Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the Ξ-b baryon

LHCb Collaboration; R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; A. Affolder; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; L. An; L. Anderlini; J. Anderson; R. Andreassen; M. Andreotti; J. E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; O. Aquines Gutierrez; F. Archilli; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; S. Bachmann; J. J. Back; A. Badalov; C. Baesso; W. Baldini; R. J. Barlow; C. Barschel; S. Barsuk; S. Bifani; N. Farley; P. Griffith; P. Ilten; I. R. Kenyon; C. Lazzeroni; A. Mazurov; J. McCarthy; C. J. Parkinson; L. Pescatore; D. Popov; N. K. Watson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.242002

Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the Ξ^-_b baryon

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, J. AndersonR. Andreassen, M. Andreotti, J. E. Andrews, R. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, C. Baesso, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, S. Bifani, N. Farley, P. Griffith, P. Ilten, I. R. Kenyon, C. Lazzeroni, A. Mazurov, J. McCarthy, C. J. Parkinson, L. Pescatore, D. Popov, N. K. Watson

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We report on measurements of the mass and lifetime of the Ξ^-_b baryon using about 1800 Ξ^-_b decays reconstructed in a proton-proton collision data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb^-1, collected by the LHCb experiment. The decays are reconstructed in the Ξ^-_b → Ξ⁰_cπ^-, Ξ⁰_c → pK^-K^-π⁺, channel and the mass and lifetime are measured using the Λ⁰_b → Λ⁺_Cπ^- mode as a reference. We measure M(Ξ^-_b) - M(Λ⁰_b) = 178.36±0.46±0.16 MeV/c², (τΞ^-_b/τΛ⁰_b) = 1.089±0.026±0.011, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. These results lead to a factor of 2 better precision on the Ξ^-_b mass and lifetime compared to previous best measurements, and are consistent with theoretical expectations.

Original language	English
Article number	242002
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	113
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.242002
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2014

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LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., ... Watson, N. K. (2014). Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the Ξ^-_b baryon. Physical Review Letters, 113(24), Article 242002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.242002

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