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A measurement of B baryon lifetime

Journal Article · · Bulletin of the American Physical Society
OSTI ID:243538
In a sample of 450,000 Z{sup 0}{r_arrow}q{bar q} events collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP, the average lifetime of b baryons has been studied. The signal is isolated using {Lambda}-lepton correlations in semileptonic decays of b baryons, and the lifetime of the b baryons is extracted from the lepton impact parameters. The lifetime of b baryon is measured to be 1.12{sub {minus}0.29}{sup +0.32}(stat) {+-} 0.16(syst) ps. Updated results using data recorded in 1992 with a silicon vertex detector shall also be presented.
OSTI ID:
243538
Report Number(s):
CONF-9304297--
Journal Information:
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Physical Society Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 38; ISSN 0003-0503; ISSN BAPSA6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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