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Measurement of the Alpha Asymmetry Parameter for the Omega- to Lambda K- Decay

HyperCP Collaboration, Y. C. Chen, R. A. Burnstein, A. Chakravorty, A. Chan, W. S. Choong, K. Clark, E. C. Dukes, C. Durandet, J. Felix, G. Gidal, P. Gu, H. R. Gustafson, C. Ho, T. Holmstrom, M. Huang, C. James, C. M. Jenkins, D. M. Kaplan, L. M. Lederman, N. Leros, M. J. Longo, F. Lopez, L. C. Lu, W. Luebke, K. B. Luk, K. S. Nelson, H. K. Park, J. P. Perroud, D. Rajaram, H. A. Rubin, P. K. Teng, J. Volk, C. G. White, S. L. White, P. Zyla

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0502043

Abstract

We have measured the alpha parameter of the Omega- to Lambda K- decay using data collected with the HyperCP spectrometer during the 1997 fixed-target run at Fermilab. Analyzing a sample of 0.96 million Omega- to Lambda K-, Lambda to p pi- decays, we obtain alphaOmega*alphaLambda = [1.33+/-0.33(stat)+/-0.52(syst)] x 10-2. With the accepted value of alphaLambda, alphaOmega is found to be [2.07+/-0.51(stat)+/-0.81(syst)] x 10-2.

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