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Study of the decay asymmetry parameter and CP violation parameter in the Lambdac+ --> Lambda pi+ decay

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Using data from the FOCUS (E831) experiment at Fermilab, we present a new measurement of the weak decay-asymmetry parameter alpha(Lambdac) in Lambdac --> Lambda pi decay. Comparing particle with antiparticle decays, we obtain the first measurement of the CP violation parameter : A = [alpha(Lambdac)+alpha(antiLambda_c)]/[alpha(Lambdac)-alpha(antiLambda_c)]. We obtain alpha(Lambdac)=-0.78+-0.16+-0.13 and A = -0.07+-0.19+-0.12 where errors are statistical and systematic.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0509042,
  title  = {Study of the decay asymmetry parameter and CP violation parameter in the Lambdac+ --> Lambda pi+ decay},
  author = {J. M. Link},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0509042},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

18 pages, to be submitted to Phys. Lett. B For a list of the FOCUS collaboration, see http://www-focus.fnal.gov/authors.html

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