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Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 lifetime in the exclusive decay Lambda_b^0 -> J/psi Lambda^0 in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

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Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 lifetime in the exclusive decay Lambda_b^0 -> J/psi Lambda^0 in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. / Collaboration, D0; Bertram, Iain; Borissov, Guennadi et al.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 85, No. 11, 112003, 07.06.2012.

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Collaboration, D, Bertram, I, Borissov, G, Fox, H, Ross, A, Williams, M & Ratoff, P 2012, 'Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 lifetime in the exclusive decay Lambda_b^0 -> J/psi Lambda^0 in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV', Physical Review D, vol. 85, no. 11, 112003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.112003

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Collaboration, D., Bertram, I., Borissov, G., Fox, H., Ross, A., Williams, M., & Ratoff, P. (2012). Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 lifetime in the exclusive decay Lambda_b^0 -> J/psi Lambda^0 in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. Physical Review D, 85(11), Article 112003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.112003

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Collaboration D, Bertram I, Borissov G, Fox H, Ross A, Williams M et al. Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 lifetime in the exclusive decay Lambda_b^0 -> J/psi Lambda^0 in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. Physical Review D. 2012 Jun 7;85(11):112003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.112003

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Collaboration, D0 ; Bertram, Iain ; Borissov, Guennadi et al. / Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 lifetime in the exclusive decay Lambda_b^0 -> J/psi Lambda^0 in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. In: Physical Review D. 2012 ; Vol. 85, No. 11.

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abstract = "We measure the Lambda_b^0 lifetime in the fully reconstructed decay Lambda_b^0 -> J/psi Lambda^0 using 10.4 fb^-1 of ppbar collisions collected with the D0 detector at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. The lifetime of the topologically similar decay channel B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S is also measured. We obtain tau(Lambda_b^0) = 1.303 +- 0.075 (stat.) +- 0.035 (syst.) ps and tau(B^0) = 1.508 +- 0.025 (stat.) +- 0.043 (syst.) ps. Using these measurements, we determine the lifetime ratio of tau(Lambda_b^0)/tau(B^0) = 0.864 +- 0.052 (stat.) +- 0.033 (syst.).",
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AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Ross, Anthony

AU - Williams, Mark

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