Measurement of the Λ hyperon lifetime
Result description
A new, more precise measurement of the. hyperon lifetime is performed using a large data sample of Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV with ALICE. The Lambda and (Lambda) over bar hyperons are reconstructed at midrapidity using their two-body weak decay channel Lambda -> p + pi(-) and (Lambda) over bar -> (p ) over bar + pi(+). The measured value of the. lifetime is tau(Lambda) = [261.07 +/- 0.37(stat.) +/- 0.72o(syst)]ps. The relative difference between the lifetime of Lambda and (Lambda) over bar, which represents an important test of CPT invariance in the strangeness sector, is also measured. The obtained value (tau(Lambda) - tau((Lambda) over bar))/tau(Lambda) = (0.0013 +/- 0.0028(stat.) +/- 0.0021(syst.) is consistent with zero within the uncertainties. Both measurements of the. hyperon lifetime and of the relative difference between tau(Lambda) and tau((Lambda) over bar) are in agreement with the corresponding world averages of the Particle Data Group and about a factor of three more precise.
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The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
Alternative codes found
RIV/68378271:_____/23:00579050 RIV/68407700:21340/23:00372285
Result on the web
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Measurement of the Λ hyperon lifetime
Original language description
A new, more precise measurement of the. hyperon lifetime is performed using a large data sample of Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV with ALICE. The Lambda and (Lambda) over bar hyperons are reconstructed at midrapidity using their two-body weak decay channel Lambda -> p + pi(-) and (Lambda) over bar -> (p ) over bar + pi(+). The measured value of the. lifetime is tau(Lambda) = [261.07 +/- 0.37(stat.) +/- 0.72o(syst)]ps. The relative difference between the lifetime of Lambda and (Lambda) over bar, which represents an important test of CPT invariance in the strangeness sector, is also measured. The obtained value (tau(Lambda) - tau((Lambda) over bar))/tau(Lambda) = (0.0013 +/- 0.0028(stat.) +/- 0.0021(syst.) is consistent with zero within the uncertainties. Both measurements of the. hyperon lifetime and of the relative difference between tau(Lambda) and tau((Lambda) over bar) are in agreement with the corresponding world averages of the Particle Data Group and about a factor of three more precise.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10304 - Nuclear physics
Result continuities
Project
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Physical Review D
ISSN
2470-0010
e-ISSN
2470-0029
Volume of the periodical
108
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
032009
UT code for WoS article
001090589600002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85168848895
Result type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
OECD FORD
Nuclear physics
Year of implementation
2023