PT Journal
AU LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, Rea
   Martinez-Vidal, F
   Oyanguren, A
   Ruiz Valls, P
   Sanchez Mayordomo, C
TI Measurement of the Xi(-)(b) and Omega(-)(b) baryon lifetimes
SO Physics Letters B
JI Phys. Lett. B
PY 2014
BP 154
EP 162
VL 736
DI 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.06.064
LA English
AB Using a data sample of pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1), the Xi(-)(b) and Omega(-)(b) baryons are reconstructed in the Xi(-)(b) -> J/psi Xi(-) and Omega(-)(b) -> J/psi Omega(-) decay modes and their lifetimes measured to be tau(Xi(-)(b)) = 1.55(-0.09)(+0.10) (stat) +/- 0.03 (syst) ps, tau(Omega(-)(b)) = 1.54(-0.21)(+0.26) (stat) +/- 0.05 (syst) ps. These are the most precise determinations to date. Both measurements are in good agreement with previous experimental results and with theoretical predictions.
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