Undergrad Particle track resolution of the positive lambda particle

[Davephaelon]

The positive lambda has a quark composition udc, and a lifespan of 2 x 10 minus 13 seconds. When this particle is created in a collision, inside a modern detector, how long will its track be? At near the speed of light, its lifetime would allow it to traverse less than a tenth of a millimeter. But, then, time dilation would extend that.

Additionally, are there any images available of the track of this particular particle, in either old bubble chamber photos, or modern digitally generated images from modern detectors?

 

[mfb]

The particle you mean is typically called $\Lambda_c$. Lambda is uds.

At near the speed of light, its lifetime would allow it to traverse less than a tenth of a millimeter. But, then, time dilation would extend that.

Right. How much depends on the collider. The B-factories will typically give it a boost of about 2, LHC collisions will give it a typical boost of 5-10.

Additionally, are there any images available of the track of this particular particle, in either old bubble chamber photos, or modern digitally generated images from modern detectors?

Bubble chambers will have a hard time measuring its track and modern particle detectors rarely work with images. Maybe someone made one for outreach, but you probably won't find it in publications.

 

[Vanadium 50]

You can find a bubble chamber picture in Grassler et al. Phys. Lett. 99B 2, 159 (1981)

 

[Davephaelon]

Thank you all for the answers given to my question. I did check out the link provided by Vanadium 50.