ZEPLIN I: First limits on nuclear recoil rate

title: Progress report from the UK Dark Matter search at Boulby Mine
abstract: The UK Dark Matter Collaboration is currently running a series of scintillation devices at the Boulby mine in North Yorkshire to search for the neutralino, the hypothetical WIMP solution to the dark matter problem. Results of the current NaI(T1) detector array will be discussed, illustrating a population of events of unknown origin. Diagnostic tests performed to investigate the origin of these anomalous events will be outlined, including alpha, beta and neutron calibrations.

title: The potential of liquid xenon for WIMP search: the ZEPLIN diagnostic array
abstract: A Liquid Xenon based WIMP detector diagnostic array is currently developed by the UKDMC with the help of international collaborators. After a brief reminder on the detection principle in Liquid Xenon, the individual detectors will be described. ZEPLIN I, a detector with a 4 kg fiducial mass with a background discrimination based on Pulse Shape Analysis, is already underground and starting operation. Two setups with improved background discrimination tools (as the ionisation is also recorded) are designed and scheduled to move underground in the second half of 2001. Both of them, ZEPLIN II and ZEPLIN III, are predicted to be sensitive to rate of 0.1–0.01 events/kg/day within 2 years of data taking. Furthermore, new ideas for lower background readout devices are studied, in order to avoid the use of PhotoMultiplier Tubes (PMTs).

title: The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Performance study using an end-to-end simulation tool
abstract: We present results from a GEANT4-based Monte Carlo tool for end-to-end simulations of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in liquid xenon by interacting particles and radiation. The software models the instrument response to radioactive backgrounds and calibration sources, including the generation, ray-tracing and detection of the primary and secondary scintillations in liquid and gaseous xenon, and subsequent processing by data acquisition electronics. A flexible user interface allows easy modification of detector parameters at run time. Realistic datasets can be produced to help with data analysis, an example of which is the position reconstruction algorithm developed from simulated data. We present a range of simulation results confirming the original design sensitivity of a few times 10−8 pb to the WIMP-nucleon cross-section.

title: Muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search
abstract: A dedicated analysis of the muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search has been performed on a data set acquired in 2009 and 2010. The total muon flux underground in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM) was measured to be Φ μ = ( 5.4 ± 0.2 - 0.9 + 0.5 )  muons/m 2 /d. The modular design of the μ -veto system allows the reconstruction of the muon trajectory and hence the determination of the angular dependent muon flux in LSM. The results are in good agreement with both MC simulations and earlier measurements. Synchronization of the μ -veto system with the phonon and ionization signals of the Ge detector array allowed identification of muon-induced events. Rates for all muon-induced events Γ μ = ( 0.172 ± 0.012 ) evts / ( kg d ) and of WIMP-like events Γ μ – n = 0.008 - 0.004 + 0.005 evts / ( kg d ) were extracted. After vetoing, the remaining rate of accepted muon-induced neutrons in the EDELWEISS-II dark matter search was determined to be Γ irred μ – n 6 · 10 - 4 evts / ( kg d ) at 90% C.L. Based on these results, the muon-induced background expectation for an anticipated exposure of 3000 kg d for EDELWEISS-III is N 3000 kg d μ – n 0.6 events.

title: Particle polarization in inclusive reactions

title: Measurement of b-hadron branching fractions for two-body decays into charmless charged hadrons
abstract: A bstractBased on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.37 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011, the following ratios of branching fractions are measured:$ \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {{{{\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to } \right)}} \left/ {{\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to {K^{+}}{\pi^{-}}} \right)}} \right.}=0.262\pm 0.009\pm 0.017,} \\ {\left( {{f_s \left/ {f_d } \right.}} \right)\cdot {{{\mathcal{B}\left( {B_s^0\to {K^{+}}{K^{-}}} \right)}} \left/ {{\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to {K^{+}}{\pi^{-}}} \right)}} \right.}=0.316\pm 0.009\pm 0.019,} \\ {\left( {{f_s \left/ {f_d } \right.}} \right)\cdot {{{\mathcal{B}\left( {B_s^0\to {\pi^{+}}{K^{-}}} \right)}} \left/ {{\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to {K^{+}}{\pi^{-}}} \right)}} \right.}=0.074\pm 0.006\pm 0.006,} \\ {\left( {{f_d \left/ {f_s } \right.}} \right)\cdot {{{\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to {K^{+}}{K^{-}}} \right)}} \left/ {{\mathcal{B}\left( {B_s^0\to {K^{+}}{K^{-}}} \right)}} \right.}=0.018_{-0.007}^{+0.008}\pm 0.009,} \\ {\left( {{f_s \left/ {f_d } \right.}} \right)\cdot {{{\mathcal{B}\left( {B_s^0\to {\pi^{+}}{\pi^{-}}} \right)}} \left/ {{\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to } \right)}} \right.}=0.050_{-0.009}^{+0.011}\pm 0.004,} \\ {{{{\mathcal{B}\left( {\Lambda_b^0\to p{\pi^{-}}} \right)}} \left/ {{\mathcal{B}\left( {\Lambda_b^0\to p{K^{-}}} \right)}} \right.}=0.86\pm 0.08\pm 0.05,} \\ \end{array} $where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. Using the current world average of $ \mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to {K^{+}}{\pi^{-}}} \right) $ and the ratio of the strange to light neutral B meson production fs/fd measured by LHCb, we obtain:$ \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to } \right)=\left( {5.08\pm 0.17\pm 0.37} \right)\times {10^{-6 }},} \\ {\mathcal{B}\left( {B_s^0\to {K^{+}}{K^{-}}} \right)=\left( {23.0\pm 0.7\pm 2.3} \right)\times {10^{-6 }},} \\ {\mathcal{B}\left( {B_s^0\to {\pi^{+}}{K^{-}}} \right)=\left( {5.4\pm 0.4\pm 0.6} \right)\times {10^{-6 }},} \\ {\mathcal{B}\left( {B^0 \to {K^{+}}{K^{-}}} \right)=\left( {0.11_{-0.04}^{+0.05}\pm 0.06} \right)\times {10^{-6 }},} \\ {\mathcal{B}\left( {B_s^0\to {\pi^{+}}{\pi^{-}}} \right)=\left( {0.95_{-0.17}^{+0.21}\pm 0.13} \right)\times {10^{-6 }}. $ is observed for the first time with a significance of more than 5σ.

title: Searches for violation of lepton flavour and baryon number in tau lepton decays at LHCb
abstract: Searches for the lepton flavour violating decay tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) and the lepton flavour and baryon number violating decays tau(-) -> (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) have been carried out using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1), taken by the LHCb experiment at root s = 7 TeV. No evidence has been found for any signal, and limits have been set at 90% confidence level on the branching fractions: B(tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) mu(+)mu(-)) p mu(-)mu(-)) (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) decay modes represent the first direct experimental limits on these channels.

title: Measurement of B meson production cross-sections in proton-proton collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ TeV
abstract: A bstractThe production cross-sections of B mesons are measured in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, using data collected with the LHCb detector corresponding to a integrated luminosity of 0.36 fb−1. The B+, B0 and $ B_s^0 $ mesons are reconstructed in the exclusive decays B+ → J/ψK+, B0 → J/ψK*0 and $ B_s^0\to {J \left/ {{\psi \phi }} \right.} $, with J/ψ → μ+μ−, K*0 → K+π− and ϕ → K+K−. The differential cross-sections are measured as functions of B meson transverse momentum pT and rapidity y, in the range 0 < pT< 40 GeV/c and 2.0 < y < 4.5. The integrated cross-sections in the same pT and y ranges, including charge-conjugate states, are measured to be
$ \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\sigma \left( {pp\to {B^{+}}+X} \right)=38.9\pm 0.3\left( {\mathrm{stat}.} \right)\pm 2.5\left( {\mathrm{syst}.} \right)\pm 1.3\left( {\mathrm{norm}.} \right)\upmu \mathrm{b},} \hfill \\ {\sigma \left( {pp\to {B^0}+X} \right)=38.1\pm 0.6\left( {\mathrm{stat}.} \right)\pm 3.7\left( {\mathrm{syst}.} \right)\pm 4.7\left( {\mathrm{norm}.} \right)\upmu \mathrm{b},} \hfill \\ {\sigma \left( {pp\to B_s^0+X} \right)=10.5\pm 0.2\left( {\mathrm{stat}.} \right)\pm 0.8\left( {\mathrm{syst}.} \right)\pm 1.0\left( {\mathrm{norm}.} \right)\upmu \mathrm{b},} \hfill \\ \end{array} $where the third uncertainty arises from the pre-existing branching fraction measurements.

title: Measurement of the charge asymmetry in $B^{\pm}\rightarrow \phi K^{\pm}$ and search for $B^{\pm}\rightarrow \phi \pi^{\pm}$ decays
abstract: The \CP-violating charge asymmetry in $B^{\pm}\rightarrow \phi K^{\pm}$ decays is measured in a sample of $pp$ collisions at 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb$^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment. The result is $\mathcal{A}_{CP}(B^{\pm}\rightarrow \phi K^{\pm}) = \rm 0.022\pm 0.021 \pm 0.009$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. In addition, a search for the $B^{\pm}\rightarrow \phi \pi^{\pm}$ decay mode is performed, using the $B^{\pm}\rightarrow \phi K^{\pm}$ decay rate for normalization. An upper limit on the branching fraction $\mathcal{B}(B^{\pm}\rightarrow \phi \pi^{\pm})< 1.5\times 10^{-7}$ is set at 90% confidence level.

title: HADRON AMPLITUDES IN COMPOSITE SUPERCONFORMAL STRING MODEL
abstract: Dynamics of π, K-mesons interactions is formulated in terms of composite superconformal string model. Supersymmetry is defined on two-dimensional world surface only. Dimensionality of target space equals to four. The model treats usual hadron scale which is of order 1 GeV-2, as string scale α′. Intercept of leading meson trajectory equals to ½. Tree amplitudes are free from ghosts in physical state spectrum in accordance with usual classical superstring amplitudes. Interaction of π-mesons in the chiral limit in the model turns out in correspondence with description in terms of chiral Lagrangian for pions in QCD.