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Measurement of the Λ hyperon lifetime
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Acharya, S; Adamová, D; Adler, A; Rinella, G Aglieri; Agnello, M; Agrawal, N; Ahammed, Z; Ahmad, S; Ahn, SU; Ahuja, I; Akindinov, A; Al-Turany, M; Aleksandrov, D; Alessandro, B; Alfanda, HM; Molina, R Alfaro; Ali, B; Alici, A; Alizadehvandchali, N; Alkin, A; Alme, J; Alocco, G; Alt, T; Altsybeev, I; Anaam, MN; Andrei, C; Andronic, A; Anguelov, V; Antinori, F; Antonioli, P; Apadula, N; Aphecetche, L; Appelshäuser, H; Arata, C; Arcelli, S; Aresti, M; Arnaldi, R; Arneiro, JGMCA; Arsene, IC; Arslandok, M; Augustinus, A; Averbeck, R; Azmi, MD; Badalà, A; Bae, J; Baek, YW; Bai, X; Bailhache, R; Bailung, Y; Balbino, A; Baldisseri, A; Balis, B; Banerjee, D; Banoo, Z; Barbera, R; Barile, F; Barioglio, L; Barlou, M; Barnaföldi, GG; Barnby, LS; Barret, V; Barreto, L; Bartels, C; Barth, K; Bartsch, E; Bastid, N; Basu, S; Batigne, G; Battistini, D; Batyunya, B; Bauri, D; Alba, JL Bazo; Bearden, IG; Beattie, C; Becht, P; Behera, D; Belikov, I; Hechavarria, ADC Bell; Bellini, F; Bellwied, R; Belokurova, S; Belyaev, V; Bencedi, G; Beole, S; Bercuci, A; Berdnikov, Y; Berdnikova, A; Bergmann, L; Besoiu, MG; Betev, L; Bhaduri, PP; Bhasin, A; Bhat, MA; Bhattacharjee, B; Bianchi, L; Bianchi, N; Bielčík, J; Bielčíková, J; Biernat, J; Bigot, AP
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Physical Review D. 108(3)
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A new, more precise measurement of the Λ hyperon lifetime is performed using a large data sample of Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV with ALICE. The Λ and Λ¯ hyperons are reconstructed at midrapidity using their two-body weak decay channel Λ→p+π- and Λ¯→p¯+π+. The measured value of the Λ lifetime is τΛ=[261.07±0.37(stat.)±0.72(syst.)] ps. The relative difference between the lifetime of Λ and Λ¯, which represents an important test of CPT invariance in the strangeness sector, is also measured. The obtained value (τΛ-τΛ¯)/τΛ=0.0013±0.0028(stat.)±0.0021(syst.) is consistent with zero within the uncertainties. Both measurements of the Λ hyperon lifetime and of the relative difference between τΛ and τΛ¯ are in agreement with the corresponding world averages of the Particle Data Group and about a factor of three more precise.