Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 Decay Form Factor

Details Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 Decay Form Factor Measurement of the Lambda_b^0 Decay Form Factor

2004-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0403040v1

Phys.Lett.B585:63-84,2004

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

24 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2004.01.086

The form factor of Lambda_b^0 baryons is estimated using 3.46 10^6 hadronic Z decays collected by the DELPHI experiment between 1992 and 1995. Charmed Lambda_c^+ baryons fully reconstructed in the pK-pi+, pK0_S, and Lambda pi+pi+pi- modes, are associated to a lepton with opposite charge in order to select Lambda_b^0 -> Lambda_c^+ l^- anti-nu_l decays. From a combined likelihood and event rate fit to the distribution of the Isgur-Wise variable w, and using the Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET), the slope of the b-baryon form factor is measured to be: rho-hat^2 = 2.03 +/- 0.46 (stat) ^{+0.72}_{-1.00} (syst). The exclusive semileptonic branching fraction Br(Lambda_b^0 -> Lambda_c^+ l^- anti-nu_l) can be derived from rho-hat^2 and is found to be (5.0^{+1.1}_{-0.8} (stat) ^{+1.6}_{-1.2} (syst))%. Limits on other branching fractions are also obtained.

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