@article{3045800, title = "MEASUREMENT OF LAMBDA-B PRODUCTION AND LIFETIME IN Z0 HADRONIC DECAYS", author = "ABREU, P and ADAM, W and ADYE, T and AGASI, E and AJINENKO, I and and ALEKSAN, R and ALEKSEEV, GD and ALGERI, A and ALLEN, P and ALMEHED, S and and ALVSVAAG, SJ and AMALDI, U and ANDREAZZA, A and ANTILOGUS, P and and APEL, WD and APSIMON, RJ and ARNOUD, Y and ASMAN, B and AUGUSTIN, JE and and AUGUSTINUS, A and BAILLON, P and BAMBADE, P and BARAO, F and BARATE, R and and BARBIELLINI, G and BARDIN, DY and BARKER, GJ and BARONCELLI, A and and BARRING, O and BARRIO, JA and BARTL, W and BATES, MJ and BATTAGLIA, M and and BAUBILLIER, M and BECKS, KH and BEESTON, CJ and BEGALLI, M and and BEILLIERE, P and BELOKOPYTOV, Y and BELTRAN, P and BENEDIC, D and and BENVENUTI, AC and BERGGREN, M and BERTRAND, D and BIANCHI, F and and BILENKY, MS and BILLOIR, P and BJARNE, J and BLOCH, D and BLYTH, S and and BOCCI, V and BOGOLUBOV, PN and BOLOGNESE, T and BONESINI, M and and BONIVENTO, W and BOOTH, PSL and BORISOV, G and BORNER, H and BOSIO, C and and BOSTJANCIC, B and BOSWORTH, S and BOTNER, O and BOUQUET, B and and BOURDARIOS, C and BOWCOCK, TJV and BOZZO, M and BRAIBANT, S and and BRANCHINI, P and BRAND, KD and BRENNER, RA and BRIAND, H and BRICMAN, C and and BROWN, RCA and BRUMMER, N and BRUNET, JM and BUGGE, L and BURAN, T and and BURMEISTER, H and BUYTAERT, JAMA and CACCIA, M and CALVI, M and and ROZAS, AJC and CAMPION, R and CAMPORESI, T and CANALE, V and CAO, F and and CARENA, F and CARROLL, L and CASO, C and GIMENEZ, MVC and CATTAI, A and and CAVALLO, FR and CERRITO, L and CHABAUD, V and CHAN, A and CHAPKIN, M and and CHARPENTIER, P and CHAUSSARD, L and CHAUVEAU, J and CHECCHIA, P and and CHELKOV, GA and CHEVALIER, L and CHLIAPNIKOV, P and CHOROWICZ, V and and CHRIN, JTM and COLLINS, P and CONTRERAS, JL and CONTRI, R and CORTINA, E and and COSME, G and COUCHOT, F and CRAWLEY, HB and CRENNELL, D and and CROSETTI, G and CROZON, M and MAESTRO, JC and CZELLAR, S and 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"PHYSICS LETTERS B", year = "1993", volume = "311", number = "1-4", pages = "379-390", publisher = "Elsevier", issn = "0370-2693", doi = "10.1016/0370-2693(93)90585-6", abstract = "Evidence for the production of b-flavoured baryons in Z0 decays is reported from the analysis of 365 000 hadronic events collected by the DELPHI detector. Assuming that most of the weakly decaying b flavoured baryons produced by the Z0 are LAMBDA(b), the observed signal of (LAMBDAl- + LAMBDAl+BAR) pairs, where l is a high transverse momentum lepton in the same jet as the LAMBDA, leads to a production rate: f (b –> LAMBDA(b)) x Br(LAMBDA(b) –> LAMBDAlnuX) = (0.41 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.09)%. Using a sample of 18 reconstructed LAMBDA(b) decay vertices, the lifetime is determined to be tau(LAMBDA(b)) = ( 1.04(-0.38)+0.48 +/- 0.10) ps." }