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Measurement of the $\Lambda_c^+$ lifetime

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2025-10-14 v4

Abstract

An absolute measurement of the Λc+\Lambda^{+}_c lifetime is reported using Λc+pKπ+\Lambda_c^+\rightarrow pK^-\pi^+ decays in events reconstructed from data collected by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy electron-positron collider. The total integrated luminosity of the data sample, which was collected at center-of-mass energies at or near the Υ(4S)\Upsilon(4S) resonance, is 207.2 \mboxfb1207.2~\mbox{fb}^{-1}. The result, τ(Λc+)=203.20±0.89(stat)±0.77(syst)\tau(\Lambda^{+}_c) = 203.20 \pm 0.89 \,\mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.77 \,\mathrm{(syst)} fs, is the most precise measurement to date and is consistent with previous determinations.

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@article{arxiv.2206.15227,
  title  = {Measurement of the $\Lambda_c^+$ lifetime},
  author = {Belle II Collaboration and F. Abudinén and L. Aggarwal and H. Ahmed and J. K. Ahn and H. Aihara and N. Akopov and A. Aloisio and N. Anh Ky and D. M. Asner and H. Atmacan and T. Aushev and V. Aushev and V. Babu and H. Bae and P. Bambade and Sw. Banerjee and S. Bansal and J. Baudot and M. Bauer and A. Baur and A. Beaubien and J. Becker and J. V. Bennett and E. Bernieri and F. U. Bernlochner and V. Bertacchi and M. Bertemes and E. Bertholet and M. Bessner and S. Bettarini and V. Bhardwaj and F. Bianchi and T. Bilka and D. Biswas and D. Bodrov and A. Bolz and G. Bonvicini and A. Bozek and M. Bračko and P. Branchini and R. A. Briere and T. E. Browder and A. Budano and S. Bussino and M. Campajola and L. Cao and G. Casarosa and C. Cecchi and M. -C. Chang and P. Chang and R. Cheaib and P. Cheema and C. Chen and Y. Q. Chen and Y. -T. Chen and B. G. Cheon and K. Chilikin and K. Chirapatpimol and H. -E. Cho and K. Cho and S. -J. Cho and S. -K. Choi and S. Choudhury and D. 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  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.15227},
  year   = {2025}
}

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