Measurement of the Λ0b Lifetime in the Exclusive Decay Λ0b→J/ΨΛ0 in pp- Collisions at √s=1.96TeV

Authors

David HedinFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

We measure the Λ0/b lifetime in the fully reconstructed decay Λ 0b→J/Ψ Λ0 using 10.4 fb-1 of pp- collisions collected with the D0 detector at √s=1.96TeV. The lifetime of the topologically similar decay channel B0→J/ΨK0S is also measured. We obtain τ(Λ0b) =1.303 ± 0.075(stat) ± 0.035 (syst) ps and τ(B0) = 1.508 ± 0.025(stat)± 0.043(syst) ps. Using these measurements, we determine the lifetime ratio of τ(Λ0b)/τ(B0) = 0.864 ± 0.052(stat) ± 0.033(syst).

DOI

10.1103/PhysRev D.85.112003

Publication Date

6-1-2012

Comments

D0 Collaboration

Recommended Citation

Measurement of the Λ0b lifetime in the exclusive decay Λ0b→J/ΨΛ0 in pp- collisions at √s=1.96TeV. V.M. Abazov et al. [D0 Collaboration]. Phys. Rev. D 85. 112003 (2012)

Original Citation

Measurement of the Λ0b lifetime in the exclusive decay Λ0b→J/ΨΛ0 in pp- collisions at √s=1.96TeV. V.M. Abazov et al. [D0 Collaboration]. Phys. Rev. D 85. 112003 (2012)

Legacy Department

Department of Physics

Sponsorship

We thank the staffs at Fermilab and collaborating institutions, and acknowledge support from the DOE and NSF (USA); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); MON, Rosatom and RFBR (Russia); CNPq, FAPERJ, FAPESP and FUNDUNESP (Brazil); DAE and DST (India); Colciencias (Colombia); CONACyT (Mexico); NRF (Korea); FOM (The Netherlands); STFC and the Royal Society (United Kingdom); MSMT and GACR (Czech Republic); BMBF and DFG (Germany); SFI (Ireland); The Swedish Research Council (Sweden); and CAS and CNSF (China).

ISSN

1550-7998

Language

eng

Publisher

American Physical Society