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Phys. Rev. D 57, 5382–5401 (1998)

Measurement of B hadron lifetimes using J/ψ final states at CDF

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F. Abe et al. (CDF Collaboration)
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Received 27 October 1997; published in the issue dated 1 May 1998

The average bottom-hadron and individual B+, B0, and Bs0 meson lifetimes have been determined using decays with a J/ψμ+μ- in the final state. The data sample consists of 110 pb-1 of p̅ p collisions at s=1.8 TeV collected by the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider during 1992–1995. For the average lifetime of B hadrons decaying into J/ψ+X, we obtain τb=1.533±0.015(stat)-0.031+0.035(syst) ps. For the B+ and B0 meson lifetimes, we determine τ(B+)=1.68±0.07(stat) ± 0.02(syst) ps, τ(B0)=1.58±0.09(stat) ± 0.02(syst) ps, and τ(B+)/τ(B0)=1.06±0.07(stat) ± 0.02(syst). For the Bs0 meson lifetime, we find τ(Bs0)=1.34-0.19+0.23(stat) ± 0.05(syst) ps.

© 1998 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.57.5382
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.57.5382
PACS:
14.40.Nd, 13.25.Hw