Measurement of b hadron lifetimes in pp collisions at root s=8TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
Measurements are presented of the lifetimes of the B0, B0s, Λ0b, and B+c hadrons using the decay channels B0→J/ψK∗(892)0, B0→J/ψK0S, B0s→J/ψπ+π−, B0s→J/ψϕ(1020), Λ0b→J/ψΛ0, and B+c→J/ψπ+. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7fb-1, was collected by the CMS detector at the LHC in proton–proton collisions at s√=8TeV. The B0 lifetime is measured to be 453.0±1.6(stat)±1.8(syst)μm in J/ψK∗(892)0and 457.8±2.7(stat)±2.8(syst)μm in J/ψK0S, which results in a combined measurement of cτB0=454.1±1.4(stat)±1.7(syst)μm. The effective lifetime of the B0s meson is measured in two decay modes, with contributions from different amounts of the heavy and light eigenstates. This results in two different measured lifetimes: cτB0s→J/ψπ+π−=502.7±10.2(stat)±3.4(syst)μm and cτB0s→J/ψϕ(1020)=443.9±2.0(stat)±1.5(syst)μm. The Λ0b lifetime is found to be 442.9±8.2(stat)±2.8(syst)μm. The precision from each of these channels is as good as or better than previous measurements. The B+c lifetime, measured with respect to the B+ to reduce the systematic uncertainty, is 162.3±7.8(stat)±4.2(syst)±0.1(τB+)μm. All results are in agreement with current world-average values.
Date Issued
2018-06
Date Acceptance
2018-05-25
Citation
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2018, 78 (6)
ISSN
1434-6044
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Volume
78
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2018 CERN for the benefit of the CMS collaboration. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
C MESON LIFETIME
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BCVEGPY
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Publication Status
Published
Article Number
457
Date Publish Online
2018-06-07