"This House Is Now" (Desert In, episode 1)

Limited Series opera created for Boston Lyric's Opera streaming station, Desert In is a opera created for the screen, "shot" like a television series. It will feature actors from traditionally marginalized groups, and will be directed by James Darrah and Joy Kecken. It is schedule to premiered in late spring 2021.Othe

Performance evaluation and ranking of CMIP6 global climate models over Vietnam

This study comprehensively assesses the performance of 29 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Global Climate Models (GCMs) and their ensemble mean (ENS_MEAN) over Vietnam. The spatiotemporal variability of near-surface temperature and precipitation is thoroughly evaluated for the 30-year historical period of 1985–2014. Results show that the models can reasonably reproduce the observational annual cycles and spatial distribution of temperature and precipitation, though their performances vary across the seven climatic sub-regions of Vietnam. Due to their coarse resolutions, the models produce warm biases over certain highland and mountainous areas, and many of them cannot reproduce the rainy season shift from summer in most sub-regions toward the end of the year in Central Vietnam. Finally, these results are summarized, and a performance score is assigned to each model, inferring a ranking. The top three models are EC-Earth3-Veg, EC-Earth3, and HadGEM3-GC31-MM. Although created by simply averaging all the models, ENS_MEAN can compete with the best GCMs and ranks 4th overall. In the same model family, the higher-resolution experiment exhibits a higher ranking than the lower-resolution one. The results of this study can provide a reference for the choice of appropriate CMIP6 GCMs in the upcoming downscaling activities in Vietnam. HIGHLIGHTS The performance of 29 CMIP6 GCMs and their ensemble mean has been analyzed and ranked, for the first time over Vietnam.; The models reasonably reproduce the observed annual cycles of temperature and rainfall, though their performances may vary across sub-regions.; The performance in modeling precipitation has been a fairly key point for ranking the models.; The most appropriate CMIP6 GCMs for Vietnam have been identified.

Evidence for a new structure in the J/ψpJ/\psi p and J/ψpˉJ/\psi \bar{p} systems in Bs0→J/ψppˉB_s^0 \to J/\psi p \bar{p} decays

International audienceAn amplitude analysis of flavor-untagged Bs0→J/ψpp¯ decays is performed using a sample of 797±31 decays reconstructed with the LHCb detector. The data, collected in proton-proton collisions between 2011 and 2018, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 9  fb-1. Evidence for a new structure in the J/ψp and J/ψp¯ systems with a mass of 4337-4+7 -2+2  MeV and a width of 29-12+26 -14+14  MeV is found, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic, with a significance in the range of 3.1 to 3.7σ, depending on the assigned JP hypothesis

Observation of Two New Excited Ξb0\Xi_b^0 States Decaying to Λb0K−π+\Lambda^0_b K^- \pi^+

International audienceTwo narrow resonant states are observed in the Λb0K-π+ mass spectrum using a data sample of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected by the LHCb experiment and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6  fb-1. The minimal quark content of the Λb0K-π+ system indicates that these are excited Ξb0 baryons. The masses of the Ξb(6327)0 and Ξb(6333)0 states are m[Ξb(6327)0]=6327.28-0.21+0.23±0.12±0.24 and m[Ξb(6333)0]=6332.69-0.18+0.17±0.03±0.22  MeV, respectively, with a mass splitting of Δm=5.41-0.27+0.26±0.12  MeV, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the Λb0 mass measurement. The measured natural widths of these states are consistent with zero, with upper limits of Γ[Ξb(6327)0]<2.20(2.56) and Γ[Ξb(6333)0]<1.60(1.92)  MeV at a 90% (95%) credibility level. The significance of the two-peak hypothesis is larger than nine (five) Gaussian standard deviations compared to the no-peak (one-peak) hypothesis. The masses, widths, and resonant structure of the new states are in good agreement with the expectations for a doublet of 1D Ξb0 resonances

Measurement of J/ψJ/\psi production cross-sections in pppp collisions at s=5\sqrt{s}=5 TeV

International audienceThe production cross-sections of $J/\psi$ mesons in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=5$ TeV are measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9.13\pm0.18~\text{pb}^{-1}$, collected by the LHCb experiment. The cross-sections are measured differentially as a function of transverse momentum, $p_{\text{T}}$, and rapidity, $y$, and separately for $J/\psi$ mesons produced promptly and from beauty hadron decays (nonprompt). With the assumption of unpolarised $J/\psi$ mesons, the production cross-sections integrated over the kinematic range $0<p_{\text{T}}<20~\text{GeV}/c$ and $2.0<y<4.5$ are $8.154\pm0.010\pm0.283~\mu\text{b}$ for prompt $J/\psi$ mesons and $0.820\pm0.003\pm0.034~\mu\text{b}$ for nonprompt $J/\psi$ mesons, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. These cross-sections are compared with those at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV and $13$ TeV, and are used to update the measurement of the nuclear modification factor in proton-lead collisions for $J/\psi$ mesons at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}}=5$ TeV. The results are compared with theoretical predictions

Search for the radiative Ξb−→Ξ−γ\Xi_b^-\to\Xi^-\gamma decay

International audienceThe first search for the rare radiative decay ${\Xi}_b^{-}$ → Ξ$^{−}$γ is performed using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb$^{−1}$. The ${\Xi}_b^{-}$ → Ξ$^{−}$J/ψ channel is used as normalization. No ${\Xi}_b^{-}$ → Ξ$^{−}$γ signal is found and an upper limit of $\mathcal{B}$(${\Xi}_b^{-}$ → Ξ$^{−}$γ) < 1.3 × 10$^{−4}$ at 95% confidence level is obtained.[graphic not available: see fulltext

Measurement of the lifetimes of promptly produced Ωc0 and Ξc0 baryons

International audienceA measurement of the lifetimes of the Ωc0 and Ξc0 baryons is reported using proton–proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4fb-1 collected by the LHCb experiment. The Ωc0 and Ξc0 baryons are produced directly from proton interactions and reconstructed in the pK-K-π+ final state. The Ωc0 lifetime is measured to be 276.5±13.4±4.4±0.7fs, and the Ξc0 lifetime is measured to be 148.0±2.3±2.2±0.2fs, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third due to the uncertainty on the D0 lifetime. These results confirm previous LHCb measurements based on semileptonic beauty-hadron decays, which disagree with earlier results of a four times shorter Ωc0 lifetime, and provide the single most precise measurement of the Ωc0 lifetime

Observation of the suppressed Λb0→DpK- decay with D→K+π- and measurement of its CP asymmetry

International audienceA study of Λb0 baryon decays to the DpK- final state is presented based on a proton-proton collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9  fb-1 collected with the LHCb detector. Two Λb0 decays are considered, Λb0→DpK- with D→K-π+ and D→K+π-, where D represents a superposition of D0 and D¯0 states. The latter process is expected to be suppressed relative to the former, and is observed for the first time. The ratio of branching fractions of the two decays is measured, and the CP asymmetry of the suppressed mode, which is sensitive to the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle γ, is also reported

Search for the doubly charmed baryon Ξcc+ {\varXi}_{cc}^{+} in the Ξc+π−π+ {\varXi}_c^{+}{\pi}^{-}{\pi}^{+} final state

International audienceA search for the doubly charmed baryon ${\varXi}_{cc}^{+}$ is performed in the ${\varXi}_c^{+}{\pi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}$ invariant-mass spectrum, where the ${\varXi}_c^{+}$ baryon is reconstructed in the pK$^{−}$π$^{+}$ final state. The study uses proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at a centre- of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb$^{−1}$. No significant signal is observed in the invariant-mass range of 3.4–3.8 GeV/c$^{2}$. Upper limits are set on the ratio of branching fractions multiplied by the production cross-section with respect to the ${\varXi}_{cc}^{++}$→ (${\varXi}_c^{+}$→ pK$^{−}$π$^{+}$)π$^{+}$ decay for different ${\varXi}_{cc}^{+}$ mass and lifetime hypotheses in the rapidity range from 2.0 to 4.5 and the transverse momentum range from 2.5 to 25 GeV/c. The results from this search are combined with a previously published search for the ${\varXi}_{cc}^{+}$→${\varLambda}_c^{+}$K$^{−}$π$^{+}$ decay mode, yielding a maximum local significance of 4.0 standard deviations around the mass of 3620 MeV/c$^{2}$, including systematic uncertainties. Taking into account the look-elsewhere effect in the 3.5–3.7 GeV/c$^{2}$ mass window, the combined global significance is 2.9 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties.[graphic not available: see fulltext

Measurement of χc1_{c1}(3872) production in proton-proton collisions at s \sqrt{s} = 8 and 13 TeV

International audienceThe production cross-section of the χ$_{c1}$(3872) state relative to the ψ(2S) meson is measured using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 2.0 and 5.4 fb$^{−1}$, respectively. The two mesons are reconstructed in the J/ψπ$^{+}$π$^{−}$ final state. The ratios of the prompt and nonprompt χ$_{c1}$(3872) to ψ(2S) production cross-sections are measured as a function of transverse momentum, p$_{T}$, and rapidity, y, of the χ$_{c1}$(3872) and ψ(2S) states, in the kinematic range 4 < p$_{T}$< 20 GeV/c and 2.0 < y < 4.5. The prompt ratio is found to increase with p$_{T}$, independently of y. For the prompt component, the double ratio of the χ$_{c1}$(3872) and ψ(2S) production cross-sections between 13 and 8 TeV is observed to be consistent with unity, independent of p$_{T}$ and centre-of-mass energy.[graphic not available: see fulltext