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Measurement of Decay Parameters for $\Xi^{-} \to \Lambda \pi^{-}$ Decay

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Based on 1.35 million polarized Ξ\Xi^{-} events, we measure the parameter ϕΞ\phi_{\Xi} to be 1.61±2.66±0.37-1.61^{\circ} \pm 2.66^{\circ} \pm 0.37^{\circ} for ΞΛπ\Xi^{-} \to \Lambda \pi^{-} decay. New results for the parameters βΞ\beta_{\Xi} and γΞ\gamma_{\Xi} are also presented. Assuming that the CP-violating phase-shift difference is negligible, we deduce the strong phase-shift difference between the P-wave and S-wave amplitudes of the Λπ\Lambda\pi final state to be 3.17±5.28±0.733.17^{\circ} \pm 5.28^{\circ} \pm 0.73^{\circ}. This strong phase-shift difference reduces the theoretical uncertainty in estimating the level of CP violation in Ξ\Xi-hyperon decay.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0306047,
  title  = {Measurement of Decay Parameters for $\Xi^{-} \to \Lambda \pi^{-}$ Decay},
  author = {FNAL E756 Collaboration and A. Chakravorty and H. T. Diehl and J. Duryea and G. Guglielmo and K. Heller and P. M. Ho and C. James and K. Johns and D. M Kaplan and M. J. Longo and K. B. Luk and R. Rameika and H. A. Rubin and S. Teige and G. B. Thomson and Y. Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0306047},
  year   = {2008}
}

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To be published in Physical Review Letters

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