Measurement of the Λ hyperon lifetime

(ALICE Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.032009

Measurement of the Λ hyperon lifetime

(ALICE Collaboration)

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A new, more precise measurement of the Λ hyperon lifetime is performed using a large data sample of Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV with ALICE. The Λ and Λ¯ hyperons are reconstructed at midrapidity using their two-body weak decay channel Λ→p+π- and Λ¯→p¯+π+. The measured value of the Λ lifetime is τΛ=[261.07±0.37(stat.)±0.72(syst.)] ps. The relative difference between the lifetime of Λ and Λ¯, which represents an important test of CPT invariance in the strangeness sector, is also measured. The obtained value (τΛ-τΛ¯)/τΛ=0.0013±0.0028(stat.)±0.0021(syst.) is consistent with zero within the uncertainties. Both measurements of the Λ hyperon lifetime and of the relative difference between τΛ and τΛ¯ are in agreement with the corresponding world averages of the Particle Data Group and about a factor of three more precise.

Original language	English
Article number	032009
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	108
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.032009
State	Published - 2023.08.1

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