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Measurement ofbHadron Lifetimes in Exclusive Decays Containing aJ/ψinpp¯Collisions ats=1.96  TeV

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We report on a measurement of b-hadron lifetimes in the fully reconstructed decay modes B{sup +}{yields}J/{psi}K{sup +}, B{sup 0}{yields}J/{psi}K{sup *}(892){sup 0}, B{sup 0}{yields}J/{psi}K{sub s}{sup 0}, and {Lambda}{sub b}{sup 0}{yields}J/{psi}{Lambda}{sup 0} using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.3 fb{sup -1}, collected by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The measured lifetimes are {tau}(B{sup +})=[1.639{+-}0.009(stat){+-}0.009(syst)] ps, {tau}(B{sup 0})=[1.507{+-}0.010(stat){+-}0.008(syst)] ps, and {tau}({Lambda}{sub b}{sup 0})=[1.537{+-}0.045(stat){+-}0.014(syst)] ps. The lifetime ratios are {tau}(B{sup +})/{tau}(B{sup 0})=[1.088{+-}0.009(stat){+-}0.004(syst)] and {tau}({Lambda}{sub b}{sup 0})/{tau}(B{sup 0})=[1.020{+-}0.030(stat){+-}0.008(syst)]. These are the most precise determinations of these quantities from a single experiment.