Abstract
Using a proton-proton collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb -1 collected by LHCb at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, about 3800 Ξ0 b Ξ + cπ -, Ξ c+ pK -π + signal decays are reconstructed. From this sample, the first measurement of the Ξ 0 b baryon lifetime is made, relative to that of the Λ 0 b baryon. The mass differences M(Ξ 0 b) - M(Λ 0 b) and M(Ξ c+) - M(Λ c+) are also measured with precision more than 4 times better than the current world averages. The resulting values are (Equation presented) where the first factor is the ratio of fragmentation fractions, b Ξ 0 b relative to b Λ 0 b. Relative production rates as functions of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity are also presented.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 032001 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 113 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration.
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)