Electroweak interaction

Observation of a New Ξb- Resonance

From samples of pp collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at s=7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1.0, 2.0 and 1.5 fb-1, respectively, a peak in both the Λb0K- and Ξb0π- invariant mass spectra is observed. In the quark model, radially and orbitally excited Ξb- resonances with quark content bds are expected.

Measurement of Z → τ + τ − production in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV

A measurement of Z → τ+τ− production cross-section is presented using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb−1, from pp collisions at s=8 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. The τ+τ− candidates are reconstructed in final states with the first tau lepton decaying leptonically, and the second decaying either leptonically or to one or three charged hadrons. The production cross-section is measured for Z bosons with invariant mass between 60 and 120 GeV/c2, which decay to tau leptons with transverse momenta greater than 20 GeV/c and pseudorapidities between 2.0 and 4.5.

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