bifani, T Bird, A Bizzeti, PM Bjørnstad, T Blake, F Blanc, C Blanks, J Blouw, S Blusk, A Bobrov, V Bocci, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, S Borghi, A Borgia, TJV Bowcock, C Bozzi, T Brambach, J Van Den Brand, J Bressieux, D Brett, M Britsch, T Britton, NH Brook, H Brown, A Büchler-Germann, I Burducea, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu, O Callot, M Calvi, M Calvo Gomez, A Camboni, P Campana, A Carbone, G Carboni, R Cardinale, A Cardini, L Carson, K Carvalho Akiba, G Casse, M Cattaneo, C Cauet, M Charles, P Charpentier, N Chiapolini, K Ciba, X Cid Vidal, G Ciezarek

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The decay Bc+→J/ψπ +π -π + is observed for the first time, using 0.8fb -1 of pp collisions at √s=7TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. The ratio of branching fractions B(Bc+→J/ψπ +π -π +)/ B(Bc+→J/ψπ +) is measured to be 2.41±0.30±0. 33, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The result is in agreement with theoretical predictions. © 2012 CERN.

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Determination of the sign of the decay width difference in the bs0 system

Physical Review Letters 108:24 (2012)

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R Aaij, C Abellan Beteta, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, C Adrover, A Affolder, Z Ajaltouni, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, G Alkhazov, P Alvarez Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, Y Amhis, J Anderson, RB Appleby, O Aquines Gutierrez, F Archilli, L Arrabito, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, S Bachmann, JJ Back, DS Bailey, V Balagura, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, A Bates, C Bauer, T Bauer, A Bay, I Bediaga, S Belogurov, K Belous, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, M Benayoun, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, R Bernet, MO Bettler, M Van Beuzekom, A Bien, S Bifani, T Bird, A Bizzeti, PM Bjørnstad, T Blake, F Blanc, C Blanks, J Blouw, S Blusk, A Bobrov, V Bocci, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, S Borghi, A Borgia, TJV Bowcock, C Bozzi, T Brambach, J Van Den Brand, J Bressieux, D Brett, M Britsch, T Britton, NH Brook, H Brown, K De Bruyn, A Büchler-Germann, I Burducea, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu, O Callot, M Calvi, M Calvo Gomez, A Camboni, P Campana, A Carbone, G Carboni, R Cardinale, A Cardini, L Carson, K Carvalho Akiba, G Casse, M Cattaneo, C Cauet, M Charles, P Charpentier, N Chiapolini, K Ciba

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The interference between the K +K - S-wave and P-wave amplitudes in Bs0→J/ψK +K - decays with the K +K - pairs in the region around the (1020) resonance is used to determine the variation of the difference of the strong phase between these amplitudes as a function of K +K - invariant mass. Combined with the results from our CP asymmetry measurement in Bs0→J/ψ decays, we conclude that the Bs0 mass eigenstate that is almost CP=+1 is lighter and decays faster than the mass eigenstate that is almost CP=-1. This determines the sign of the decay width difference ΔΓ sΓ L-Γ H to be positive. Our result also resolves the ambiguity in the past measurements of the CP violating phase s to be close to zero rather than π. These conclusions are in agreement with the standard model expectations. © 2012 CERN.

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Searches for Majorana neutrinos in B ^- decays

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 85:11 (2012)

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R Aaij, C Abellan Beteta, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, C Adrover, A Affolder, Z Ajaltouni, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, G Alkhazov, P Alvarez Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, Y Amhis, J Anderson, RB Appleby, O Aquines Gutierrez, F Archilli, L Arrabito, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, S Bachmann, JJ Back, DS Bailey, V Balagura, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, A Bates, C Bauer, T Bauer, A Bay, I Bediaga, S Belogurov, K Belous, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, M Benayoun, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, R Bernet, MO Bettler, M Van Beuzekom, A Bien, S Bifani, T Bird, A Bizzeti, PM Bjørnstad, T Blake, F Blanc, C Blanks, J Blouw, S Blusk, A Bobrov, V Bocci, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, S Borghi, A Borgia, TJV Bowcock, C Bozzi, T Brambach, J Van Den Brand, J Bressieux, D Brett, M Britsch, T Britton, NH Brook, H Brown, A Büchler-Germann, I Burducea, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu, O Callot, M Calvi, M Calvo Gomez, A Camboni, P Campana, A Carbone, G Carboni, R Cardinale, A Cardini, L Carson, K Carvalho Akiba, G Casse, M Cattaneo, C Cauet, M Charles, P Charpentier, N Chiapolini, K Ciba, X Cid Vidal

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Searches for heavy Majorana neutrinos in B - decays in final states containing hadrons plus a μ -μ - pair have been performed using 0.41fb -1 of data collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The D +μ -μ - and D *+μ -μ - final states can arise from the presence of virtual Majorana neutrinos of any mass. Other final states containing π +, Ds+, or D0π + can be mediated by an on-shell Majorana neutrino. No signals are found and upper limits are set on Majorana neutrino production as a function of mass, and also on the B - decay branching fractions. © 2012 CERN. Published by the American Physical Society.

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Measurement of ϒ production in pp collisions at √s =7 TeV

European Physical Journal C 72:6 (2012)

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R Aaij, CA Beteta, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, C Adrover, A Affolder, Z Ajaltouni, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, G Alkhazov, PA Cartelle, AA Alves, S Amato, Y Amhis, J Anderson, RB Appleby, OA Gutierrez, F Archilli, L Arrabito, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, G Auriemma, S Bachmann, JJ Back, DS Bailey, V Balagura, W Baldini, RJ Barlow, C Barschel, S Barsuk, W Barter, A Bates, C Bauer, T Bauer, A Bay, I Bediaga, S Belogurov, K Belous, I Belyaev, E Ben-Haim, M Benayoun, G Bencivenni, S Benson, J Benton, R Bernet, MO Bettler, M Van Beuzekom, A Bien, S Bifani, T Bird, A Bizzeti, PM Bjørnstad, T Blake, F Blanc, C Blanks, J Blouw, S Blusk, A Bobrov, V Bocci, A Bondar, N Bondar, W Bonivento, S Borghi, A Borgia, TJV Bowcock, C Bozzi, T Brambach, J Van Den Brand, J Bressieux, D Brett, M Britsch, T Britton, NH Brook, H Brown, K De Bruyn, A Büchler-Germann, I Burducea, A Bursche, J Buytaert, S Cadeddu, O Callot, M Calvi, MC Gomez, A Camboni, P Campana, A Carbone, G Carboni, R Cardinale, A Cardini, L Carson, KC Akiba, G Casse, M Cattaneo, C Cauet, M Charles, P Charpentier, N Chiapolini, K Ciba

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The production of ϒ (1S), ϒ (2S) and ϒ (3S) mesons in proton-proton collisions at the centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector. The analysis is based on a data sample of 25 pb−1 collected at the Large Hadron Collider. The ϒ mesons are reconstructed in the decay mode ϒ →μ + μ − and the signal yields are extracted from a fit to the μ + μ − invariant mass distributions. The differential production cross-sections times dimuon branching fractions are measured as a function of the ϒ transverse momentum pT and rapidity y, over the range pT < 15 GeV/c and 2.0

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Opposite-side flavour tagging of B mesons at the LHCb experiment

European Physical Journal C 72:6 (2012)

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The calibration and performance of the opposites-ide flavour tagging algorithms used for the measurements of time-dependent asymmetries at the LHCb experiment are described. The algorithms have been developed using simulated events and optimized and calibrated with B + → J/ψ K + , B 0 →J/ψK* 0 and B 0 →D* − μ + ν μ decay modes with 0.37 fb −1 of data collected in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV during the 2011 physics run. The opposite-side tagging power is determined in the B + → J/ψ K + channel to be (2.10 ± 0.08 ± 0.24) %, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

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First observation of the decay Bc+→J/ψπ ⁺π ^-π ⁺

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