Published January 1, 2019 | Version v1
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And lifetime measurement in Pb–Pb collisions at Via Two-body Decay

  • 1. CERN

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An improved value for the lifetime of the (anti-)hypertriton has been obtained using the data sample of Pb–Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s}_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02$ TeV collected by the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The (anti-)hypertriton has been reconstructed via its charged two-body mesonic decay channel and the lifetime has been determined from an exponential fit to the dN/d(ct) spectrum. The measured value, $\tau ={242}_{-38}^{+34}$ (stat.) ± 17 (syst.) ps, is compatible with representative theoretical predictions, thus contributing to the solution of the longstanding hypertriton lifetime puzzle.

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