MEASUREMENTS OF THE B-BARYON LIFETIME

Authors
BUSKULIC D CASPER D DEBONIS I DECAMP D GHEZ P GOY C LEES JP MINARD MN ODIER P PIETRZYK B ARIZTIZABAL F CHMEISSANI M CRESPO JM EFTHYMIOPOULOS I FERNANDEZ E FERNANDEZBOSMAN M GAITAN V GARRIDO L MARTINEZ M ORTEU S PACHECO A PADILLA C PALLA F PASCUAL A PERLAS JA SANCHEZ F TEUBERT F COLALEO A CREANZA D DEPALMA M FARILLA A GELAO G GIRONE M IASELLI G MAGGI G MARINELLI N NATALI S NUZZO S RANIERI A RASO G ROMANO F RUGGIERI F SELVAGGI G SILVESTRIS L TEMPESTA P ZITO G HUANG X LIN J OUYANG Q WANG T XIE Y XU R XUE S ZHANG J ZHANG L ZHAO W BONVICINI G CASSEL D CATTANEO M COMAS P COYLE P DREVERMANN H ENGELHARDT A FORTY RW FRANK M HAGELBERG R HARVEY J JACOBSEN R JANOT P JOST B KNOBLOCH J LEHRAUS I MAGGI M MARKOU C MARTIN EB MATO P MEINHARD H MINTEN A MIQUEL R OEST T PALAZZI P PATER JR PUSZTASZERI JF RANJARD F RENSING P ROLANDI L SCHLATTER D SCHMELLING M SCHNEIDER O TEJESSY W TOMALIN IR VENTURI A WACHSMUTH H WIEDENMANN W WILDISH T WITZELING W WOTSCHACK J AJALTOUNI Z BARDADINOTWINOWSKA M BARRES A BOYER C FALVARD A GAY P GUICHENEY C HENRARD P JOUSSET J MICHEL B MONTEIL S MONTRET JC PALLIN D PERRET P PODLYSKI F PRORIOL J ROSSIGNOL JM SAADI F FEARNLEY T HANSEN JB HANSEN JD HANSEN JR HANSEN PH NILSSON BS KYRIAKIS A SIMOPOULOU E SIOTIS I VAYAKI A ZACHARIADOU K BLONDEL A BONNEAUD G BRIENT JC BOURDON P PASSALACQUA L ROUGE A RUMPF M TANAKA R VALASSI A VERDERI M VIDEAU H CANDLIN DJ PARSONS MI FOCARDI E PARRINI G CORDEN M DELFINO M GEORGIOPOULOS C JAFFE DE ANTONELLI A BENCIVENNI G BOLOGNA G BOSSI F CAMPANA P CAPON G CHIARELLA V FELICI G LAURELLI P MANNOCCHI G MURTAS F MURTAS GP PEPEALTARELLI M DORRIS SJ HALLEY AW TENHAVE I KNOWLES IG LYNCH JG MORTON WT OSHEA V RAINE C REEVES P SCARR JM SMITH K SMITH MG THOMPSON AS THOMSON F THORN S TURNBULL RM BECKER U BRAUN O GEWENIGER C GRAEFE G HANKE P HEPP V KLUGE EE PUTZER A RENSCH B SCHMIDT M SOMMER J STENZEL H TITTEL K WERNER S WUNSCH M BEUSELINCK R BINNIE DM CAMERON W COLLING DJ DORMAN PJ KONSTANTINIDIS N MONETA L MOUTOUSSI A NASH J SANMARTIN G SEDGBEER JK STACEY AM DISSERTORI G GIRTLER P KNERINGER E KUHN D RUDOLPH G BOWDERY CK BRODBECK TJ COLRAIN P CRAWFORD G FINCH AJ FOSTER F HUGHES G SLOAN T WHELAN EP WILLIAMS MI GALLA A GREENE AM KLEINKNECHT K QUAST G RAAB J RENK B SANDER HG WANKE R ZEITNITZ C AUBERT JJ BENCHEIKH AM BENCHOUK C BONISSENT A BUJOSA G CALVET D CARR J DIACONU C ETIENNE F THULASIDAS M NICOD D PAYRE P ROUSSEAU D TALBY M ABT L ASSMANN R BAUER C BLUM W BROWN D DIETL H DYDAK F GANIS G GOTZHEIN C JAKOBS K KROHA H LUTJENS G LUTZ G MANNER W MOSER HG RICHTER R ROSADOSCHLOSSER A SETTLES R SEYWERD H STIERLIN U STDENIS R WOLF G ALEMANY R BOUCROT J CALLOT O CORDIER A COURAULT F DAVIER M DUFLOT L GRIVAZ JF HEUSSE P JACQUET M KIM DW LEDIBERDER F LEFRANCOIS J LUTZ AM MUSOLINO G NIKOLIC I PARK HJ PARK IC SCHUNE MH SIMION S VEILLET JJ VIDEAU I ABBANEO D AZZURRI P BAGLIESI G BATIGNANI G BETTARINI S BOZZI C CALDERINI G CARPINELLI M CIOCCI MA CIULLI V DELLORSO R FANTECHI R FERRANTE I FOA L FORTI F GAMBINO D GIASSI A GIORGI MA GREGORIO A LIGABUE F LUSIANI A MARROCCHESI PS MESSINEO A RIZZO G SANGUINETTI G SCIABA A SPAGNOLO P STEINBERGER J TENCHINI R TONELLI G TRIGGIANI G VANNINI C VERDINI PG WALSH J BETTERIDGE AP BLAIR GA BRYANT LM CERUTTI F GAO Y GREEN MG JOHNSON DL MEDCALF T MIR LM PERRODO P STRONG JA BERTIN V BOTTERILL DR CLIFFT RW EDGECOCK TR HAYWOOD S EDWARDS M MALEY P NORTON PR THOMPSON JC BLOCHDEVAUX B COLAS P DUARTE H EMERY S KOZANECKI W LANCON E LEMAIRE MC LOCCI E MARX B PEREZ P RANDER J RENARDY JF ROSOWSKY A ROUSSARIE A SCHULLER JP SCHWINDLING J SIMOHAND D TRABELSI A VALLAGE B JOHNSON RP KIM HY LITKE AM MCNEIL MA TAYLOR G BEDDALL A BOOTH CN BOSWELL R CARTWRIGHT S COMBLEY F DAWSON I KOKSAL A LETHO M NEWTON WM RANKIN C THOMSPON LF BOHRER A BRANDT S COWAN G FEIGL E GRUPEN C LUTTERS G MINGUETRODRIGUEZ J RIVERA F SARAIVA P SMOLIK L STEPHAN F APOLLONIO M BOSISIO L DELLAMARINA R GIANNINI G GOBBO B RAGUSA F ROTHBERG J WASSERBAECH S ARMSTRONG SR BELLANTONI L ELMER P FENG Z FERGUSON DPS GAO YS GONZALEZ S GRAHL J HARTON JL HAYES OJ HU H MCNAMARA PA NACHTMAN JM OREJUDOS W PAN YB SAADI Y SCHMITT M SCOTT IJ SHARMA V TURK JD WALSH AM WU SL WU X YAMARTINO JM ZHENG M ZOBERNIG G
Citation
D. Buskulic et al., MEASUREMENTS OF THE B-BARYON LIFETIME, Physics letters. Section B, 357(4), 1995, pp. 685-698
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
357
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
685 - 698
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)357:4<685:MOTBL>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Using about 1.5 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH dete ctor, the lifetime of the b baryons has been measured using two indepe ndent data samples. From a maximum likelihood fit to the impact parame ter distribution of leptons in 519 Lambda l(-) combinations containing a b baryon sample of 290 decays, the measured b baryon lifetime is ta u(b-baryon) = 1.05(-0.11)(+0.12)(stat) +/-0.09(syst) ps. The lifetime of the Lambda(b)(0) baryon from a maximum likelihood fit to the proper time distribution of 58 Lambda(c)(+)l(-) candidates containing a Lamb da(b)(0) sample of 44 decays, is tau(Lambda b0) = 1.02(-0.18)(+0.23)(s tat) +/- 0.06(syst) ps.