Angular analysis of $\Lambda_b^0 \rightarrow\Lambda \mu^+\mu^-$ and $\Lambda _b^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\Lambda$ decays with the LHCb detector

Chatzikonstantinidis, Georgios (2019). Angular analysis of $\Lambda_b^0 \rightarrow\Lambda \mu^+\mu^-$ and $\Lambda _b^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\Lambda$ decays with the LHCb detector. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

In this thesis the angular analysis of $\Lambda_b^0 \rightarrow\Lambda \mu^+\mu^-$ and $\Lambda _b^0 \rightarrow J/ \psi\Lambda$ decays is presented, using data from pp collisions recorded by the LHCb experiment between 2011 and 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 5 fb $^{-1}$ . For the $\Lambda_b^0 \rightarrow\Lambda \mu^+\mu^-$ decay, the angular observables are extracted at low hadronic-recoil using the method of moments. This is the first time that the complete set of the angular observables has been measured; the results are published in Ref. [1]. A measurement of the angular observables of the $\Lambda_b^0 \rightarrow J/ \psi\Lambda$ decays is also performed. The angular observables are extracted using a moment analysis; an interpretation of the results in terms of the production polarisation of $\Lambda_b^0$ and the decay amplitudes is also performed. This is the first time that the complete set of the angular observables of the $\Lambda_b^0 \rightarrow J/ \psi\Lambda$ has been measured; the results are preliminary and correspond to the current status of the analysis.