Measurement of the Lifetime of Bottom Hadrons

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10 October 1983

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 51 (15) , 1316-1319
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.51.1316

Abstract

The average lifetime of bottom hadrons was measured with the Mark II vertex detector at the storage ring PEP. The lifetime was determined by measuring the impact parameters of leptons produced in bottom decays.

τ_{b} = ({12.0}_{- 3.6}^{+ 4.5} \pm 3.0) \times 10^{- 13}

sec was found.

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