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Bose-Einstein correlations of same-sign charged pions in the forward region in pp collisions at âs=7 TeV
Bose-Einstein correlations of same-sign charged pions, produced in protonproton collisions at a 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy, are studied using a data sample collected
by the LHCb experiment. The signature for Bose-Einstein correlations is observed in the
form of an enhancement of pairs of like-sign charged pions with small four-momentum
difference squared. The charged-particle multiplicity dependence of the Bose-Einstein correlation parameters describing the correlation strength and the size of the emitting source
is investigated, determining both the correlation radius and the chaoticity parameter. The
measured correlation radius is found to increase as a function of increasing charged-particle
multiplicity, while the chaoticity parameter is seen to decreas
Observation of the decay Îb0âââpKâÎŒ+ÎŒâ and a search for CP violation
A search for CP violation in the decay Îb 0 â pKâÎŒ+ÎŒâ is presented. This decay is mediated by flavour-changing neutral-current transitions in the Standard Model and is potentially sensitive to new sources of CP violation. The study is based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions recorded with the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fbâ1. The Îb 0 â pKâÎŒ+ÎŒâ decay is observed for the first time, and two observables that are sensitive to different manifestations of CP violation are measured, (Formula Presented.)where the latter is based on asymmetries in the angle between the ÎŒ+ÎŒâ and pKâ decay planes. These are measured to be(Formula Presented.)and no evidence for CP violation is found.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].</p
Observation of B-s(0) -> K* (+/-) K -/+ and evidence for B-s(0) -> K*(-) pi(+) decays
Measurements of the branching fractions of B0sâ Kâ±Kâ and B0sâ Kâ±Ïâ decays are performed using a data sample corresponding to 1.0 fb-1of proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, where the Kâ± mesons are reconstructed in the K0sϱ final state. The first observation of the B0sâ Kâ±Kâ decay and the first evidence for the B0sâ Kâ-Ï+decay are reported with branching fractions B(B0sâ Kâ±Kâ) = (12.7±1.9±1.9) x 10-6, B(B0sâ Kâ-Ï+) = (3.3±1.1±0.5) x 10-6, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. In addition, an upper limit of B(B0â Kâ±Kâ) < 0.4 (0.5) Ă 10-6 is set at 90% (95%) confidence level.</p
Publisherâs Note: First experimental study of photon polarization in radiative Bs0 decays [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 021801 (2017)]
Correction to https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.02180