Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
1995-11-08
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Ph. D. thesis. 15 PostScript files (165 pages total). The ps files are in one .tar.gz file, and are also available via anonymo
Scientific paper
An extensive analysis was performed on 8.0 pb-1 of dimuon data produced in pi- - A collisions at 515 GeV/c to search for Lambda_b events in the decay channel Lambda_b --> J/psi Lambda^0, with J/psi --> mu^+ mu^- and Lambda^0 --> p pi^- (and for the conjugate reactions). The data was collected by the Fermilab fixed target experiments E672 and E706. Several cuts were applied to the Lambda^0 (and anti-Lambda^0) to make a clean Lambda^0 (and anti-Lambda^0) data sample. Among the cuts there was a K^0_s mass cut, in which if the Lambda^0 --> p pi^- (or conjugate reaction) had the mass of the K^0_s under the hypothesis of both tracks being pi^+ pi^-, the Lambda^0 (or anti-Lambda^0) candidates were rejected. The results show 2 events in the Lambda_b mass region. Using the E672/E706 measurement of the bb_bar cross-section, and considering the 2 Lambda_b event candidates as signal with zero background, an upper limit to F(Lambda_b) * Br(Lambda_b --> J/psi Lambda^0) was found to be less than 6.2x10^-2 at 90 % C. L. An upper limit was also calculate without using the K^0_s mass cut for the Lambda^0 s (and anti-Lambda^0 s), and again, requiring that the J/psi s originate from secondary vertices, giving that F(Lambda_b) * Br(Lambda_b --> J/psi Lambda^0) < 3.1x10^-2 at 90 % C. L. and F(Lambda_b) * Br(Lambda_b --> J/psi Lambda^0) < 3.2x10$^-2 at 90 % C.L., respectively.
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