학술논문

Precision measurement of the $\Lambda_c^+$, $\Xi_c^+$ and $\Xi_c^0$ baryon lifetimes
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Working Paper
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LHCb collaborationAaij, R.Beteta, C. AbellánAdeva, B.Adinolfi, M.Aidala, C. A.Ajaltouni, Z.Akar, S.Albicocco, P.Albrecht, J.Alessio, F.Alexander, M.Albero, A. AlfonsoAlkhazov, G.Cartelle, P. AlvarezAlves Jr, A. A.Amato, S.Amhis, Y.An, L.Anderlini, L.Andreassi, G.Andreotti, M.Andrews, J. E.Archilli, F.Romeu, J. ArnauArtamonov, A.Artuso, M.Arzymatov, K.Aslanides, E.Atzeni, M.Audurier, B.Bachmann, S.Back, J. J.Baker, S.Balagura, V.Baldini, W.Baranov, A.Barlow, R. J.Barsuk, S.Barter, W.Bartolini, M.Baryshnikov, F.Batozskaya, V.Batsukh, B.Battig, A.Battista, V.Bay, A.Bedeschi, F.Bediaga, I.Beiter, A.Bel, L. J.Belin, S.Beliy, N.Bellee, V.Belloli, N.Belous, K.Belyaev, I.Bencivenni, G.Ben-Haim, E.Benson, S.Beranek, S.Berezhnoy, A.Bernet, R.Berninghoff, D.Bertholet, E.Bertolin, A.Betancourt, C.Betti, F.Bettler, M. O.Bezshyiko, Ia.Bhasin, S.Bhom, J.Bieker, M. S.Bifani, S.Billoir, P.Birnkraut, A.Bizzeti, A.Bjørn, M.Blago, M. P.Blake, T.Blanc, F.Blusk, S.Bobulska, D.Bocci, V.Garcia, O. BoenteBoettcher, T.Bondar, A.Bondar, N.Borghi, S.Borisyak, M.Borsato, M.Boubdir, M.Bowcock, T. J. V.Bozzi, C.Braun, S.Brodski, M.Brodzicka, J.Gonzalo, A. BrossaBrundu, D.Buchanan, E.Buonaura, A.Burr, C.Bursche, A.Butter, J. S.Buytaert, J.Byczynski, W.Cadeddu, S.Cai, H.Calabrese, R.Cali, S.Calladine, R.Calvi, M.Gomez, M. CalvoCamboni, A.Campana, P.Perez, D. H. CamporaCapriotti, L.Carbone, A.Carboni, G.Cardinale, R.Cardini, A.Carniti, P.Akiba, K. CarvalhoCasse, G.Cattaneo, M.Cavallero, G.Cenci, R.Chapman, M. G.Charles, M.Charpentier, Ph.Chatzikonstantinidis, G.Chefdeville, M.Chekalina, V.Chen, C.Chen, S.Chitic, S. -G.Chobanova, V.Chrzaszcz, M.Chubykin, A.Ciambrone, P.Vidal, X. CidCiezarek, G.Cindolo, F.Clarke, P. E. L.Clemencic, M.Cliff, H. V.Closier, J.Coco, V.Coelho, J. A. B.Cogan, J.Cogneras, E.Cojocariu, L.Collins, P.Colombo, T.Comerma-Montells, A.Contu, A.Coombs, G.Coquereau, S.Corti, G.Sobral, C. M. CostaCouturier, B.Cowan, G. A.Craik, D. C.Crocombe, A.Torres, M. 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Source
Phys. Rev. D 100, 032001 (2019)
Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Abstract
We report measurements of the lifetimes of the $\Lambda_c^+$, $\Xi_c^+$ and $\Xi_c^0$ charm baryons 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 charm baryons are reconstructed through the decays $\Lambda_c^+\to pK^-\pi^+$, $\Xi_c^+\to pK^-\pi^+$ and $\Xi_c^0\to pK^-K^-\pi^+$, and originate from semimuonic decays of beauty baryons. The lifetimes are measured relative to that of the $D^+$ meson, and are determined to be \begin{align*} \tau_{\Lambda_c^+} &= 203.5\pm1.0\pm1.3\pm1.4~{\rm fs}, \newline \tau_{\Xi_c^+} &= 456.8\pm3.5\pm2.9\pm3.1~{\rm fs}, \newline \tau_{\Xi_c^0} &= 154.5\pm1.7\pm1.6\pm1.0~{\rm fs}, \end{align*} where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the uncertainty in the $D^+$ lifetime. The measurements are approximately 3--4 times more precise than the current world average values. The $\Lambda_c^+$ and $\Xi_c^+$ lifetimes are in agreement with previous measurements; however, the $\Xi_c^0$ baryon lifetime is approximately 3.3 standard deviations larger than the world average value.
Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures. All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2019-008.html