Speaker
Stefania Ricciardi
(Particle Physics-Rutherford Appleton Laboratory-STFC - Science)
Description
We present studies from the LHCb experiment of decays of the type $h_b \to h_c X$,
where $h_b$ represents a beauty hadron ($B^\pm$, $B^0$ or $\Lambda_b$)
and $h_c$ a charmed hadron ($D^0$, $D(*)^+$, $D_s$ or $\Lambda_c$).
Such decays are important for the determination of the CKM angle $\gamma$,
a key goal of the LHCb physics programme.
We exploit the data accumulated in 2010, and in the early months of the 2011
run. We report on the observation of new decay modes, and first
measurements on the road to a precise determination of $\gamma$.
Primary author
Stefania Ricciardi
(Particle Physics-Rutherford Appleton Laboratory-STFC - Science)
