Strange b baryon production and lifetime in Z decays

被引:44
作者
Buskulic, D
DeBonis, I
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Lees, JP
Lucotte, A
Minard, MN
Nief, JY
Odier, P
Pietrzyk, B
Casado, MP
Chmeissani, M
Crespo, JM
Delfino, M
Efthymiopoulos, I
Fernandez, E
FernandezBosman, M
Garrido, L
Juste, A
Martinez, M
Orteu, S
Padilla, C
Park, IC
Pascual, A
Perlas, JA
Riu, I
Sanchez, F
Teubert, F
Coaleo, A
Creanza, D
dePalma, M
Gelao, G
Girone, M
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Maggi, M
Marinelli, N
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
Ouyang, Q
Wang, T
机构
[1] UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA, INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES, BELLATERRA 08193, BARCELONA, SPAIN
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[3] ACAD SINICA, INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[4] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[5] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND, PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB, IN2P3, CNRS, F-63177 CLERMONT FERRAND, FRANCE
[6] NIELS BOHR INST, DK-2100 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
[7] DEMOCRITOS NUCL RES CTR, ATHENS, GREECE
[8] ECOLE POLYTECH, LAB PHYS NUCL & HAUTES ENERGIES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91128 PALAISEAU, FRANCE
[9] UNIV EDINBURGH, DEPT PHYS, EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
[10] UNIV FLORENCE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[11] FLORIDA STATE UNIV, SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306 USA
[12] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[13] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, LANARK, SCOTLAND
[14] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[15] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED, DEPT PHYS, LONDON SW7 2BZ, ENGLAND
[16] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST PHYS EXPT, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
[17] UNIV LANCASTER, DEPT PHYS, LANCASTER LA1 4YB, ENGLAND
[18] UNIV MAINZ, INST PHYS, D-55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
[19] FAC SCI LUMINY, CTR PHYS PARTICULES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-13288 MARSEILLE, FRANCE
[20] UNIV MILAN, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[21] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[22] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS, WERNER HEISENBERG INST, D-80805 MUNICH, GERMANY
[23] UNIV PARIS 11, ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[24] UNIV PISA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[25] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[26] UNIV LONDON, ROYAL HOLLOWAY & BEDFORD NEW COLL, DEPT PHYS, EGHAM TW20 0EX, SURREY, ENGLAND
[27] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, PARTICLE PHYS DEPT, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[28] CEA, DAPNIA, SERV PHYS PARTICULES, CE SACLAY, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[29] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, INST PARTICLE PHYS, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[30] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT PHYS, SHEFFIELD S3 7RH, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[31] UNIV SIEGEN, FACHBEREICH PHYS, D-57068 SIEGEN, GERMANY
[32] UNIV TRIESTE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[33] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[34] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[35] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT PHYS, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[36] UNIV TURIN, IST FIS GEN, TURIN, ITALY
[37] CNR, IST COSMOGEOFIS, I-10133 TURIN, ITALY
[38] UNIV BARCELONA, BARCELONA 08208, SPAIN
[39] KANGNUNG NATL UNIV, KANGNUNG, SOUTH KOREA
[40] UNIV SASSARI, IST MATEMAT & FIS, I-07100 SASSARI, ITALY
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
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D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(96)00925-2
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In a data sample of approximately four million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector from 1990 to 1995, a search for the strange b baryon Xi(b) is performed with a study of Xi-lepton correlations. Forty-four events with same sign Xi(-)l(-) combinations are found whereas 8.4 are expected based on the rate of opposite sign Xi(-)l(+) combinations. This significant excess is interpreted as evidence for Xi(b) semileptonic decays. The measured product branching ratio is Br(b-->Xi(b))xBr(Xi(b)-->X(c)Xl(-)<(nu)over bar (l)>)xBr(X(c)-->Xi(-)X')=(5.4+/-1.1(stat)+/-0.8(syst))x10(-4) per lepton species, averaged over electrons and muons, with X(c) a charmed baryon. The Xi(b) lifetime is measured to be tau(Xi b)=1.35(-0.28)(+0.37)(stat)(-0.17)(+0.15)(syst) ps.
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页码:449 / 460
页数:12
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