Measurement of the $\Lambda_b$ polarization and angular parameters in $\Lambda_b\to J/\psi\, \Lambda$ decays from pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV

Bakhshiansohi, Hamed;Bondu, Olivier;Brochet, Sébastien;Bruno, Giacomo;CMS Collaboration;et.al.
(2018) Physical Review D — Vol. D97, p. 72010 (2018)

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  • Bakhshiansohi, HamedUCLouvain
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  • Bondu, OlivierUCLouvain
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  • Brochet, SébastienUCLouvain
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  • Caputo, ClaudioUCLouvain
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  • Caudron, AdrienUCLouvain
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  • David, PieterUCLouvain
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  • De Visscher, SimonUCLouvain
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  • Delcourt, MartinUCLouvain
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  • Komm, MatthiasUCLouvain
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  • Krintiras, GeorgiosUCLouvain
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  • Magitteri, AlessioUCLouvain
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  • Mertens, AlexandreUCLouvain
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  • Musich, MarcoUCLouvain
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  • Piotrzkowski, KrzysztofUCLouvain
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  • Saggio, AlessiaUCLouvain
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  • Vidal Marono, MiguelUCLouvain
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  • Wertz, SébastienUCLouvain
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  • Zobec, JozeUCLouvain
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Abstract
An analysis of the bottom baryon decay Λb→J/ψ(→μ+μ-)Λ(→pπ-) is performed to measure the Λb polarization and three angular parameters in data from pp collisions at s=7 and 8 TeV, collected by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The Λb polarization is measured to be 0.00±0.06(stat)±0.06(syst) and the parity-violating asymmetry parameter is determined to be 0.14±0.14(stat)±0.10(syst). The measurements are compared to various theoretical predictions, including those from perturbative quantum chromodynamics.
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Bakhshiansohi, H., Bondu, O., Brochet, S., Bruno, G., Caputo, C., Caudron, A., David, P., De Visscher, S., Delaere, C., Delcourt, M., François, B., Giammanco, A., Komm, M., Krintiras, G., Lemaitre, V., Magitteri, A., Mertens, A., Musich, M., Piotrzkowski, K., et al. (2018). Measurement of the $\Lambda_b$ polarization and angular parameters in $\Lambda_b\to J/\psi\, \Lambda$ decays from pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV. Physical Review D, D97, 72010. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072010 (Original work published 2018)