BEAUTY 2018

6 May 2018, 17:00 → 11 May 2018, 19:30 Europe/Rome

La Biodola, Isola d'Elba

Giovanni Punzi (PI)

The International Conference on B-Physics at Frontier Machines, BEAUTY 2018, will be held in La Biodola (Elba island, Italy) from May 6th to May 11th, 2018.

This is the 17^th edition of the cycle “International Conference on B-Physics at Frontier Machines", initiated in Prague (Czech Republic) in 1993.

Proceedings Proceedings in PoS

Sunday, 6 May

17:00 → 19:30 Registration

19:30 → 20:30 Welcome cocktail

Monday, 7 May

09:00 → 10:30 Session 1 - Introduction

Convener: Prof. Robert Fleischer (Nikhef)

09:00 Welcome

Speaker: Giovanni Punzi (PI)

Slides Beauty18-welcome.pdf

09:15 Theory in the LHC era

Speaker: Matthias Neubert (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Slides Neubert.pdf

10:00 Theory of CP violation in B decays

Speaker: Keri Vos (Siegen University)

Slides CPVoverview.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 coffee break

11:00 → 13:00 Session 2 - CP Violation

Convener: Michael Gronau

11:00 CKM angle gamma at LHCb

Speaker: Matthew Kenzie (CERN)

Slides Beauty2018_MKenzie.pdf

11:20 Measurement of Phi_s at LHCb

Speaker: Greig Cowan (University of Edinburgh)

Slides gcowan_beta_betas.pdf

11:40 CP violation sensitivity at the Belle II Experiment

Speaker: Alessandro Morda (CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille, France)

Slides Talk_AM_Beauty_18.pdf

12:00 Charmless two-body b decays at LHCb

Speaker: Thomas Latham (University of Warwick)

Slides latham-beauty2018-charmless-B2hh.pdf

12:20 Charmless multi-body b decays at LHCb

Speaker: Rafael Silva Coutinho (Zurich University)

Slides Talk_RafaelCoutinho.pdf

12:40 B -> open charm modes at LHCb

Speaker: Marina Artuso (Syracuse University/CERN)

Slides open-charm-artuso-f.pdf

13:00 → 16:00 lunch break

16:00 → 17:30 Session 3 - Spectroscopy (1)

Convener: Prof. Roger Jones (Lancaster University)

16:00 Heavy Exotics spectroscopy (theory)

Speaker: Karliner Marek (Tel Aviv University)

Slides Elba_Heavy_Exotics_Spectroscopy.pdf

16:30 Conventional Heavy Baryon Spectroscopy at LHCb

Speaker: Sheldon Stone (Syracuse University)

Slides Baryon-spectroscopy.pdf

16:50 Exotic Spectroscopy at LHCb

Speaker: Giovanni Cavallero (GE)

Slides ExoticsLHCb.pdf

17:30 → 18:00 coffee break

18:00 → 19:00 Session 4 - Spectroscopy (2)

Convener: Marco Ciuchini (ROMA3)

18:00 XYZ states at BES III

Speaker: Ronggang Ping (Institute of High Energy Phtsics, CAS)

Slides final_pingrg.pdf

18:20 Spectroscopy and exotic states at ATLAS

Speaker: Fabio Tresoldi (University of Sussex)

Slides BEAUTY2018_ATLAS_spectroscopyAndExoticStates.pdf

18:40 Beauty spectroscopy at CMS

Speaker: Ozlem Ozcelik Ozludil (Bogazici University(TR))

Slides Ozcelik-May18BeautyConf.pdf

Tuesday, 8 May

09:00 → 10:45 Session 5 - Semileptonic decays

Convener: Dr paula collins (cern)

09:00 Semileptonic B decays (theory)

Speaker: Olcyr De Lima Sumensari (PD)

Slides Sumensari-Beauty-2018.pdf

09:30 R(D*) at LHCb

Speaker: Patrick Owen (University of Zurich)

Slides LFUwithtaus.pdf

09:50 Semileptonic decays at B-factories

Speaker: Franco Simonetto (PD)

Slides talkFranco.pdf

10:15 Other semileptonic studies at LHCb

Speaker: Matthew Rudolph (Syracuse University)

Slides semilep_beauty_2018.pdf

10:45 → 11:15 coffee break

11:15 → 12:40 Session 6 - Poster

11:15 Comparing AdS/QCD and Sum Rules predictions for B->K* nu nubar

Using the form factors obtained from holographic AdS/QCD and sum rules, we predict the differential branching ratio and longitudinal polarization fraction for the rare B->K^* nu nubar decay. This is an interesting decay channel as it does not suffer from hadronic uncertainties beyond the form factors.

Speaker: Mohammad Ahmady (Mount Allison University)

Poster Beauty2018.pdf

11:15 Decoding Leptonic and Semileptonic B Decays

We present a new strategy to explore New Physics contributions to leptonic and semileptonic B decays. With this method we can give constraints to the Wilson coefficients of the usual model-independent low-energy effective Hamiltonian; general considerations on selected models are presented, too. We devote particular attention to the effect of possible CP-violating phases in the short-distance coefficients, and assess the impact of New Physics for the determination of the CKM matrix element $|V_{ub}|$. This strategy can also be implemented for $B_c$ decays.

Speaker: Giovanni Banelli (NIKHEF)

Poster poster.pdf

11:15 Measurement of the time-integrated CP asymmetry in D0 -> KS0 KS0 decays with LHCb

CP violation in charm has not yet been observed, although measurements of time-integrated CP asymmetries in D0->K+K- and D0->pi+pi- decays have reached a remarkable precision, O(0.1%). The D0->KS0 KS0 decay is a promising discovery channel for CP violation in charm. A prediction based on Standard Model gives an upper limit for the CP asymmetry of 1.1% (C.L. 95%). Further enhancements could result from contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model. We present a measurement of the time-integrated CP asymmetry in prompt D0->K0S K0S decays, performed using data collected with LHCb experiment in 2015 and 2016 at a 13 TeV pp center-of-mass energy (Run-2). This result improves the sensitivity obtained by LHCb in Run-1.

Speaker: Giulia Tuci (PI)

Poster D2KsKs_PosterBeauty_Tuci.pdf

11:15 Muon identification and performance in the ATLAS experiment

Muon reconstruction and identification play a fundamental role in many analyses of central importance in the LHC run-2 Physics programme. The algorithms and the criteria used in ATLAS for the reconstruction and identification of muons with transverse momentum from a few GeV to the TeV scale will be presented. Their performance is measured in data based on the decays of Z and J/ψ to pairs of muons, that provide a large statistics calibration sample. Reconstruction and identification efficiencies are evaluated, as well as momentum scales and resolutions, and the results are used to derive precise MC simulation corrections. Isolation selection criteria and their performances in presence of high pileup will also be presented.

Speaker: Camilla Di Donato (NA)

Poster ATLAS-Beauty2018-CDD.pdf

11:15 The nuclear modification factor of D and B mesons in a field fluctuating quark-gluon plasma at LHC energies

The main goal of the ongoing relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments is to study the possible hot and dense deconfined state of QCD matter produced in such high energy collisions called Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP). In order to study the QGP, we need to probe it. High energy partons are produced in initial partonic subprocesses in the collisions between two heavy nuclei. The Heavy quarks are mostly produced at the early stage of the collisions from the initial fusion of the partons which makes them a good probe to study the QGP. Immediately after their production, these heavy quarks will travel through the dense QGP medium and will start loosing energy by elastic collisions and bremsstrahlung gluon radiations. These energy loss calculations are usually obtained by considering the QGP medium in an average manner and statistical field fluctuations of the QGP medium are ignored. Since the QGP is a statistical system of mobile color charge particles, one could characterize it by stochastic electromagnetic field fluctuations. The effect of this field fluctuations in the QGP leads to an energy gain of the travelling heavy quarks of all momenta and significant at the lower ones. We have calculated the nuclear modification factor (R_{AA}) of D and B mesons by considering the collisional and radiative energy loss of charm and beauty quarks along with the energy gain due to field fluctuations. Our results are in good agreement with the experimentally measured R_{AA} of D and B mesons by ALICE and CMS experiments at \sqrt s_{NN}= 2.76 TeV and \sqrt s_{NN}=5.02 TeV.

Speaker: Ashik Ikbal Sheikh (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Department of Atomic Energy)

Poster ashik_posterBEAUTY.pdf

11:15 Trigger techniques for B-Physics at CMS

The large instantaneous luminosity delivered by LHC to the CMS experiment in Run 2 is an important opportunity for the study of rare B-hadron decays, like B0(s)->MuMu and B0->K*MuMu. The main drawback of this luminosity increase is that the trigger selections need to be more tight, in order to fit the rate of recorded events in the limits imposed by the available computer resources. This constraints impose a challenge in the development of new trigger tools and algorithms, which are optimized to keep high acceptance on signal events, while reducing the rate of background events collected. In this poster, both the trigger algorithms developed for the Level-1 Trigger and High-Level Trigger and the performance achieved will be presented.

Speaker: Alessio Boletti (PD)

Poster poster.pdf

11:15 Utilising $B\to\pi K$ Decays at the High-Precision Frontier

The $B \to \pi K$ decays have received a lot of attention over the last two decades, with puzzling patterns in the previous data. They form a particularly interesting set of decays as they are dominated by QCD penguin topologies. Electroweak penguin topologies also play a significant role, giving a contribution at the level of the tree topologies. We show that a previous discrepancy in the correlation between the CP asymmetries of $B^0_d \to \pi^0 K_{\rm S}$ has grown stronger, in particular due to more precise measurements of the unitarity triangle angle $\gamma$. A modified electroweak penguin sector offers an attractive avenue for new particles to enter. Particularly interesting are models with extra Z’ bosons, which are also considered as an explanation of the current data for rare $B \to K^{(*)}\ell^+\ell^-$ decays. We provide a new method to determine the electroweak penguin parameters, and apply it to current data for charged $B \to \pi K$ decays. Moreover, we discuss utilizing CP violation in $B^0_d\to\pi^0K_{\rm S}$, for which Belle II offers excellent prospects. The implementation of our strategy at Belle II has the exciting potential to establish New Physics in the electroweak penguin sector.

Speaker: Ruben Jaarsma (Nikhef)

Poster poster.pdf

13:00 → 16:00 lunch break

16:00 → 17:10 Session 7 - Heavy hadron properties

Convener: Prof. Sheldon Stone (Syracuse University)

16:00 Lattice QCD (theory)

Speaker: Chris Bouchard (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Slides Bouchard_Beauty2018.pdf

16:30 B hadron properties at LHCb

Speaker: Mirco Dorigo (CERN)

Slides beauty_mirco.pdf

16:50 B hadron lifetimes at CMS

Speaker: Jhovanny Mejia (CINVESTAV-IPN)

Slides Beauty_CMS_Lifetime.pdf

17:10 → 17:40 coffee break

17:40 → 19:55 Session 8 - Beyond Standard Model

Convener: Prof. Matthias Neubert (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

18:10 Flavour at high pt (theory)

Speaker: Admir Greljo (University of Zurich)

Slides ELBA2018.pdf

18:40 First data at Belle II and dark sector physics

Speaker: Giacomo De Pietro (INFN and Univ. Roma Tre)

Slides DePietro_BEAUTY2018_BelleII_DarkSector.pdf

19:00 B-factory searches for forbidden decays, dark photons and rare tau decays

Speaker: Alberto Lusiani (PI)

Slides lusiani-beauty18.pdf

19:25 Beyond the Standard Model (theory)

Speaker: Alessandro Strumia (PI)

Slides 2018-flavour.pdf

Wednesday, 9 May

09:00 → 11:00 Session 9 - Production (1)

Convener: Sandro Palestini Palestini (CERN)

09:00 Recent results in Beauty production at ATLAS

Speaker: Roger Jones (Lancaster University)

Slides Beauty2018_rj_v5.pptx

09:20 Heavy Flavour production at LHCb

Speaker: Fabio Ferrari (BO)

Slides Beauty2018_HeavyFlavourProduction_FabioFerrari_v2.pdf

09:40 B and Onia production at CMS

Speaker: Paolo Ronchese (PD)

Slides Bp_Onia_XSect13TeV_CMS.pdf

10:00 Recent ATLAS results in charmonium production

Speaker: Pavel Reznicek (Charles University in Prague)

Slides ATLAS_Quarkonia.pdf

10:20 Heavy flavour physics in heavy ions collisions at LHC

Speaker: Giuseppe Eugenio Bruno (BA)

Slides Bruno_HeavyIon_f.pdf

11:00 → 11:30 coffee break

11:30 → 13:05 Session 10 - Production (2) and Kaon physics

Convener: Vincenzo Maria Vagnoni (BO)

11:30 Associated quarkonia production at ATLAS

Speaker: Alessandro Cerri (University of Sussex)

Slides ACerri_BEAUTY2018_v4.pdf

11:50 Z ->J/Psi X at CMS

Speaker: Riccardo Manzoni (ETH Zuerich)

Slides zjpsill_beauty_9_5_2018.pdf

12:10 Rare kaon decays (theory)

Speaker: Giancarlo D'Ambrosio (NA)

Slides dambrosio_Elba.key dambrosio_Elba.pdf

12:40 K -> 𝝅𝝂𝝂 from NA62 and KOTO

Speaker: Angela Romano (University of Birmingham)

Slides AngelaRomano_Beauty2018.pdf

13:10 → 15:00 lunch break

15:00 → 19:00 excursion

Thursday, 10 May

09:00 → 10:40 Session 11 - Rare decays

Convener: Fabrizio Palla (PI)

09:00 Rare Leptonic B decays (theory)

Speaker: Gilberto Tetlalmatzi-Xolocotzi (Nikhef)

Slides Italy_5.pdf

09:30 B -> µµ at CMS

Speaker: Giacomo Fedi (INFN - Pisa)

Slides Beauty18.pdf

09:50 B->µµ and other rare decays at LHCb

Speaker: Matteo Rama (PI)

Slides Btoll_lhcb_beauty2018.pdf

10:10 BSM fits for rare B decays (theory)

Speaker: Nazila Mahmoudi (Lyon University and CERN)

Slides Nazila_Beauty_May2018.pdf

10:40 → 11:10 coffee break

11:10 → 12:55 Session 12 - Other lepton-related modes

Convener: Guy Wilkinson (University of Oxford)

11:10 b-anomalies related to leptons and LFV: new directions in model building (theory)

Speaker: Ferruccio Feruglio (PD)

Slides feruglio.pdf

11:40 Studies of missing energy in B decays at Belle II Experiment

Speaker: Mario Merola (NA)

Slides Merola_MissingEnergyBelle2_Beauty2018.pdf

12:00 Review of LFV experiments

Speaker: Douglas Glenzinski (Fermilab)

Slides Elba-muonCLFV-180508.pdf

13:00 → 16:00 lunch break

16:00 → 17:10 Session 13 - b->s penguin decays

Convener: Dr Nazila Mahmoudi (Lyon University and CERN)

16:00 Hadronic uncertainties in semileptonic B decays (theory)

Speaker: Marco Ciuchini (ROMA3)

Slides Ciuchini-Beauty18.pdf

16:30 Angular analyses of b->s mu+ mu- transitions at CMS

Speaker: Dayong Wang (Peking University)

Slides wangdy_BEAUTY2018.pdf

16:50 b->sll results from ATLAS

Speaker: Semen Turchikhin (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

Slides Turchikhin_BSM_in_HF_at_ATLAS.pdf

17:10 → 17:30 coffee break

17:30 → 18:50 Session 14 - b->s penguin decays

Convener: Dr Nazila Mahmoudi (Lyon University and CERN)

17:30 Angular analyses of b->sll modes at LHCb

Speaker: Eluned Smith (RWTH Aachen)

Slides ElunedSmith_Beauty2018.pdf

17:50 b->sll results from LHCb

Speaker: Albert Puig (EPFL)

Slides RareElectrons.pdf

18:10 Radiative/Penguin decays at B-factories

Speaker: Saurabh Sandilya (University of Cincinnati)

Slides SandilyaBeauty2018v1.pdf

20:00 → 23:30 Social dinner

Friday, 11 May

09:00 → 11:00 Session 15 - Charm physics

Convener: Giovanni Punzi (PI)

09:00 Charm decays (theory)

Speaker: Stefan de Boer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Slides de_Boer.pdf

09:30 Charm physics at B-factories

Speaker: Longke Li (IHEP-China)

Slides beauty2018.pdf

09:55 Charm CPV and mixing at LHCb

Speaker: Mark Williams (University of Manchester)

Slides BEAUTY_Williams_CharmLHCb_May2018_v1_postRehearsal.pdf

10:15 Semi-leptonic and leptonic D decays at BESIII

Speaker: Giulio Mezzadri (FE)

Slides beauty_Mezzadri_v1.pdf

10:35 Rare charm and strange decays at LHCb

Speaker: Angelo Di Canto (CERN)

Slides beauty2018.pdf

11:00 → 11:30 coffee break

11:30 → 13:10 Session 16 - Future upgrades

Convener: Prof. marina artuso (syracuse university/cern)

11:30 B Physics at the HL-LHC with ATLAS

Speaker: Wolfgang Walkowiak (University of Siegen)

Slides beauty2018_walkowiak_5.pdf

11:50 B Physics at the HL-LHC with CMS

Speaker: Sara Fiorendi (MIB)

Slides bph_cms_hl_lhc.pdf

12:10 The LHCb Phase-I Upgrade

Speaker: Paula Collins (CERN)

Slides paula_collins_beauty_draft5.pdf

12:30 Phase II running of SuperKEKB and Belle II

Speaker: Carlos Marinas (University of Bonn)

Slides Beauty2018Marinas.pdf

12:50 The LHCb Phase-II Upgrade

Speaker: Nicola Neri (INFN - Milano)

Slides Neri_Beauty18_v3.pdf

13:10 → 14:30 lunch break

14:30 → 15:20 Session 17 - Summary

Convener: Prof. Neville Harnew (University of Oxford)

14:30 Conference summary

Speaker: Vincenzo Maria Vagnoni (BO)

Slides Vagnoni_Beauty_2018_Summary_reduced.pdf

15:15 Closing

Speaker: Prof. Neville Harnew (University of Oxford)

Slides Beauty18-wrapup.pptx