Search for Rare Charm decays at LHCb
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
LHCb is the world-leading experiment in the field of heavy flavour physics. The aim of Chris' initial project is to analyse data from this experiment to search for rare decays of the form D+ (s) -> hll, where 'h' is a charged pion or kaon and 'l' is an electron or muon. There are 28 different decay channels of this form. The aim of the project is to investigate the possibility of being able to observe or place world-best limits on all channels.
In addition Chris will work on the alignment of the LHCb experiment, particularly on the development of the alignment procedure for the vertex detector (VELO) of the next generation upgraded LHCb experiment. This work is performed in the context of a European Union funded project (AIDA) on developing common tools for paticle physics experiments. Chris will also support the alignment needs of prototype detectors tested in testbems.
In addition Chris will work on the alignment of the LHCb experiment, particularly on the development of the alignment procedure for the vertex detector (VELO) of the next generation upgraded LHCb experiment. This work is performed in the context of a European Union funded project (AIDA) on developing common tools for paticle physics experiments. Chris will also support the alignment needs of prototype detectors tested in testbems.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Christopher Parkes (Primary Supervisor) | |
Christopher Burr (Student) |
Publications
Aaij R
(2016)
Study of ?(2S) production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at s N N = 5 $$ \sqrt{s_{N\;N}}=5 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Model-independent measurement of the CKM angle ? using B0 ? DK*0 decays with D ? K S 0 p + p - and K S 0 K+K-
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the J/? pair production cross-section in pp collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions and difference in CP asymmetries of the decays B + ? J/?p + and B + ? J/?K +
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the properties of the ? b * 0 baryon
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay B + ? p ? ¯ $$ {B}^{+}\to p\overline{\varLambda} $$
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2018)
First observation of B+ ? D s + K+K- decays and a search for B+ ? D s + ? decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurements of prompt charm production cross-sections in pp collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the suppressed decay ? b 0 ? pp - µ + µ -
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B B c + ? J / ? K + / B B c + ? J / ? p + $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({\mathrm{B}}_{\mathrm{c}}^{+}\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \mathrm{K}}^{+}\right)/\mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({\mathrm{B}}_{\mathrm{c}}^{+}\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}\right) $$
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Study of D sJ (*) + mesons decaying to D * + K S 0 and D *0 K + final states
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of forward W and Z boson production in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Resonances and CP violation in B s 0 and B ¯ s 0 ? J / ? K + K - $$ {\overline{B}}_s^0\to J/\psi {K}^{+}{K}^{-} $$ decays in the mass region above the ?(1020)
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurements of prompt charm production cross-sections in pp collisions at s = 5 $$ \sqrt{s}=5 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Observations of ? b 0 ? ?K +p- and ? b 0 ? ?K + K - decays and searches for other ? b 0 and ? b 0 decays to ?h + h'- final states
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Observation of ? b 0 ? ?(2S)pK- and ? b 0 ? J/?p + p -pK- decays and a measurement of the ? b 0 baryon mass
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Differential branching fraction and angular moments analysis of the decay B 0 ? K +p- µ + µ - in the K 0,2 * (1430)0 region
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for the B s 0 ? ?'? decay
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the Y(nS) polarizations in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ and 8 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? from a combination of LHCb results
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Angular analysis of the B 0 ? K *0 µ + µ - decay using 3 fb-1 of integrated luminosity
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurements of the S-wave fraction in B 0 ? K + p - µ + µ - decays and the B 0 ? K *(892)0 µ + µ - differential branching fraction
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of forward W ? e? production in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of branching fractions of charmless four-body ? b 0 and ? b 0 decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the decay ? b 0 ? pK - µ + µ - and a search for CP violation
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the forward Z boson production cross-section in pp collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Model-independent measurement of mixing parameters in D0 ? K S 0 p+p- decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Production of associated Y and open charm hadrons in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ and 8 TeV via double parton scattering
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Bose-Einstein correlations of same-sign charged pions in the forward region in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of forward W and Z boson production in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? using B 0 ? DK *0 with D ? K S 0 p + p - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for decays of neutral beauty mesons into four muons
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Test of lepton universality with B 0 ? K *0 l + l - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Study of the D 0 p amplitude in ? b 0 ? D 0 pp - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
A new algorithm for identifying the flavour of B 0 s mesons at LHCb
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for B c + decays to two charm mesons
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of B c + ? J / ? D ( * ) K ( * ) decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of charmless baryonic decays B ( s ) 0 ? p p ¯ h + h ' -
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Amplitude analysis of B + ? J / ? ? K + decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Search for the rare decays B 0 ? J / ? ? and B s 0 ? J / ? ?
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for the rare decay ? c + ? p µ + µ -
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
First observation of the rare B + ? D + K + p - decay
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for long-lived scalar particles in B + ? K + ? ( µ + µ - ) decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for weakly decaying b -flavored pentaquarks
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the shape of the ? b 0 ? ? c + µ - ? ¯ µ differential decay rate
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the B + ? D * - K + p + decay
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the mass and lifetime of the O b - baryon
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of C P asymmetries in two-body B ( s ) 0 -meson decays to charged pions and kaons
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the B s 0 ? D s ( * ) + D s ( * ) - branching fractions
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Observation of the decay B s 0 ? D ¯ 0 K + K -
in Physical Review D
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
1681016 | Studentship | ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2019 | Christopher Burr |