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${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ MEAN LIFE

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Measurements with an error ${}\geq{}$ $100 \times 10^{-15}$ s or with fewer than 20 events have been omitted from the Listings.

VALUE ($ 10^{-15} $ s) EVTS DOCUMENT ID TECN  COMMENT $\bf{ 201.5 \pm2.7}$ OUR AVERAGE  Error includes scale factor of 1.6.  See the ideogram below. $202.1$ $\pm1.7$ $\pm0.9$ 304k 1 AAIJ 2019 AG LHCB ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ $204.6$ $\pm3.4$ $\pm2.5$ 8034 LINK 2002 C FOCS ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ $198.1$ $\pm7.0$ $\pm5.6$ 1630 KUSHNIRENKO 2001 SELX ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ $179.6$ $\pm6.9$ $\pm4.4$ 4749 MAHMOOD 2001 CLE2 ${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\approx{}{{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$ $215$ $\pm16$ $\pm8$ 1340 FRABETTI 1993 D E687 ${{\mathit \gamma}}{}^{}\mathrm {Be}$, ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ • • We do not use the following data for averages, fits, limits, etc. • • $180$ $\pm30$ $\pm30$ 29 ALVAREZ 1990 NA14 ${{\mathit \gamma}}$, ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ $200$ $\pm30$ $\pm30$ 90 FRABETTI 1990 E687 ${{\mathit \gamma}}{}^{}\mathrm {Be}$, ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ $196$ ${}^{+23}_{-20}$ 101 BARLAG 1989 NA32 ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ + c.c. $220$ $\pm30$ $\pm20$ 97 ANJOS 1988 B E691 ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit K}^{-}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ + c.c. 1  AAIJ 2019AG reports [${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ MEAN LIFE] $/$ [${{\mathit D}^{\pm}}$ MEAN LIFE] = $0.1956$ $\pm0.0010$ $\pm0.0013$ which we multiply by our best value ${{\mathit D}^{\pm}}$ MEAN LIFE = ($1.033$ $\pm0.005$) $ \times 10^{-12}$ s. Our first error is their experiment's error and our second error is the systematic error from using our best value.

${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ mean life

References:

AAIJ 2019AG PR D100 032001 Precision measurement of the $\Lambda_c^+$, $\Xi_c^+$ and $\Xi_c^0$ baryon lifetimes LINK 2002C PRL 88 161801 A High Statistics Measurement of the ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ Lifetime KUSHNIRENKO 2001 PRL 86 5243 Precision Measurements of the ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ and ${{\mathit D}^{0}}$ Lifetimes MAHMOOD 2001 PRL 86 2232 Measurement of the ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ Lifetime FRABETTI 1993D PRL 70 1755 Measurement of the ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ Lifetime ALVAREZ 1990 ZPHY C47 539 Lifetime Measurements of the ${{\mathit D}^{+}}$, ${{\mathit D}^{0}}$, ${{\mathit D}_{{s}}^{+}}$, and ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ Charmed Particles FRABETTI 1990 PL B251 639 Measurement of the ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ and ${{\mathit D}_{{s}}^{+}}$ Lifetimes BARLAG 1989 PL B218 374 Precise Determination of the Lifetime of the Charmed Baryon ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}}$ ANJOS 1988B PRL 60 1379 Measurements of the ${{\mathit \Lambda}_{{c}}^{+}}$ Lifetime