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Measurement of the mass and lifetime of the Ω−b baryon

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A proton-proton collision data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1 collected by LHCb at √s=7 and 8 TeV, is used to reconstruct 63 ± 9 Ωb- → Ωc0π-, Ωc0 → pK-K-π+ decays. Using the Ξb- → Ξc0π-, Ξc0 → pK-K-π+ decay mode for calibration, the lifetime ratio and the absolute lifetime of the Ωb- baryon are measured to be τΩb-/τΞb- = 1.11 ± 0.16 ± 0.03, τΩb- = 1.78 ± 0.26 ± 0.05 ± 0.06 ps, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic and from the calibration mode (for τΩb- only). A measurement is also made of the mass difference, mΩb - mΞb-, and the corresponding Ωb- mass, which yields mΩb - mΞb- = 247.4 ± 3.2 ± 0.5 MeV/c2, mΩb- = 6045.1 ± 3.2 ± 0.5 ± 0.6 MeV/c2. These results are consistent with previous measurements.
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10.1103/PhysRevD.93.092007

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University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
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University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Physics
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Particle Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Role:
Author



Publisher:
American Physical Society
Journal:
Physical Review D More from this journal
Volume:
93
Issue:
9
Publication date:
2016-05-01
Acceptance date:
2016-04-27
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2470-0029 and 2470-0010


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2016-11-13

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