The ratio of the Lambda(0)(b) baryon lifetime to that of the (B) over bar (0) meson is measured using 1.0 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity in 7 TeV center-of-mass energy pp collisions at the LHC. The Lambda(0)(b) baryon is observed for the first time in the decay mode Lambda(0)(b) -> J/psi pK(-), while the (B) over bar (0) meson decay used is the well known (B) over bar (0) J/psi pi K-+(-) mode, where the pi K-+(-) mass is consistent with that of the (K) over bar*(0)(892) meson. The ratio of lifetimes is measured to be 0.976 +/- 0: 012 +/- 0.006, in agreement with theoretical expectations based on the heavy quark expansion. Using previous determinations of the (B) over bar (0) meson lifetime, the Lambda(0)(b) lifetime is found to be 1.482 +/- 0.018 +/- 0.012 ps. In both cases, the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.

Precision Measurement of the Lambda(0)(b) Baryon Lifetime / R., A., B., A., M., A., C., A., A., A., Z., A., J., A., F., A., M., A., S., A., G., A., P. A., C., S., A., S., A., Y., A., L., A., J., A., R., A., J. E., A., R. B., A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 111:10(2013). [10.1103/physrevlett.111.102003]

Precision Measurement of the Lambda(0)(b) Baryon Lifetime

SARTI, ALESSIO;SCIUBBA, Adalberto;
2013

Abstract

The ratio of the Lambda(0)(b) baryon lifetime to that of the (B) over bar (0) meson is measured using 1.0 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity in 7 TeV center-of-mass energy pp collisions at the LHC. The Lambda(0)(b) baryon is observed for the first time in the decay mode Lambda(0)(b) -> J/psi pK(-), while the (B) over bar (0) meson decay used is the well known (B) over bar (0) J/psi pi K-+(-) mode, where the pi K-+(-) mass is consistent with that of the (K) over bar*(0)(892) meson. The ratio of lifetimes is measured to be 0.976 +/- 0: 012 +/- 0.006, in agreement with theoretical expectations based on the heavy quark expansion. Using previous determinations of the (B) over bar (0) meson lifetime, the Lambda(0)(b) lifetime is found to be 1.482 +/- 0.018 +/- 0.012 ps. In both cases, the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.
2013
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Precision Measurement of the Lambda(0)(b) Baryon Lifetime / R., A., B., A., M., A., C., A., A., A., Z., A., J., A., F., A., M., A., S., A., G., A., P. A., C., S., A., S., A., Y., A., L., A., J., A., R., A., J. E., A., R. B., A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 111:10(2013). [10.1103/physrevlett.111.102003]
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