Precision measurement of the ratio of the Lambda(0)(b) to (B)over-bar(0) lifetimes

LHCb collaboration; Sheldon L. Stone

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2014.05.021

Precision measurement of the ratio of the Lambda(0)(b) to (B)over-bar(0) lifetimes

LHCb collaboration, Sheldon L. Stone^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The LHCb measurement of the lifetime ratio of the Lambda(0)(b) baryon to the (B) over bar (0) meson is updated using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1) collected using 7 and 8 TeV centre-of-mass energy pp collisions at the LHC. The decay modes used are Lambda(0)(b) -> J/psi pK(-) and (B) over bar (0) -> J/psi pi K-+(-), where the pi K-+(-) mass is consistent with that of the (K) over bar*(0)(892) meson. The lifetime ratio is determined with unprecedented precision to be 0.974 +/- 0.006 +/- 0.004, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This result is in agreement with original theoretical predictions based on the heavy quark expansion. Using the current world average of the (B) over bar (0) lifetime, the Lambda(0)(b) lifetime is found to be 1.479 +/- 0.009 +/- 0.010 ps. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	122-130
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	734
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.05.021
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

DISCARDING 1/N(C)
INCLUSIVE DECAYS
BEAUTY
HADRONS
LATTICE
RULE

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