Measurement of the Lifetime of Bottom Hadrons
Author(s) -
N. S. Lockyer,
J. A. Jaros,
M. E. Nelson,
G. S. Abrams,
D. Amidei,
A. Baden,
C. Blocker,
A. M. Boyarski,
M. Breidenbach,
P. R. Burchat,
D. L. Burke,
J. M. Dorfan,
G. J. Feldman,
G. Gidal,
L. Gladney,
Michael S. Gold,
G. Goldhaber,
L. Golding,
Gail Hanson,
D. Herrup,
R. J. Hollebeek,
W. R. Innes,
M. Jonker,
I. Juricic,
J. Kadyk,
A. J. Lankford,
R. R. Larsen,
B. W. LeClaire,
M. E. Levi,
V. Lüth,
C. Matteuzzi,
R. A. Ong,
M. L. Perl,
B. Richter,
Marc Ross,
P. C. Rowson,
T. Schaad,
H. Schellman,
D. Schlatter,
P. Sheldon,
J. Strait,
G. H. Trilling,
L. De Paula,
J. Yelton,
C. Zaiser
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.51.1316
Subject(s) - hadron , physics , lepton , particle physics , nuclear physics , storage ring , vertex (graph theory) , electron–positron annihilation , elementary particle , combinatorics , electron , optics , graph , mathematics , beam (structure)
We have measured the average lifetime of bottom hadrons using the Mark II Vertex Detector at PEP. The lifetime was determined by measuring the impact parameters of leptons produced in bottom decays. We find q=( 12.0+$:&3.0) X lo-l3 sec.
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