LHCb reports the first experimental evidence for the Bs0 to K- pi+ gamma decay with 3.5 sigma significance and measures its branching fraction ratio to the B0 decay in two mass ranges.
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Improved performance of the LHCb Outer Tracker in LHC Run 2
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The LHCb Outer Tracker is a gaseous detector covering an area of $5\times 6 m^2$ with 12 double layers of straw tubes. The performance of the detector is presented based on data of the LHC Run 2 running period from 2015 and 2016. Occupancies and operational experience for data collected in $p p$, pPb and PbPb collisions are described. An updated study of the ageing effects is presented showing no signs of gain deterioration or other radiation damage effects. In addition several improvements with respect to LHC Run 1 data taking are introduced. A novel real-time calibration of the time-alignment of the detector and the alignment of the single monolayers composing detector modules are presented, improving the drift-time and position resolution of the detector by 20\%. Finally, a potential use of the improved resolution for the timing of charged tracks is described, showing the possibility to identify low-momentum hadrons with their time-of-flight.
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First observation of Λ_b^0 → Λ p p-bar with 5.1σ significance and relative branching fraction (5.1 ± 1.3(stat) ± 0.3(syst)) × 10^{-2} to the reference mode Λ_b^0 → Λ K^+ K^-.
First measurement of A_FB and F_H in B+→π+μ+μ− decay is consistent with Standard Model predictions in both high- and low-mass dimuon regions.
Differential W to muon neutrino cross-section measurement at 5.02 TeV with proof-of-principle W mass extraction from corrected distributions.
Charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets differ from light-quark jets in ways consistent with dead-cone suppression and hard fragmentation of the heavy hadron.
No evidence for KS0 or KL0 to pi+ pi- mu+ mu- decays; first upper limits set at 1.4e-9 and 6.6e-7 (90% CL).
No signal observed for B+ → π+ μ± e∓; branching fraction upper limit set at 1.8 × 10^{-9} at 90% CL.
Most precise CP asymmetry and branching ratio measurements for B± → K0S h± decays with no significant signal observed for the rare Bc decay.
LHCb reports branching fractions B(b→χ_c0,1,2 X) and B(b→η_c(2S)X)×B(η_c(2S)→φφ) plus the most precise η_c(1S) mass from φφ decays in 5.9 fb⁻¹ of data.
LHCb measures CP-violating Wilson coefficients in B0 -> K*0 mu+ mu- with higher precision than before and finds results consistent with the Standard Model.
LHCb measures forward W+ and W- production cross-sections of 1754.2 pb and 1178.1 pb at 13 TeV, agreeing with NNLO QCD predictions at higher precision than prior results.
Muon charge asymmetry from W decays is measured with highest precision in the forward region at 13 TeV and agrees with NNLO pQCD.
Upper limits of 2.9×10^{-6} for B_s^0 and 2.5×10^{-6} for B^0 on the branching fractions to J/ψγ at 90% CL, with the B_s limit improved by a factor of 2.5.
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Measurement of inclusive production of charmonium states in $b$-hadron decays via their decay into $\phi \phi$
LHCb reports branching fractions B(b→χ_c0,1,2 X) and B(b→η_c(2S)X)×B(η_c(2S)→φφ) plus the most precise η_c(1S) mass from φφ decays in 5.9 fb⁻¹ of data.
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Precision measurement of the muon charge asymmetry from $W$-boson decays in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV in the forward region
Muon charge asymmetry from W decays is measured with highest precision in the forward region at 13 TeV and agrees with NNLO pQCD.
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Search for the decays $B_{(s)}^0\to J/\psi\gamma$ at LHCb
Upper limits of 2.9×10^{-6} for B_s^0 and 2.5×10^{-6} for B^0 on the branching fractions to J/ψγ at 90% CL, with the B_s limit improved by a factor of 2.5.