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Improved measurements of the B0 and B+ meson lifetimes

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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Updated measurements of the B0 and B+ meson lifetimes are presented. From a data sample of 1.72 million hadronic Z0 decays recorded during the period 1991 to 1993, a sample of approximately 1000 semileptonic B meson decays containing a D0, D+ or D*+ has been isolated. From the distribution of decay times in the different samples the lifetimes of the B0 and B+ mesons are determined to be 1.53±0.12±0.08 ps and 1.52±0.14±0.09 ps, respectively, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. The ratio of the B+ to B0 lifetimes is measured to be 0.99±0.14 +0.05−0.04 , confirming expectations that the lifetimes are similar.

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OPAL Collaboration., Akers, R., Alexander, G. et al. Improved measurements of the B0 and B+ meson lifetimes. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 67, 379–388 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01624581

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