Measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry parameter αb and the helicity amplitudes for the decay Λ0b →J/ψΛ0 with the ATLAS detector

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Authors
  • G. Aad
  • [Unknown] et al.
  • R. Aben
  • L.J. Beemster
Publication date 2014
Journal Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology
Article number 092009
Volume | Issue number 89 | 9
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF)
Abstract A measurement of the parity-violating decay asymmetry parameter, αb, and the helicity amplitudes for the decay Λ0b→J/ψ(μ+μ−)Λ0(pπ−) is reported. The analysis is based on 1400 Λ0b and Λ¯0b baryons selected in 4.6  fb−1 of proton-proton collision data with a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. By combining the Λ0b and Λ¯0b samples under the assumption of CP conservation, the value of αb is measured to be 0.30 ± 0.16(stat) ± 0.06(syst). This measurement provides a test of theoretical models based on perturbative QCD or heavy-quark effective theory.
Document type Article
Note ATLAS Collaboration
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.092009
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