Allbrooke, B M M, Asquith, L, Cerri, A, Chavez Barajas, C A, De Santo, A, Salvatore, F, Santoyo Castillo, I, Suruliz, K, Sutton, M R, Vivarelli, I and The ATLAS Collaboration, et al. (2014) Measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry parameter αb and the helicity amplitudes for the decay Λ0b→J/ψΛ0 with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 89 (092009). ISSN 2470-0010

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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 ¯Λ0b 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 ¯Λ0b 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.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Experimental Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Billy Wichaidit
Date Deposited:	03 May 2017 14:18
Last Modified:	03 May 2017 14:26
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/67646

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