Esmeralda Rodrigues

Polytechnic of Guarda · Department of Tourism and Leisure

The second PyHEP.dev workshop, part of the "Python in HEP Developers" series organized by the HEP Software Foundation (HSF), took place in Aachen, Germany, from August 26 to 30, 2024. This gathering brought together nearly 30 Python package developers, maintainers, and power users to engage in informal discussions about current trends in Python, wi...

The offline software framework of the LHCb experiment has undergone a significant overhaul to tackle the data processing challenges that will arise in the upcoming Run 3 and Run 4 of the Large Hadron Collider. This paper introduces FunTuple, a novel component developed for offline data processing within the LHCb experiment. This component enables t...

The thermal properties of the LHCb Vertex Locator (VELO) are studied using the real-time detector alignment procedure. The variation of the position and orientation of the detector elements as a function of the operating temperature of the VELO is presented. This study uses a dataset collected by the LHCb experiment during a VELO temperature scan p...

The second workshop on the HEP Analysis Ecosystem took place 23-25 May 2022 at IJCLab in Orsay, to look at progress and continuing challenges in scaling up HEP analysis to meet the needs of HL-LHC and DUNE, as well as the very pressing needs of LHC Run 3 analysis. The workshop was themed around six particular topics, which were felt to capture key...

A bstract Machine Learning algorithms have played an important role in hadronic jet classification problems. The large variety of models applied to Large Hadron Collider data has demonstrated that there is still room for improvement. In this context Quantum Machine Learning is a new and almost unexplored methodology, where the intrinsic properties...

Some of the biggest achievements of the modern era of particle physics, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson, have been made possible by the tremendous effort in building and operating large-scale experiments like the Large Hadron Collider or the Tevatron. In these facilities, the ultimate theory to describe matter at the most fundamental level...

This paper was prepared by the HEP Software Foundation (HSF) PyHEP Working Group as input to the second phase of the LHCC review of High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) computing, which took place in November, 2021. It describes the adoption of Python and data science tools in HEP, discusses the likelihood of future scenarios, and recommendations for actio...

The COVID-19 pandemic has by-and-large prevented in-person meetings since March 2020. While the increasing deployment of effective vaccines around the world is a very positive development, the timeline and pathway to "normality" is uncertain and the "new normal" we will settle into is anyone's guess. Particle physics, like many other scientific fie...

Purpose: Salts of phenylacetic acid (PAA) and phenylbutyric acid (PBA) have been used for nitrogen elimination as a treatment for hyperammonaemia caused by urea cycle disorders (UCD). A new analytical method for PBA measurement in urine which helps to evaluate the drug adherence has been implemented. Methods: Urine specimens from UCD patients re...

Particle physics has an ambitious and broad experimental programme for the coming decades. This programme requires large investments in detector hardware, either to build new facilities and experiments, or to upgrade existing ones. Similarly, it requires commensurate investment in the R&D of software to acquire, manage, process, and analyse the she...

Tourism is fashionable and its importance in the country's economy can no longer be ignored. However, there may be deceleration phenomena that will certainly promote new visions and new business ideas and tourist captivation, in a dynamic based on research and territorial reorganization and local resources, because that is where the answer lies, es...

Because the interior regions of the country were devastated by desertification and abandonment of land and traditional livelihood phenomena, such as pastoralism and agricultural activities, it is necessary and urgent to rethink strategies of social and economic recovery, sowing the new phenomenon, tourism, as Costa says (2015) "It is in the rubble...

Amplitude models are constructed to describe the resonance structure of \({D^{0}\rightarrow K^{-}\pi ^{+}\pi ^{+}\pi ^{-}}\) and \({D^{0} \rightarrow K^{+}\pi ^{-}\pi ^{-}\pi ^{+}}\) decays using pp collision data collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 \(fb^{-1}...

A search for the rare decay Σ+→pμ+μ− is performed using pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies s=7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. An excess of events is observed with respect to the background expectation, with a signal significance of 4.1 standard deviations. No significant str...

A search is performed for a spin-0 boson, $\phi$, produced in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, using prompt $\phi\rightarrow\mu^+\mu^-$ decays and a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 3.0 ${\rm fb}^{-1}$ collected with the LHCb detector. No evidence is found for a signal in the...

The inclusive $D_s^{\pm}$ production asymmetry is measured in $pp$ collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s} =7$ and 8 TeV. Promptly produced $D_s^{\pm}$ mesons are used, which decay as $D_s^{\pm}\to\phi\pi^{\pm}$, with $\phi\to K^+K^-$. The measurement is performed in bins of transverse momentum, $p_{\rm T...

From samples of $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at $\sqrt{s}=7$, $8$ and $13$ TeV corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1.0, 2.0 and 1.5 fb$^{-1}$, respectively, a peak in both the $\Lambda_b^0K^-$ and $\Xi_b^0\pi^-$ invariant mass spectra is observed. In the quark model, radially and orbitally excited $\Xi_b^-$ resonance...

rThis study was carried out with the objective to evaluate levels of digestible phosphorus in the diets of barrows with high potential for lean meat deposition from 30 to 50 kg. Eighty barrows with an initial weight of 31.97 ± 2.5 kg were used, distributed in a completely randomized blocks design, with five levels of digestible phosphorus (0.219; 0...

The time-dependent $C\!P$ asymmetries in $B^0\to\pi^+\pi^-$ and $B_s^0\to K^+\!K^-$ decays are measured using a data sample of $pp$ collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$, collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The same data sample is used to measure the time-integrated $C\!P$ asym...

A search for $C$P and $P$ violation using triple-product asymmetries is performed with $\Lambda^{0}_{b}\to pK^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$, $\Lambda^{0}_{b}\to pK^{-}K^{+}K^{-}$ and $\Xi^{0}_{b}\to pK^{-}K^{-}\pi^{+}$ decays. The data sample corresponds to integrated luminosities of 1.0fb$^{-1}$ and 2.0fb$^{-1}$, recorded with the LHCb detector at centre-of-...

A measurement of the $CP$ asymmetries $S_{f}$ and $S_{\bar{f}}$ in $B^0\to D^{\mp}\pi^{\pm}$ decays is reported. The decays are reconstructed in a dataset collected with the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0 \rm{ fb}^{-1}$. The $CP$ asymmetries...

A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay Λc+→pμ+μ− is reported using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb Collaboration. No significant signal is observed outside of the dimuon mass regions around the ϕ and ω resonances, and an upper limit is placed on the branching fraction of B(Λc+→p...

The CP asymmetry in B− → D s −D0 and B− → D−D0 decays is measured using LHCb data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1, collected in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The results are \( {\mathcal{A}}^{CP}\left({B}^{-}\to {D}_s^{-}{D}^0\right)=\left(-0.4\pm 0.5\pm 0.5\right)\%\kern0.5em \mathrm{and}\kern0.5em...

The ratio of branching fractions R(D*−)≡B(B0→D*−τ+ντ)/B(B0→D*−μ+νμ) is measured using a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. The τ lepton is reconstructed with three charged pions in the final state. A novel method is...

The ratio of branching fractions R(D*−)≡B(B0→D*−τ+ντ)/B(B0→D*−μ+νμ) is measured using a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. For the first time, R(D*−) is determined using the τ-lepton decays with three charged pions i...

The decay $\Lambda_b^0 \to \Lambda_c^+ p \overline{p} \pi^-$ is observed using $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 $fb^{-1}$. The ratio of branching fractions between $\Lambda_b^0 \to \Lambda_c^+ p \overline{p} \pi^-$ and $\Lambda_...

The production cross-sections of $\Upsilon(1S)$, $\Upsilon(2S)$ and $\Upsilon(3S)$ mesons in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 13 TeV are measured with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $277 \pm 11$ $\rm pb^{-1}$ recorded by the LHCb experiment in 2015. The $\Upsilon$ mesons are reconstructed in the decay mode $\Upsil...

A search for the decay $B_{s}^0 \rightarrow \overline{K}{}^{*0}\mu^+\mu^-$ is presented using data sets corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.6 $\text{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected during $pp$ collisions with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, respectively. An excess is found over the background-only hypothe...

The $CP$ asymmetry in $B^-\to D_s^-D^0$ and $B^-\to D^-D^0$ decays is measured using LHCb data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$, collected in $pp$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The results are $A^{CP}(B^-\to D_s^-D^0)=(-0.4\pm 0.5\pm 0.5)\%$ and $A^{CP}(B^-\to D^-D^0)=( 2.3\pm 2.7\pm 0.4)\%$, where...

A measurement is reported of the ratio of branching fractions R(J/ψ)=B(Bc+→J/ψτ+ντ)/B(Bc+→J/ψμ+νμ), where the τ+ lepton is identified in the decay mode τ+→μ+νμν¯τ. This analysis uses a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to 3.0 fb−1 of integrated luminosity recorded with the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV...

Precise knowledge of the location of the material in the LHCb vertex locator (VELO) is essential to reducing background in searches for long-lived exotic particles, and in identifying jets that originate from beauty and charm quarks. Secondary interactions of hadrons produced in beam-gas collisions are used to map the location of material in the VE...

Forward top quark pair production is studied in $pp$ collisions in the $\mu eb$ final state using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.93 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The cross-section is measured in a fiducial region where both leptons have a transverse momentum greater...

The ratios of the branching fractions of the decays Λ c + → pπ−π+, Λ c + → pK−K+, and Λ c + → pπ−K+ with respect to the Cabibbo-favoured Λ c + → pK−π+ decay are measured using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb experiment at a 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1: $$ \begin{array}{l...

A search for the lepton-flavour violating decays B s 0 → e±μ∓ and B0 → e±μ∓ is performed based on a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1, collected with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The observed yields are consistent with the background-only hypothesis. Upper li...

We report the measurements of the CP -violating parameters in B s 0 → D s ∓K± decays observed in pp collisions, using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 recorded with the LHCb detector. We measure Cf = 0.73 ± 0.14 ± 0.05, A f ΔΓ = 0.39 ± 0.28 ± 0.15, \( {A}_{\overline{f}}^{\varDelta \varGamma }=0.31\pm 0.28\pm 0.15 \),...

A flavour-tagged decay-time-dependent amplitude analysis of B s 0 → (K+π−)(K−π+) decays is presented in the K±π∓ mass range from 750 to 1600MeV/c2. The analysis uses pp collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1. Several quasi-two-body decay modes...

A bstract The difference between the CP asymmetries in the decays Λ c ⁺ → pK ⁻ K ⁺ and Λ c ⁺ → pπ ⁻ π ⁺ is presented. Proton-proton collision data taken at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV collected by the LHCb detector in 2011 and 2012 are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb ⁻¹ . The Λ c ⁺ candidates are reconstructed as...

We report measurements of charm-mixing parameters based on the decay-time-dependent ratio of D0→K+π− to D0→K−π+ rates. The analysis uses a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1 recorded by the LHCb experiment from 2011 through 2016. Assuming charge-parity (CP) symmetry, the mixing parameters a...

Tourism in Portugal will definitely accelerate with the entry of the country into the European Economic Community, whose transversal support will also be reflected in it, be it through the improvement of the road network, the increase of programs to support public and private investment in various sectors and also the growing support to education,...

Tourism is already a development engine for the destinations, being a sector in strong expansion and evolution, appropriating of resources and reorganizing until territories and localities. Changes in society, such as the time available for tourism and leisure in sectors, such as that of retired people, with a desire for travel and knowledge of oth...

Investigations of the existence of pentaquark states containing a single b (anti)quark decaying weakly into four specific final states J/ψK+π−p, J/ψK−π−p, J/ψK−π+p, and J/ψϕ(1020)p are reported. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 in 7 and 8 TeV pp collisions acquired with the LHCb detector. Signals are not observed...

Searches are performed for both promptlike and long-lived dark photons, A′, produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, using A′→μ+μ− decays and a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.6 fb−1 collected with the LHCb detector. The promptlike A′ search covers the mass range from near the dimuon thre...

A search for charmless four-body decays of Λ b 0 and Ξ b 0 baryons with a proton and three charged mesons (either kaons or pions) in the final state is performed. The data sample used was recorded in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb experiment and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. Six decay modes are observed, among which Λ b 0 → pK−π+π...

A search is performed in the invariant mass spectrum of the B c +π+π− system for the excited B c + states Bc (21S0)+ and Bc (23S1)+ using a data sample of pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at the centre-of-mass energy of \( \sqrt{s}=8 \) TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb−1. No evidence is seen for either state. Upp...

A search is performed in the invariant mass spectrum of the B c + π + π − system for the excited B c + states B c (2 1 S 0 ) + and B c (2 3 S 1 ) + using a data sample of pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at the centre-of-mass energy of s=8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb −1 . No evidence is seen for either state...

A search for B+ → D + s K+K− decays is performed using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 fb−1, collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV with the LHCb experiment. A significant signal is observed for the first time and the branching fraction is determined to be $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({B}^{+}\to {...

The concept of Protected Area transports expressions such as biodiversity preservation, maintenance of livelihoods, environmental or landscape tourism, sustainable development, protection, memory and traditions that are there to be enjoyed, promoted and mainly consumed in order to satisfy the tourist visitor and to improve the social situation of l...

A search is performed in the invariant mass spectrum of the B c + π+π− system for the excited B c + states Bc (21S0)+ and Bc (23S1)+ using a data sample of pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at the centre-of-mass energy of √s=8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb−1. No evidence is seen for either state. Upper limits o...

A search is performed in the invariant mass spectrum of the B[subscript c]⁺ π⁺π⁻ system for the excited B[subscript c]⁺ states B[subscript c](2¹S₀)⁺ and B[subscript c] (2³S₁)⁺ using a data sample of pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at the centre-of-mass energy of √s = 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb⁻¹. No evid...

A flavour-tagged decay-time-dependent amplitude analysis of B[subscript s][superscript 0] → (K[superscript +]π[superscript −])(K[superscript −]π[superscript +]) decays is presented in the K[superscript ±]π[superscript ∓] mass range from 750 to 1600MeV/c[superscript 2]. The analysis uses pp collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-o...

The time-integrated Dalitz plot of the three-body hadronic charmless decay ${{\overline{B}}^0 \to K_{\mathrm{\scriptscriptstyle S}}^0 \pi^+ \pi^-}$ is studied using a $pp$ collision data sample recorded with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0\;\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$. The decay amplitude is described with an isobar model...

A search for the rare decay $\Sigma^+ \to p \mu^+ \mu^-$ is performed using $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s} = 7$ and $8$ TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3 fb^{-1}$. An excess of events is observed with respect to the background expectation, with a signal significance of 4.0...

Amplitude models are constructed to describe the resonance structure of ${D^{0}\to K^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+}\pi^{-}}$ and ${D^{0} \to K^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{-}\pi^{+}}$ decays using $pp$ collision data collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$. The largest co...

A flavour-tagged decay-time-dependent amplitude analysis of $B_s^0\to(K^+\pi^-)(K^-\pi^+)$ decays is presented in the $K^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}$ mass range from 750 to 1600 MeV$/c^2$. The analysis uses $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8$ TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0$ fb$^{...

Investigations of the existence of pentaquark states containing a single $b$ (anti)quark decaying weakly into four specific final states J/$\psi K^+\pi^- p$, J/$\psi K^- \pi^- p$, J/$\psi K^- \pi^+ p$, and $J/\psi \phi (1020) p$ are reported. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3.0/fb in 7 and 8 TeV pp collisions acquired wit...

A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay $\Lambda_{c}^{+} \to p\mu^+\mu^-$ is reported using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0\rm fb^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb collaboration. No significant signal is observed outside of the dimuon mass regions around the $\phi$ and $\omega$ resonances and an upper limit is...

The difference between the $C\!P$ asymmetries in the decays $\varLambda_{c}^{+} \to pK^{-}K^{+}$ and $\varLambda_{c}^{+} \to p\pi^{-}\pi^{+}$ is presented. Proton-proton collision data taken at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8\,\mathrm{TeV}$ collected by the LHCb detector in 2011 and 2012 are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of...