# EP Articles

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2016-07-14
08:56
 Measurement of exclusive $\gamma\gamma\rightarrow W^+W^-$ production and search for exclusive Higgs boson production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV using the ATLAS detector / ATLAS Collaboration Searches for exclusively produced $W$ boson pairs in the process $pp(\gamma\gamma) \rightarrow pW^+W^-p$ and exclusively produced Higgs boson in the process $pp(gg) \rightarrow pHp$ have been performed using $e^{\pm}\mu^{\mp}$ final states. These measurements use 20.2 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions collected by the ATLAS experiment at a center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV at the LHC. [...] arXiv:1607.03745; CERN-EP-2016-123.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 31 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. D 94 (2016) 032011 Fulltext: PDF; External links: Preprint; Previous draft version

2016-07-14
08:56
 Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton--proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector / ATLAS Collaboration A search is conducted for both resonant and non-resonant high-mass new phenomena in dielectron and dimuon final states. The search uses 3.2 fb$^{-1}$ of proton--proton collision data, collected at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015. [...] arXiv:1607.03669; CERN-EP-2016-116.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 35 p. - Published in : Phys. Lett. B 761 (2016) 372-392 Elsevier Open Access article: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; External links: Preprint; Previous draft version

2016-06-23
08:48
 Evidence for exotic hadron contributions to $\Lambda_b^0 \to J/\psi p \pi^-$ decays / LHCb collaboration A full amplitude analysis of $\Lambda_b^0 \to J/\psi p \pi^-$ decays is performed with a data sample acquired with the LHCb detector from 7 and 8 TeV $pp$ collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1}$. A significantly better description of the data is achieved when, in addition to the previously observed nucleon excitations $N\to p\pi^-$, either the $P_c(4380)^+$ and $P_c(4450)^+\to J/\psi p$ states, previously observed in $\Lambda_b^0 \to J/\psi p K^-$ decays, or the $Z_c(4200)^-\to J/\psi \pi^-$ state, previously reported in $B^0 \to J/\psi K^+ \pi^-$ decays, or all three, are included in the amplitude models. [...] arXiv:1606.06999; LHCB-PAPER-2016-015; CERN-EP-2016-151.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 33 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 (2016) 082003 - Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 (2016) 109902 APS Open Access Erratum: PDF; APS Open Access article: PDF; Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Related supplementary data file(s): ZIP; External link: Preprint

2016-06-01
10:16
 Measurement of the $CP$ asymmetry in $B^0_s -\overline B {^0 _s}$ mixing / LHCb Collaboration The $CP$ asymmetry in the mixing of $B_s^0$ and $\overline{B}{}_s^0$ mesons is measured in proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$, recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Semileptonic $B_s^0$ and $\overline{B}{}_s^0$ decays are studied in the inclusive mode $D_s^{\mp} \mu^{\pm} {^(}\overline {\nu} {^)} _{\mu} X$ with the $D_s^{\mp}$ mesons reconstructed in the $K^+ K^- \pi^{\mp}$ final state. [...] arXiv:1605.09768; LHCB-PAPER-2016-013; CERN-EP-2016-133.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 17 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 (2016) 061803 Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Related supplementary data file(s): ZIP; External link: Preprint

2016-05-04
08:04
 Measurement of forward $W$ and $Z$ boson production in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV / LHCb collaboration The production of $W$ and $Z$ bosons in association with jets is studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8~TeV by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.98 $\pm$ 0.02 fb$^{-1}$. The $W$ boson is identified using its decay to a muon and a neutrino, while the $Z$ boson is identified through its decay to a muon pair. [...] arXiv:1605.00951; CERN-EP-2016-092; LHCB-PAPER-2016-011.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 27 p. - Published in : J. High Energy Phys. 05 (2016) 131 Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Related supplementary data file(s): ZIP; Springer Open Access article: PDF; External link: Preprint

2016-04-25
07:34
 Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC / MoEDAL Collaboration The MoEDAL experiment is designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy collisions at the LHC. The largely passive MoEDAL detector, deployed at Interaction Point 8 on the LHC ring, relies on two dedicated direct detection techniques. [...] arXiv:1604.06645; CERN-EP-2016-101.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 25 p. - Published in : J. High Energy Phys. 08 (2016) 067 Fulltext: PDF; Springer Open Access article: PDF; External link: Preprint

2016-04-21
08:37
 Model-independent evidence for $J/\psi p$ contributions to $\Lambda_b^0\to J/\psi p K^-$ decays / LHCb collaboration The data sample of $\Lambda_b^0\to J/\psi p K^-$ decays acquired with the LHCb detector from 7 and 8~TeV $pp$ collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1}$, is inspected for the presence of $J/\psi p$ or $J/\psi K^-$ contributions with minimal assumptions about $K^- p$ contributions. It is demonstrated at more than 9 standard deviations that $\Lambda_b^0\to J/\psi p K^-$ decays cannot be described with $K^- p$ contributions alone, and that $J/\psi p$ contributions play a dominant role in this incompatibility. [...] arXiv:1604.05708; LHCB-PAPER-2016-009; CERN-EP-2016-086.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 21 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 (2016) 082002 Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Related supplementary data file(s): ZIP; External link: Preprint

2016-04-14
09:52
 Measurement of the properties of the $\Xi_b^{*0}$ baryon / LHCb Collaboration We perform a search for near-threshold $\Xi_b^0$ resonances decaying to $\Xi_b^- \pi^+$ in a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment. We observe one resonant state, with the following properties: \begin{eqnarray*} m(\Xi_b^{*0}) - m(\Xi_b^-) - m(\pi^+) &=& 15.727 \pm 0.068 \, (\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.023 \, (\mathrm{syst}) \, \mathrm{MeV}/c^2, \\ \Gamma(\Xi_b^{*0}) &=& 0.90 \pm 0.16 \, (\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.08 \, (\mathrm{syst}) \, \mathrm{MeV} [...] arXiv:1604.03896; LHCB-PAPER-2016-010; CERN-EP-2016-082.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 18 p. - Published in : J. High Energy Phys. 05 (2016) 161 Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Springer Open Access article: PDF; External link: Preprint

2016-04-13
08:26
 A precise measurement of the $B^0$ meson oscillation frequency / LHCb collaboration The oscillation frequency, $\Delta m_d$, of $B^0$ mesons is measured using semileptonic decays with a $D^-$ or $D^{*-}$ meson in the final state, in a data sample of $pp$ collisions collected by the LHCb detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0$\mbox{fb}^{-1}$. A combination of the two decay modes gives $\Delta m_d = (505.0 \pm 2.1 \pm 1.0) \rm \,ns^{-1}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. [...] arXiv:1604.03475; LHCB-PAPER-2015-031; CERN-EP-2016-084.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 27 p. - Published in : Eur. Phys. J. C 76 (2016) 412 Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; Springer Open Access article: PDF; External link: Preprint

2016-04-07
08:52
 Measurement of the mass and lifetime of the $\Omega_b^-$ baryon / LHCb collaboration A proton-proton collision data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1}$ collected by LHCb at $\sqrt{s}=7$ and 8 TeV, is used to reconstruct $63\pm9$ $\Omega_b^-\to\Omega_c^0\pi^-$, $\Omega_c^0\to pK^-K^-\pi^+$ decays. Using the $\Xi_b^-\to\Xi_c^0\pi^-$, $\Xi_c^0\to pK^-K^-\pi^+$ decay mode for calibration, the lifetime ratio and absolute lifetime of the $\Omega_b^-$ baryon are measured to be \begin{align*} \frac{\tau_{\Omega_b^-}}{\tau_{\Xi_b^-}} &= 1.11\pm0.16\pm0.03, \\ \tau_{\Omega_b^-} &= 1.78\pm0.26\pm0.04\pm0.05~{\rm ps}, \end{align*} where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic and from the calibration mode (for $\tau_{\Omega_b^-}$ only). [...] arXiv:1604.01412; CERN-EP-2016-081; LHCB-PAPER-2016-008.- Geneva : CERN, 2016 - 21 p. - Published in : Phys. Rev. D 93 (2016) 092007 APS Open Access article: PD; Fulltext: PDF; Related data file(s): ZIP; External link: Preprint