Measurement of the <SUP>3</SUP><sub>Λ</sub>H lifetime in Au plus Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider



Adamczyk, L, Adams, JR, Adkins, JK, Agakishiev, G, Aggarwal, MM, Ahammed, Z, Ajitanand, NN, Alekseev, I, Alford, J, Anderson, DM
et al (show 335 more authors) (2018) Measurement of the <SUP>3</SUP><sub>Λ</sub>H lifetime in Au plus Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 97 (5). 054909-.

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Abstract

An improved measurement of the HΛ3 lifetime is presented. In this paper, the mesonic decay modes HΛ3→He3 + π- and HΛ3→d+p+π- are used to reconstruct the HΛ3 from Au+Au collision data collected by the STAR collaboration at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). A minimum χ2 estimation is used to determine the lifetime of τ=142-21+24(stat.)±29(syst.) ps. This lifetime is about 50% shorter than the lifetime τ=263±2 ps of a free Λ, indicating strong hyperon-nucleon interaction in the hypernucleus system. The branching ratios of the mesonic decay channels are also determined to satisfy B.R.(He3+π-)/(B.R.(He3+π-)+B.R.(d+p+π-))=0.32±0.05(stat.)±0.08(syst.). Our ratio result favors the assignment J(HΛ3)=12 over J(HΛ3)=32. These measurements will help to constrain models of hyperon-baryon interactions.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2020 13:25
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2024 22:49
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.97.054909
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3071002