<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Lifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment"^^ . "This thesis presents several lifetime measurements of b-flavoured hadrons at the LHCb experiment. They represent an important test of the theoretical approach to b-hadron observables known as HeavyQuark Expansion (HQE). This analysis uses data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 fb-1 collected in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. For the decays B+ -> J/psi K+, B0 -> J/psi K*0, B0 -> J/psi K0S, Lambdab -> J/psi Lambda and B0s -> J/psi phi the lifetimes are measured to be\r\n\r\ntau(B+ -> J/psi K+) = 1.637 +- 0.004 +- 0.003 ps,\r\ntau(B0 -> J/psi K*0) = 1.524 +- 0.006 +- 0.004 ps,\r\ntau(B0 -> J/psi K0S) = 1.499 +- 0.013 +- 0.005 ps,\r\ntau(Lambdab -> J/psi Lambda) = 1.415 +- 0.027 +- 0.006 ps,\r\ntau(B0s -> J/psi phi) = 1.480 +- 0.011 +- 0.005 ps,\r\n\r\nwhere the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. These are the most precise lifetime measurements in these decay modes to date. Ratios of these lifetimes also are reported in this thesis, as they are well-defined quantities where many theoretical or experimental uncertainties cancel. \r\nThe ratio of the decay width difference, Delta Gamma_d, to the average width, Gamma_d, in the B0 system is found to be Delta Gamma_d/ Gamma_d = - 0.044 +- 0.025 +- 0.011.\r\nUsing data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1 collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV, the measurements of the decay width difference, Delta Gamma_s, and the average width, Gamma_s, in the B0s system are performed. Using the decay B0s -> J/psi phi, they are measured to be\r\n\r\nDelta Gamma_s = 0.0805 +- 0.0091 +- 0.0033 ps-1,\r\nGamma_s = 0.6603 +- 0.0027 +- 0.0015 ps-1.\r\n\r\nThese are the most precise determinations of these observables ot date. All measurements are consistent with HQE predictions.\r\n\r\n"^^ . "2015" . . . . . . . "Francesca"^^ . "Dordei"^^ . "Francesca Dordei"^^ . . . . . . "Lifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment (PDF)"^^ . . . "dordei_thesis.pdf.pdf"^^ . . . "Lifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Lifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Lifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Lifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Lifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #18801 \n\nLifetime measurements of beauty hadrons at the LHCb experiment\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "530 Physik"@de . "530 Physics"@en . .