Measurement of the omega(0)(c) baryon lifetime
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We report a measurement of the lifetime of the Ω0c baryon using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment. The sample consists of about 1000 Ω−b→Ω0cμ−¯νμX signal decays, where the Ω0c baryon is detected in the pK−K−π+ final state and X represents possible additional undetected particles in the decay. The Ω0c lifetime is measured to be τΩ0c=268±24±10±2 fs, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and from the uncertainty in the D+ lifetime, respectively. This value is nearly four times larger than, and inconsistent with, the current world-average value.
Date Issued
2018-08-31
Date Acceptance
2018-08-07
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2018, 121 (9)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
121
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© 2018 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
INCLUSIVE WEAK DECAYS
DISCARDING 1/N(C)
RULE
TOOL
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 092003