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Measurement of the Bc-meson lifetime in the decay Bc-→J/ψπ

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Aaltonen, T; Álvarez González, B; Amerio, S; Amidei, D; Anastassov, A; Annovi, A; Antos, J; Apollinari, G; Appel, JA; Arisawa, T; Artikov, A ...
Published in: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
January 2, 2013

The lifetime of the Bc- meson is measured using 272 exclusive Bc-→J/ψ(→μ+μ-)π- decays reconstructed in data from proton-antiproton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6.7 fb-1 recorded by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The lifetime of the Bc- meson is measured to be τ(Bc-)=0.452±0.048(stat)±0.027(syst) ps. This is the first measurement of the Bc- meson lifetime in a fully reconstructed hadronic channel, and it agrees with previous results and has comparable precision. © 2013 American Physical Society.

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Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

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1550-2368

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1550-7998

Publication Date

January 2, 2013

Volume

87

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1

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Aaltonen, T., Álvarez González, B., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., … D’Errico, M. (2013). Measurement of the Bc-meson lifetime in the decay Bc-→J/ψπ. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 87(1). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.011101
Aaltonen, T., B. Álvarez González, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, et al. “Measurement of the Bc-meson lifetime in the decay Bc-→J/ψπ.” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 87, no. 1 (January 2, 2013). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.011101.
Aaltonen T, Álvarez González B, Amerio S, Amidei D, Anastassov A, Annovi A, et al. Measurement of the Bc-meson lifetime in the decay Bc-→J/ψπ. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2013 Jan 2;87(1).
Aaltonen, T., et al. “Measurement of the Bc-meson lifetime in the decay Bc-→J/ψπ.” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 87, no. 1, Jan. 2013. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.011101.
Aaltonen T, Álvarez González B, Amerio S, Amidei D, Anastassov A, Annovi A, Antos J, Apollinari G, Appel JA, Arisawa T, Artikov A, Asaadi J, Ashmanskas W, Auerbach B, Aurisano A, Azfar F, Badgett W, Bae T, Barbaro-Galtieri A, Barnes VE, Barnett BA, Barria P, Bartos P, Bauce M, Bedeschi F, Behari S, Bellettini G, Bellinger J, Benjamin D, Beretvas A, Bhatti A, Bisello D, Bizjak I, Bland KR, Blumenfeld B, Bocci A, Bodek A, Bortoletto D, Boudreau J, Boveia A, Brigliadori L, Bromberg C, Brucken E, Budagov J, Budd HS, Burkett K, Busetto G, Bussey P, Buzatu A, Calamba A, Calancha C, Camarda S, Campanelli M, Campbell M, Canelli F, Carls B, Carlsmith D, Carosi R, Carrillo S, Carron S, Casal B, Casarsa M, Castro A, Catastini P, Cauz D, Cavaliere V, Cavalli-Sforza M, Cerri A, Cerrito L, Chen YC, Chertok M, Chiarelli G, Chlachidze G, Chlebana F, Cho K, Chokheli D, Chung WH, Chung YS, Ciocci MA, Clark A, Clarke C, Compostella G, Convery ME, Conway J, Corbo M, Cordelli M, Cox CA, Cox DJ, Crescioli F, Cuevas J, Culbertson R, Dagenhart D, D’Ascenzo N, Datta M, De Barbaro P, Dell’Orso M, Demortier L, Deninno M, Devoto F, D’Errico M. Measurement of the Bc-meson lifetime in the decay Bc-→J/ψπ. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2013 Jan 2;87(1).

Published In

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI

EISSN

1550-2368

ISSN

1550-7998

Publication Date

January 2, 2013

Volume

87

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences