Abstract
Conventional, hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and a quark–antiquark pair, respectively
1,2
. Here, we report the observation of a hadronic state ...containing four quarks in the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment. This so-called tetraquark contains two charm quarks, a
$$\overline{{{u}}}$$
u
¯
and a
$$\overline{{{d}}}$$
d
¯
quark. This exotic state has a mass of approximately 3,875 MeV and manifests as a narrow peak in the mass spectrum of
D
0
D
0
π
+
mesons just below the
D
*+
D
0
mass threshold. The near-threshold mass together with the narrow width reveals the resonance nature of the state.
Measurement of the W boson mass Ackernley, T.; Balagura, V.; Belyaev, I. ...
The journal of high energy physics,
2022, Letnik:
2022, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Odprti dostop
A
bstract
The
W
boson mass is measured using proton-proton collision data at
s
= 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb
−
1
recorded during 2016 by the LHCb experiment. With a ...simultaneous fit of the muon
q/p
T
distribution of a sample of
W
→
μν
decays and the
ϕ
*
distribution of a sample of
Z
→
μμ
decays the
W
boson mass is determined to be
m
w
=
80354
±
23
stat
±
10
exp
±
17
theory
±
9
PDF
MeV
,
where uncertainties correspond to contributions from statistical, experimental systematic, theoretical and parton distribution function sources. This is an average of results based on three recent global parton distribution function sets. The measurement agrees well with the prediction of the global electroweak fit and with previous measurements.
A
bstract
A combination of measurements sensitive to the
CP
violation angle
γ
of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity triangle and to the charm mixing parameters that describe oscillations between
...D
0
and
D
¯
0
mesons is performed. Results from the charm and beauty sectors, based on data collected with the LHCb detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, are combined for the first time. This method provides an improvement on the precision of the charm mixing parameter
y
by a factor of two with respect to the current world average. The charm mixing parameters are determined to be
x
=
0.400
−
0.053
+
0.052
%
and
y
=
0.630
−
0.030
+
0.033
%
. The angle
γ
is found to be
γ
=
65.4
−
4.2
+
3.8
°
and is the most precise determination from a single experiment.
Two-particle angular correlations are studied in proton-lead collisions at a nucleon–nucleon centre-of-mass energy of sNN=5 TeV, collected with the LHCb detector at the LHC. The analysis is based on ...data recorded in two beam configurations, in which either the direction of the proton or that of the lead ion is analysed. The correlations are measured in the laboratory system as a function of relative pseudorapidity, Δη, and relative azimuthal angle, Δϕ, for events in different classes of event activity and for different bins of particle transverse momentum. In high-activity events a long-range correlation on the near side, Δϕ≈0, is observed in the pseudorapidity range 2.0<η<4.9. This measurement of long-range correlations on the near side in proton-lead collisions extends previous observations into the forward region up to η=4.9. The correlation increases with growing event activity and is found to be more pronounced in the direction of the lead beam. However, the correlation in the direction of the lead and proton beams are found to be compatible when comparing events with similar absolute activity in the direction analysed.
A
bstract
The
ϒ
(1
S
)
μ
+
μ
−
invariant-mass distribution is investigated for a possible exotic meson state composed of two
b
quarks and two
b
¯
quarks,
X
b
b
¯
b
b
¯
. The analysis is based on a ...data sample of
pp
collisions recorded with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies
s
=
7
, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6.3 fb
−1
. No significant excess is found, and upper limits are set on the product of the production cross-section and the branching fraction as functions of the mass of the
X
b
b
¯
b
b
¯
state. The limits are set in the fiducial volume where all muons have pseudorapidity in the range 2
.
0
,
5
.
0, and the
X
b
b
¯
b
b
¯
state has rapidity in the range 2
.
0
,
4
.
5 and transverse momentum less than 15 GeV/
c
.
Searches for low-mass dimuon resonances Alexander, M.; Alves, A. A.; Bedeschi, F. ...
The journal of high energy physics,
10/2020, Letnik:
2020, Številka:
10
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Odprti dostop
A
bstract
Searches are performed for a low-mass dimuon resonance,
X
, produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated ...luminosity of 5.1 fb
−
1
and collected with the LHCb detector. The
X
bosons can either decay promptly or displaced from the proton-proton collision, where in both cases the requirements placed on the event and the assumptions made about the production mechanisms are kept as minimal as possible. The searches for promptly decaying
X
bosons explore the mass range from near the dimuon threshold up to 60 GeV, with nonnegligible
X
widths considered above 20 GeV. The searches for displaced
X → μ
+
μ
−
decays consider masses up to 3 GeV. None of the searches finds evidence for a signal and 90% confidence-level exclusion limits are placed on the
X → μ
+
μ
−
cross sections, each with minimal model dependence. In addition, these results are used to place world-leading constraints on GeV-scale bosons in the two-Higgs-doublet and hidden-valley scenarios.
The production of J/ψ mesons is studied in proton-lead collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair sNN=8.16 TeV with the LHCb detector at the LHC. The double differential cross-sections ...of prompt and nonprompt J/ψ production are measured as a function of the J/ψ transverse momentum and rapidity in the nucleon–nucleon centre-of-mass frame. Forward-to-backward ratios and nuclear modification factors are determined. The results are compared with theoretical calculations based on collinear factorisation using nuclear parton distribution functions, on the colour glass condensate or on coherent energy loss models.
Precision measurement of the Ξcc++ mass Alexander, M.; Alves, A. A.; Baryshnikov, F. ...
The journal of high energy physics,
02/2020, Letnik:
2020, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Odprti dostop
A
bstract
A measurement of the
Ξ
cc
+
+
mass is performed using data collected by the LHCb experiment between 2016 and 2018 in
pp
collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an ...integrated luminosity of 5
.
6 fb
−
1
. The
Ξ
cc
+
+
candidates are reconstructed via the decay modes
Ξ
cc
+
+
→
Λ
c
+
K
−
π
+
π
+
and
Ξ
cc
+
+
→
Ξ
c
+
π
+
. The result, 3621
.
55
±
0
.
23 (stat)
±
0
.
30 (syst) MeV/
c
2
, is the most precise measurement of the
Ξ
cc
+
+
mass to date.
Abstract The decays B+ → J/ψπ+π − K+ are studied using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb −1 collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions between 2011 and ...2018. Precise measurements of the ratios of branching fractions with the intermediate ψ2(3823), χc1(3872) and ψ(2S) states are reported. The values are B B + → ψ 2 3823 K + × B ψ 2 3823 → J / ψπ + π − B B + → χ c 1 3872 K + × B χ c 1 3872 → J / ψπ + π − = 3.56 ± 0.67 ± 0.11 × 10 − 2 , B B + → ψ 2 3823 K + × B ψ 2 3823 → J / ψπ + π − B B + → ψ 2 S K + × B ψ 2 S → J / ψπ + π − = 1.31 ± 0.25 ± 0.04 × 10 − 3 , B B + → χ c 1 3872 K + × B χ c 1 3872 → J / ψπ + π − B B + → ψ 2 S K + × B ψ 2 S → J / ψπ + π − = 3.69 ± 0.07 ± 0.06 × 10 − 2 , $$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\frac{{\mathcal{B}}_{{\mathrm{B}}^{+}\to {\uppsi}_2(3823){\mathrm{K}}^{+}}\times {\mathcal{B}}_{\uppsi_2(3823)\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}{\uppi}^{-}}}{{\mathcal{B}}_{{\mathrm{B}}^{+}\to {\upchi}_{\mathrm{c}1}(3872){\mathrm{K}}^{+}}\times {\mathcal{B}}_{\upchi_{\mathrm{c}1}(3872)\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}{\uppi}^{-}}}=\left(3.56\pm 0.67\pm 0.11\right)\times {10}^{-2},\\ {}\frac{{\mathcal{B}}_{{\mathrm{B}}^{+}\to {\uppsi}_2(3823){\mathrm{K}}^{+}}\times {\mathcal{B}}_{\uppsi_2(3823)\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}{\uppi}^{-}}}{{\mathcal{B}}_{{\mathrm{B}}^{+}\to \uppsi \left(2\mathrm{S}\right){\mathrm{K}}^{+}}\times {\mathcal{B}}_{\uppsi \left(2\mathrm{S}\right)\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}{\uppi}^{-}}}=\left(1.31\pm 0.25\pm 0.04\right)\times {10}^{-3},\\ {}\frac{{\mathcal{B}}_{\mathrm{B}+\to {\upchi}_{\mathrm{c}1}(3872){\mathrm{K}}^{+}}\times {\mathcal{B}}_{\upchi_{\mathrm{c}1}(3872)\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}{\uppi}^{-}}}{{\mathcal{B}}_{{\mathrm{B}}^{+}\to \uppsi \left(2\mathrm{S}\right){\mathrm{K}}^{+}}\times {\mathcal{B}}_{\uppsi \left(2\mathrm{S}\right)\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}{\uppi}^{-}}}=\left(3.69\pm 0.07\pm 0.06\right)\times {10}^{-2},\end{array}} $$ where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The decay of B+ → ψ2(3823)K+ with ψ2(3823) → J/ψπ+π − is observed for the first time with a significance of 5.1 standard deviations. The mass differences between the ψ2(3823), χc1(3872) and ψ(2S) states are measured to be m χ c 1 3872 − m ψ 2 3823 = 47.50 ± 0.53 ± 0.13 MeV / c 2 , m ψ 2 3823 − m ψ 2 2 S = 137.98 ± 0.53 ± 0.14 MeV / c 2 , m χ c 1 3872 − m ψ 2 2 S = 185.49 ± 0.06 ± 0.03 MeV / c 2 , $$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}{m}_{\upchi_{\mathrm{c}1}(3872)}-{m}_{\uppsi_2(3823)}=47.50\pm 0.53\pm 0.13\;\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^2,\\ {}{m}_{\uppsi_2(3823)}-{m}_{\uppsi_2\left(2\mathrm{S}\right)}=137.98\pm 0.53\pm 0.14\;\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^2,\\ {}{m}_{\upchi_{\mathrm{c}1}(3872)}-{m}_{\uppsi_2\left(2\mathrm{S}\right)}=185.49\pm 0.06\pm 0.03\;\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^2,\end{array}} $$ resulting in the most precise determination of the χc1(3872) mass. The width of the ψ2(3823) state is found to be below 5.2 MeV at 90% confidence level. The Breit-Wigner width of the χc1(3872) state is measured to be Γ χ c 1 3872 BW = 0.96 − 0.18 + 0.19 ± 0.21 MeV $$ {\Gamma}_{\upchi_{\mathrm{c}1}(3872)}^{\mathrm{BW}}={0.96}_{-0.18}^{+0.19}\pm 0.21\;\mathrm{MeV} $$ which is inconsistent with zero by 5.5 standard deviations.
A search is presented for massive long-lived particles decaying into a muon and two quarks. The dataset consists of proton-proton interactions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding ...to integrated luminosities of 1 and 2
fb
-
1
, respectively. The analysis is performed assuming a set of production mechanisms with simple topologies, including the production of a Higgs-like particle decaying into two long-lived particles. The mass range from 20 to 80
GeV
/
c
2
and lifetimes from 5 to 100
ps
are explored. Results are also interpreted in terms of neutralino production in different R-Parity violating supersymmetric models, with masses in the 23–198 GeV/
c
2
range. No excess above the background expectation is observed and upper limits are set on the production cross-section for various points in the parameter space of theoretical models.
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