LHCb detector performance

LHCb Collaboration - International Journal of Modern Physics A, 2015 - World Scientific
The LHCb detector is a forward spectrometer at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.
The experiment is designed for precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays of …

The structure of the proton in the LHC precision era

J Gao, L Harland-Lang, J Rojo - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
We review recent progress in the determination of the parton distribution functions (PDFs) of
the proton, with emphasis on the applications for precision phenomenology at the Large …

[HTML][HTML] Precision measurement and interpretation of inclusive , and production cross sections with the ATLAS detector

M Aaboud, G Aad, B Abbott, J Abdallah… - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
High-precision measurements by the ATLAS Collaboration are presented of inclusive W^+
→ ℓ^+ ν W+→ ℓ+ ν, W^-→ ℓ^-̄ ν W-→ ℓ-ν¯ and Z/γ^* → ℓ ℓ Z/γ∗→ ℓ ℓ (ℓ= e, μ ℓ= e, μ) Drell …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of forward W → eν production in pp collisions at TeV

R Aaij, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, Z Ajaltouni, S Akar… - Journal of High Energy …, 2016 - Springer
A bstract A measurement of the cross-section for W→ eν production in pp collisions is
presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb− 1 collected by the …

The PDF4LHC report on PDFs and LHC data: Results from Run I and preparation for Run II

J Rojo, A Accardi, RD Ball… - Journal of Physics G …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The accurate determination of the parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the proton is an
essential ingredient of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) program. PDF uncertainties impact …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of forward W → eν production in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV

R Aaij, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, Z Ajaltouni, S Akar… - 2016 - repo.scoap3.org
A measurement of the cross-section for W→ eν production in pp collisions is presented
using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2fb− 1 collected by the LHCb …

[HTML][HTML] Tau neutrinos in the next decade: from GeV to EeV

RM Abraham, J Alvarez-Muñiz… - Journal of Physics G …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Tau neutrinos are the least studied particle in the standard model. This whitepaper
discusses the current and expected upcoming status of tau neutrino physics with attention to …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of Interest for a Phase-II LHCb Upgrade: Opportunities in flavour physics, and beyond, in the HL-LHC era

R Aaij, G Ciezarek, P Collins, S Roiser, A Vollhardt… - 2017 - cds.cern.ch
Abstract A Phase-II Upgrade is proposed for the LHCb experiment in order to take full
advantage of the flavourphysics opportunities at the HL-LHC, and other topics that can be …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z/γ∗→ μ+ μ− decays and determination of the effective weak mixing angle

R Aaij, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, A Affolder… - Journal of High Energy …, 2015 - Springer
A bstract The forward-backward charge asymmetry for the process\(q\overline {q}\to
Z/{\gamma}^{\ast}\to {\mu}^{+}{\mu}^{-}\) is measured as a function of the invariant mass of …

Precision luminosity measurements at LHCb

R Aaij, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, A Affolder… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2014 - arxiv.org
Measuring cross-sections at the LHC requires the luminosity to be determined accurately at
each centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt {s} $. In this paper results are reported from the luminosity …