In a data sample of approximately four million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector from 1990 to 1995, a search for the strange b baryon Xi(b) is performed with a study of Xi-lepton correlations. Forty-four events with same sign Xi(-)l(-) combinations are found whereas 8.4 are expected based on the rate of opposite sign Xi(-)l(+) combinations. This significant excess is interpreted as evidence for Xi(b) semileptonic decays. The measured product branching ratio is Br(b-->Xi(b))xBr(Xi(b)-->X(c)Xl(-)<(nu)over bar (l)>)xBr(X(c)-->Xi(-)X')=(5.4+/-1.1(stat)+/-0.8(syst))x10(-4) per lepton species, averaged over electrons and muons, with X(c) a charmed baryon. The Xi(b) lifetime is measured to be tau(Xi b)=1.35(-0.28)(+0.37)(stat)(-0.17)(+0.15)(syst) ps.

Strange b baryon production and lifetime in Z decays / Buskulic, D., Debonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.p., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.n., Nief, J.y., Odier, P., Pietrzyk, B., Casado, M.p., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J.m., Delfino, M., Efthymiopoulos, I., Fernandez, E., Fernandezbosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 384:1-4(1996), pp. 449-460. [10.1016/0370-2693(96)00925-2]

Strange b baryon production and lifetime in Z decays

CREANZA, Donato Maria;IASELLI, Giuseppe;MAGGI, Giorgio Pietro;
1996

Abstract

In a data sample of approximately four million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector from 1990 to 1995, a search for the strange b baryon Xi(b) is performed with a study of Xi-lepton correlations. Forty-four events with same sign Xi(-)l(-) combinations are found whereas 8.4 are expected based on the rate of opposite sign Xi(-)l(+) combinations. This significant excess is interpreted as evidence for Xi(b) semileptonic decays. The measured product branching ratio is Br(b-->Xi(b))xBr(Xi(b)-->X(c)Xl(-)<(nu)over bar (l)>)xBr(X(c)-->Xi(-)X')=(5.4+/-1.1(stat)+/-0.8(syst))x10(-4) per lepton species, averaged over electrons and muons, with X(c) a charmed baryon. The Xi(b) lifetime is measured to be tau(Xi b)=1.35(-0.28)(+0.37)(stat)(-0.17)(+0.15)(syst) ps.
1996
Strange b baryon production and lifetime in Z decays / Buskulic, D., Debonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.p., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.n., Nief, J.y., Odier, P., Pietrzyk, B., Casado, M.p., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J.m., Delfino, M., Efthymiopoulos, I., Fernandez, E., Fernandezbosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 384:1-4(1996), pp. 449-460. [10.1016/0370-2693(96)00925-2]
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