106 research outputs found

    Study of the lineshape of the chi(c1) (3872) state

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    A study of the lineshape of the chi(c1) (3872) state is made using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1) collected in pp collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the LHCb detector. Candidate chi(c1)(3872) and psi(2S) mesons from b-hadron decays are selected in the J/psi pi(+)pi(-) decay mode. Describing the lineshape with a Breit-Wigner function, the mass splitting between the chi(c1 )(3872) and psi(2S) states, Delta m, and the width of the chi(c1 )(3872) state, Gamma(Bw), are determined to be (Delta m=185.598 +/- 0.067 +/- 0.068 Mev,)(Gamma BW=1.39 +/- 0.24 +/- 0.10 Mev,) where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. Using a Flatte-inspired model, the mode and full width at half maximum of the lineshape are determined to be (mode=3871.69+0.00+0.05 MeV.)(FWHM=0.22-0.04+0.13+0.07+0.11-0.06-0.13 MeV, ) An investigation of the analytic structure of the Flatte amplitude reveals a pole structure, which is compatible with a quasibound D-0(D) over bar*(0) state but a quasivirtual state is still allowed at the level of 2 standard deviations

    Measurement of the CKM angle γγ in B±DK±B^\pm\to D K^\pm and B±Dπ±B^\pm \to D π^\pm decays with DKS0h+hD \to K_\mathrm S^0 h^+ h^-

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    A measurement of CPCP-violating observables is performed using the decays B±DK±B^\pm\to D K^\pm and B±Dπ±B^\pm\to D \pi^\pm, where the DD meson is reconstructed in one of the self-conjugate three-body final states KSπ+πK_{\mathrm S}\pi^+\pi^- and KSK+KK_{\mathrm S}K^+K^- (commonly denoted KSh+hK_{\mathrm S} h^+h^-). The decays are analysed in bins of the DD-decay phase space, leading to a measurement that is independent of the modelling of the DD-decay amplitude. The observables are interpreted in terms of the CKM angle γ\gamma. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9fb19\,\text{fb}^{-1} collected in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 77, 88, and 13TeV13\,\text{TeV} with the LHCb experiment, γ\gamma is measured to be (68.75.1+5.2)\left(68.7^{+5.2}_{-5.1}\right)^\circ. The hadronic parameters rBDKr_B^{DK}, rBDπr_B^{D\pi}, δBDK\delta_B^{DK}, and δBDπ\delta_B^{D\pi}, which are the ratios and strong-phase differences of the suppressed and favoured B±B^\pm decays, are also reported

    Study of the doubly charmed tetraquark T+cc

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    Quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong force, describes interactions of coloured quarks and gluons and the formation of hadronic matter. Conventional hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and quark-antiquark pairs, respectively. Particles with an alternative quark content are known as exotic states. Here a study is reported of an exotic narrow state in the D0D0π+ mass spectrum just below the D*+D0 mass threshold produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The state is consistent with the ground isoscalar T+cc tetraquark with a quark content of ccu⎯⎯⎯d⎯⎯⎯ and spin-parity quantum numbers JP = 1+. Study of the DD mass spectra disfavours interpretation of the resonance as the isovector state. The decay structure via intermediate off-shell D*+ mesons is consistent with the observed D0π+ mass distribution. To analyse the mass of the resonance and its coupling to the D*D system, a dedicated model is developed under the assumption of an isoscalar axial-vector T+cc state decaying to the D*D channel. Using this model, resonance parameters including the pole position, scattering length, effective range and compositeness are determined to reveal important information about the nature of the T+cc state. In addition, an unexpected dependence of the production rate on track multiplicity is observed

    Shear transfer in cracked reinforced concrete

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    Modelling the propagation of a radar signal through concrete as a low-pass filter

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    The knowledge of how a dispersive, dielectric medium such as concrete affects a propagating short electromagnetic pulse used in ground penetrating radar (GPR) is helpful both in the interpretation of radar results and in the prediction/modelling of expected radar measurements. Although there are a number of published results on the frequency-dependent, dielectric properties of media such as concrete and soils, the use of this information is still relatively small, primarily due the lack of a reliable method of applying these properties to propagating radar pulses. Modelling the dielectric medium as low-pass filter is one solution to this difficulty. In this paper the propagation of short pulses in concrete with known frequency-dependent properties is studied. The extent of how the pulses are attenuated and distorted is analysed and the implications on GPR applications are also discusse
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