A Measurement of the Lambda(b)0 lifetime

Collaboration
Apr, 1995
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 353 (1995) 402-412
Report number:
  • CERN-PPE-95-051,
  • CERN-PPE-95-51
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The lifetime of the Λ b 0 baryon has been measured using 3.6 million hadronic Z 0 decays recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP from 1990 to 1994. A sample of Λ b 0 decays is obtained using partially reconstructed semileptonic decays involving Λ c + ℓ − combinations, where the Λ c + is reconstructed from its decay to a pK − π + final state. From the 69 ± 13 Λ c + ℓ − combinations attributed to Λ b 0 decays in this data sample, we measure τ ( Λ b 0 ) = 1.14 −0.19 +0.22 ± 0.07 ps, where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron positron
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • annihilation: electron positron
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: Z0
  • Z0: nonleptonic decay
  • nonleptonic decay: Z0
  • decay: path length
  • path length: decay
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