Determination of the average lifetime of b-baryons

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作者
Abreu, P
Adam, W
Adye, T
Agasi, E
Ajinenko, I
Aleksan, R
Alekseev, GD
Alemany, R
Allport, PP
Almehed, S
Amaldi, U
Amato, S
Andreazza, A
Andrieux, ML
Antilogus, P
Apel, WD
Arnoud, Y
Asman, B
Augustin, JE
Augustinus, A
Baillon, P
Bambade, P
Barao, F
Barate, R
Barbi, M
Bardin, DY
Baroncelli, A
Barring, O
Barrio, JA
Bartl, W
Bates, MJ
Battaglia, M
Baubillier, M
Baudot, J
Becks, KH
Begalli, M
Beilliere, P
Belokopytov, Y
Belous, K
Benvenuti, AC
Berggren, M
Bertrand, D
Bianchi, F
Bigi, M
Bilenky, MS
Billoir, P
Bloch, D
Blume, M
Blyth, S
Bolognese, T
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS | 1996年 / 71卷 / 02期
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10.1007/s002880050164
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
The average lifetime of b-baryons has been studied using 3 x 10(6) hadronic Z(0) decays collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP. Three methods have been used, based on the measurement of different observables: the proper decay time distribution of 206 vertices reconstructed with a Lambda, a lepton and an oppositely charged pion; the impact parameter distribution of 441 muons with high transverse momentum accompanied by a Lambda in the same jet; and the proper decay time distribution of 125 Lambda(c)-lepton decay vertices with the Lambda(c) exclusively reconstructed through its pK pi, pK(0) and Lambda 3 pi decay modes. The combined result is: [GRAPHICS] where the first systematic error is due to experimental uncertainties and the second to the uncertainties in the modelling of the b-baryon production and semi-leptonic decay, Including the measurement recently published by DELPHI based on a sample of proton-muon vertices, the average b-baryon lifetime is: [GRAPHICS] [GRAPHICS]
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