Measurement of the B[+ over c] meson lifetime using B[+ over c] → J/ψ μ[superscript +] ν [subscript μ] X decays
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Counts, Ian Thomas Hunt; Williams, Michael; Ilten, Philip J
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The lifetime of the B[+ over c] meson is measured using semileptonic decays having a J/ψ meson and a muon in the final state. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb[superscript -1], are collected by the LHCb detector in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The measured lifetime is τ = 509 ± 8 ± 12 fs, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.
Date issued
2014-05Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
The European Physical Journal C
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Springer-Verlag
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Aaij, R., B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, et al. “Measurement of the B[+ over c] meson lifetime using B[+ over c] → J/ψ μ[superscript +] ν [subscript μ] X decays.” Eur. Phys. J. C 74, no. 5 (May 2014). © CERN for the benefit of the LHCb collaboration
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1434-6044
1434-6052