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Non-spectator Contributions To The Lifetime of $\Lambda_{b}$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-01-17 v1

Abstract

In this work, we evaluate the contributions of non-spectator effects to the lifetimes of Λb\Lambda_b and B-mesons. Based on the well-established models and within a reasonable range of the concerned parameters, the contributions can reduce the lifetime of Λb\Lambda_b by 787 \sim 8% compared to that of B-mesons which are not significantly affected. This might partly explain the measured ratio τ(Λb)/τ(B0)=0.79\tau(\Lambda_{b})/\tau(B^{0})=0.79 \cite{Data}, which has been a long-standing discrepancy between theory and experimental data.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0304136,
  title  = {Non-spectator Contributions To The Lifetime of $\Lambda_{b}$},
  author = {Chao-Hsi Chang and Peng Guo and Xue-Qian Li and Guo-Li Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0304136},
  year   = {2018}
}