@article{3148678,
    title = "Measurement of the B- lifetime using a simulation free approach for
trigger bias correction",
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    journal = "Physical Review D",
    year = "2011",
    volume = "83",
    number = "3",
    publisher = "AMER PHYSICAL SOC",
    issn = "2470-0010, 2470-0029",
    doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.83.032008",
    abstract = "The collection of a large number of B-hadron decays to hadronic final
states at the CDF II Detector is possible due to the presence of a
trigger that selects events based on track impact parameters. However,
the nature of the selection requirements of the trigger introduces a
large bias in the observed proper-decay-time distribution. A lifetime
measurement must correct for this bias, and the conventional approach
has been to use a Monte Carlo simulation. The leading sources of
systematic uncertainty in the conventional approach are due to
differences between the data and the Monte Carlo simulation. In this
paper, we present an analytic method for bias correction without using
simulation, thereby removing any uncertainty due to the differences
between data and simulation. This method is presented in the form of a
measurement of the lifetime of the B- using the mode B- -> D-0 pi(-).
The B- lifetime is measured as tau(-)(B) = 1.663 +/- 0.023 +/- 0.015 ps,
where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.
This new method results in a smaller systematic uncertainty in
comparison to methods that use simulation to correct for the trigger
bias."
}