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)
A new algorithm for identifying the flavour of B 0 s mesons at LHCb
in Journal of Instrumentation
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
(2016)
Search for Structure in the B_{s}^{0}p^{±} Invariant Mass Spectrum.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the phase difference between short- and long-distance amplitudes in the [Formula: see text] decay.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for CP violation in the phase space of D0?p+p-p+p- decays
in Physics Letters B
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
(2018)
Measurement of the Ratio of the B^{0}?D^{*-}t^{+}?_{t} and B^{0}?D^{*-}µ^{+}?_{µ} Branching Fractions Using Three-Prong t-Lepton Decays.
in Physical review letters
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
(2017)
Observation of Five New Narrow O_{c}^{0} States Decaying to ?_{c}^{+}K^{-}.
in Physical review letters
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)
Measurement of the B s 0 ? J / ? ? lifetime
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Improved limit on the branching fraction of the rare decay K S 0 ? µ + µ - .
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of ? c ( 2 S ) ? p p ¯ and search for X ( 3872 ) ? p p ¯ decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of B_{s}^{0} and D_{s}^{-} Meson Lifetimes.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of forward t t ? , W + b b ¯ and W + c c ¯ production in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV
in Physics Letters B
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
Aaij R
(2016)
Constraints on the unitarity triangle angle ? from Dalitz plot analysis of B 0 ? D K + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the CP Violation Parameter A_{G} in D^{0}?K^{+}K^{-} and D^{0}?p^{+}p^{-} Decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the CP Asymmetry in B_{s}^{0}-B[over ¯]_{s}^{0} Mixing.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
Observation of B s 0 ? D ¯ * 0 ? and search for B 0 ? D ¯ 0 ? decays
in Physical Review D
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
(2016)
Study of B c + decays to the K + K - p + final state and evidence for the decay B c + ? ? c 0 p +
in Physical Review D
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
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 |