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101. Thermochemical sulphate reduction in Cambro–Ordovician carbonates in Central Tarim

Author

Chunfang Cai, Wangshui Hu, and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Calcite, Anhydrite, Stable isotope ratio, Stratigraphy, Mineralogy, Geology, engineering.material, Oceanography, Diagenesis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Geophysics, chemistry, Source rock, engineering, Ordovician, Carbonate, Economic Geology, Pyrite
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H2S and CO2 are found in elevated concentrations in Palaeozoic reservoirs in the Tarim Basin in China. We have carried out analyses on gas, petroleum, mineral cement and bulk rock compositions and isotope ratios together with petrography and fluid inclusion to assess the origin of the H2S. A deep crustal (e.g. volcanic) origin of the H2S and CO2 is unlikely since the inert gases, N2 and He, have isotope ratios totally uncharacteristic of this source. Organic sources are also unlikely since the source rock has low a sulphur content and the sulphur isotope ratio of the petroleum correlates positively with the sulphur content, the opposite of what would be anticipated from petroleum-derived H2S. Bacterial sulphate reduction is unlikely because temperatures are too high for bacteria to have survived. Thermochemical sulphate reduction of petroleum fluids by anhydrite in Lower Ordovician and Cambrian carbonate reservoirs is the most likely source of both the H2S and the CO2 causing isotopically characteristic pyrite, CO2 gas and calcite cement. H2S, and possibly CO2, migrated into Silurian sandstone reservoirs by cross formational flow. The H2S, with the same sulphur isotope ratio as Ordovician anhydrite, was partially lost from the fluid phase by extensive growth of late diagenetic pyrite. Similarly the CO2 was partially lost from the fluid phase by precipitation of late diagenetic calcite. The H2S that resulted from TSR underwent reaction with the remaining petroleum resulting in locally elevated organic sulphur concentrations in the petroleum and the progressive adoption of the Ordovician anhydrite sulphur isotope ratio.

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2001
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102. Contact Diagenesis: The Effect of an Intrusion on Reservoir Quality in the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group, Northern Ireland

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Richard H. Worden, Jennifer McKinley, and Alastair Ruffell

Subjects
Calcite, Dolomite, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, engineering.material, Feldspar, Diagenesis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Actinolite, chemistry, visual_art, engineering, visual_art.visual_art_medium, Saponite, Clay minerals, Amphibole
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Intrusion of a dolerite sill into clay-bearing, arkosic Triassic Sherwood Group sandstones with moderate porosity (22%) and high but anisotropic permeability (mode 500 md) led to the progressive transformation of precursor diagenetic minerals. In the host rock, locally pore-filling Mg-rich smectite (saponite), quartz, and dolomite, existing in the rock following earlier burial diagenesis, reacted to produce grain-coating flakes of talc at the lowest contact temperatures (130-180°C; based on equilibrium reaction-path and thermal-history calculations). At higher temperatures (200-230°C), talc reacted with calcite to produce an actinolitic amphibole. Close to the intrusion, at temperatures of > 250°C, bundles of acicular needles of actinolite protruding into open pores were produced by a second reaction involving saponite, hematite, and calcite. Framework feldspar minerals (mainly K-feldspars) played little or no part in the reactions because there were no K-Al rich minerals produced by contact diagenesis and because the detrital feldspar grains are essentially unaltered. Thus while equilibrium may have been approached on the intrapore scale ( 10 µm), it was not achieved between grains (e.g., detrital feldspars), pore water, and clays in the pores. Total porosity has been unaffected by the intrusion and consequent mineral reactions, because reactions involved recrystallization of original pore-filling minerals. Despite the contact diagenetic changes in the rock, the permeability of the sandstone remained largely unaffected by intrusion.

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2001
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103. Formation of interbasaltic laterite horizons in NE Ireland by early Tertiary weathering processes

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I.G. Hill, I.G. Meighan, and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Basalt, Olivine, Geochemistry, Paleontology, Geology, Weathering, Crust, engineering.material, Augite, Laterite, engineering, Plagioclase, Clay minerals
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Geochemical and quantitative mineralogical analyses have been carried out on laterites that formed during the early Tertiary (Palaeocene) in Northern Ireland. Enrichment/depletion patterns have been identified for major, minor and trace (including rare earth) elements related to breakdown of the primary minerals plagioclase, augite and olivine and formation of secondary oxides and clay minerals. Maximum concentrations of Si, Mn, Mg, Ca, Na, K and Sr were found to occur in the parent basalt whereas concentrations of Ti, Fe, Pb, Th, U, Cr, Nb, Rb, Ba, V and Zr are at a maximum in the highly weathered iron crust. Redistribution of Al, Cu and Ni occurred during lateritization with these elements leached from the uppermost iron crust horizon and reprecipitated further down the weathering profile. Weathering caused mobilization and fractionation of the rare earth elements with the light rare earth elements leached preferentially to the heavy rare earth elements.

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2001
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104. Effects of petroleum emplacement on cementation in carbonate reservoirs

Author

Emma C. Heasley and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Geochemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Mineralogy, Geology, Cementation (geology), Sulfur, Diagenesis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Permeability (earth sciences), chemistry, Petroleum, Carbonate, Oil field
Abstract

Carbonate diagenesis can theoretically either be enhanced or retarded by petroleum emplacement depending on: the oil-water wettability of the rocks, the CO 2 -content of the migrated petroleum, and the presence of oxidised sulphur or iron compounds in the rocks. A detailed case study of Jurassic oolites from a UK oil field showed first that petroleum emplacement retarded diagenesis in the oil leg and thus helped preserve permeability, but second showed that entrained CO 2 caused cementation and pore-system modification in the water leg.

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2000
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105. Yttrium: The immobility-mobility transition during basaltic weathering

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I.G. Hill, I.G. Meighan, and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Basalt, Provenance, Igneous rock, Zirconium, chemistry, Subaerial, Geochemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Weathering, Geology, Yttrium, Clay minerals
Abstract

Trace elements have been used as provenance indicators of igneous rocks for many years, even though the conditions under which they remain immobile during subaerial weathering have not been thoroughly defined. We have used a novel geochemical and quantitative mineralogical data set of variably weathered basaltic rocks from northeast Ireland to investigate the immobility of various elements. Titanium and niobium seem to be the most immobile of all elements. Relative to these elements, zirconium is predominantly depleted but is also locally enriched. Yttrium displays a marked depletion from the early stages of weathering during the growth of clay minerals. Yttrium, zirconium, and their ratios with other elements should thus be used with caution as provenance indicators unless the rocks show no detectable signs of weathering.

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2000
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106. The Influence of Rock Fabric and Mineralogy on Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction: Khuff Formation, Abu Dhabi

Author

P. C. Smalley, Richard H. Worden, and M.M. Cross

Subjects
Calcite, Anhydrite, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Chemical reaction, Methane, Diagenesis, Reaction rate, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Sulfate, Dissolution
Abstract

Thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) is the reaction between anhydrite and petroleum fluids at elevated temperatures to produce H2S and calcite. In this study of the dolomite-hosted hydrocarbon gas reservoirs in the Permo-Triassic Khuff Formation, Abu Dhabi, a geochemically well constrained rock-gas system, we demonstrate for the first time a clear influence of rock texture and mineralogy on the rate and extent of TSR reactions and thus on H2S concentration in the gas phase. The controls on the rate on H2S accumulation were: TSR reaction kinetics. TSR became significant as temperature exceeded 140°C, a critical threshold temperature for chemical reaction between aqueous sulfate and aqueous methane. Anhydrite dissolution rate. Once initiated, the subsequent reaction rate was controlled by the rate of supply of aqueous sulfate to the reaction site. Sulfate limitation is indicated by the lack of fractionation of sulfur isotopes between sulfate and sulfide (i.e., suggesting total reaction for each unit of sulfate that dissolves). Also, finely crystalline anhydrite began reacting at a lower temperature than coarse crystalline anhydrite (likely a result of relative surface area), suggesting that anhydrite dissolution was the rate-limiting step. Transport rates are unlikely to have been rate-limiting at the earliest stage of reaction because anhydrite was replaced in situ by calcite on the very edges of anhydrite nodules and crystals. Transport rate. Later, as TSR proceeded, it became transport controlled, as calcite, growing on the surface of anhydrite crystals, began to isolate them from dissolved methane. TSR ceased once calcite had effectively armor-plated (totally isolated) the remaining anhydrite. Finely crystalline anhydrite underwent more extensive and more rapid TSR than coarser anhydrite crystals because these had a greater ratio of surface area to volume, allowing more and faster dissolution and requiring more calcite to isolate them from methane. Localized loss of H2S occurred in the reservoir by reaction with indigenous Fe-bearing clays. Consequently, reservoirs with a relatively high siliciclastic content have less H2S than would be expected from the advanced state of anhydrite replacement by calcite. In order to predict TSR-related H2S concentration in hydrocarbon gases it is thus important to understand the diagenetic and textural characteristics of the reservoir as well as the thermal and petroleum-emplacement history.

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2000
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107. Internally-sourced quartz cement due to externally-derived CO 2 in sub-arkosic sandstones, North Sea

Author

S. A. Barclay and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Cement, Petrography, Source rock, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Kaolinite, Economic Geology, Cementation (geology), Ankerite, Quartz, Geology, Turbidite
Abstract

The Upper Jurassic sub-arkosic turbidite sandstones of the Magnus oil field, UK North Sea, are dominated by quartz, ankerite and kaolinite cements that all grew immediately prior to, and during, the early stages of oil-filling. The sandstones have no evidence of siliceous bioclasts or pressure dissolution yet contain ≤15% quartz cement with relatively more in the water leg than in the oil leg. Petrographic analysis revealed that the sandstones have undergone major K-feldspar alteration, especially in the water leg. XRF whole-rock data show that sandstones have uniform Si/Si+Al throughout the reservoir indicating that silica is not imported into the sandstone during quartz cementation. Carbon isotope data from the ankerite require an influx of organically derived CO 2 . Geochemical modelling of a CO 2 -influx into arkosic sandstone suggests that quartz, ankerite and kaolinite cements are likely to be genetically related. Reaction of K-feldspar with water at low pH will produce quartz and kaolinite. Low pH resulted from CO 2 -influx and was maintained through ankerite precipitation. The reaction led to bulk loss of potassium (most likely to the surrounding mudrocks). K-feldspar dissolution is thus the result of an influx of externally (source rock) derived CO 2 although the silica in the quartz cement is derived internally in the sandstone. While there is no need to invoke large scale-import of silica-laden waters, quartz cementation is the result of fluid influx.

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2000
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108. The origin and production geochemistry of radioactive lead ( 210 Pb) in NORM-contaminated formation waters

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Richard H. Worden, P. R. Lythgoe, and David A. C. Manning

Subjects
Naturally occurring radioactive material, Radiogenic nuclide, education, Geochemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Barium, Uranium, engineering.material, humanities, Radium, chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Galena, engineering, Economic Geology, Decay chain, Saturation (chemistry), Geology
Abstract

Radioactive produced formation waters in Wytch Farm, a Triassic fluvial reservoir, onshore southern UK, are unusual in that they are enriched in NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material: in this case 210 Pb). 210 Pb belongs to the 238 U decay chain. Key issues include the origin and distribution of radiogenic lead in sub-surface waters and the absence of the more common type of NORM ( 226 Ra). The sandstones are unusually enriched in uranium with concentrations of 0–70 ppm; 210 Pb was thus probably sourced internally within the reservoir. Stratigraphic and aerial distribution of high levels of subsurface uranium correlates well with the highest level of NORM-contamination in produced waters. Triassic formation waters have very high sulphate and very low barium concentrations and are at saturation with respect to barite. Radium is not a NORM problem presumably because its concentration is limited by coprecipitation with barite. While the sulphate concentration is very high, the sulphide concentration is below routine detection limits. Geochemical modelling indicates that Triassic formation waters are undersaturated with respect to PbS (galena) thus allowing radiogenic lead to remain in aqueous solution.

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2000
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109. Palaeoclimate, sequence stratigraphy and diagenesis

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Alastair Ruffell, C. Cornford, and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Interglacial, Economic Geology, Sequence stratigraphy, Glacial period, Atmospheric temperature, Arid, Thermocline, Geology, Sea level, Diagenesis
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Past and present climates have been characterised in terms of temperature and aridity/humidity. Global changes of atmospheric temperature occur on a periodicity of hundreds of millions of years (Icehouse and Greenhouse states of the Earth) to 500,000 years (glacial and interglacial episodes). Diagenetic conditions are influenced by temperature through the action of thermally controlled kinetic reactions. Meteoric waters influence diagenesis through changing the amounts and chemistry of pore-fluid: in arid climates the volume of groundwater flux is diminished in comparison to humid climates. Relative sea-level change impacts shallow and deep burial diagenesis by changing near-surface chemical conditions and the propagation of heat into the subsurface. Relative sea-level changes can induce sediment surface temperature changes of 20°C when the sediment surface changes from being close to or beneath the thermocline to being sub-aerially exposed. Such sea-level changes typically occur on a timescale of half a million years. In a Greenhouse world, such sea-level changes occur on a similar periodicity to glacial–interglacial cycles. On a longer time scale, Greenhouse to Icehouse conditions occur approximately every 100 ma. Burial diagenesis and cementation may thus be episodic on timescales associated with palaeoclimatic and sequence stratigraphic events occurring on the surface, a few metres to thousands of metres above the zone where diagenesis is occurring.

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2000
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110. Cement distribution in a carbonate reservoir: recognition of a palaeo oil–water contact and its relationship to reservoir quality in the Humbly Grove field, onshore, UK

Author

James P. Hendry, Richard H. Worden, and Emma C. Heasley

Subjects
Calcite, Stratigraphy, Dolomite, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Oceanography, Diagenesis, Petrography, chemistry.chemical_compound, Geophysics, chemistry, Grainstone, Carbonate, Carbonate rock, Economic Geology, Sedimentary rock
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The distribution of mineral cements, total porosity, microporosity and permeability have been determined for the Humbly Grove oolitic carbonate reservoir (Middle Jurassic Great Oolite Formation, Weald Basin, onshore UK) using a combination of optical petrography, electron microscopy, fluid inclusion analysis, quantitative XRD, wireline data analysis and core analysis data. Grainstone reservoir facies have porosities ranging between 5 and 24%, but are mostly between 11 and 24%. Permeabilities vary from

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2000
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111. Geochemical evolution of a palaeolaterite: the Interbasaltic Formation, Northern Ireland

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I.G. Hill, Richard H. Worden, and I.G. Meighan

Subjects
Basalt, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Weathering, engineering.material, Feldspar, Bauxite, Augite, Geochemistry and Petrology, visual_art, visual_art.visual_art_medium, engineering, Laterite, Plagioclase, Gibbsite
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The Interbasaltic laterites of Northern Ireland were formed during a period of relative volcanic inactivity by extensive chemical weathering of Tertiary basalts. They reach a maximum thickness of 30 m and once provided a major source of iron and aluminium ore. An extensive database comprising major, minor, and trace elements has been compiled for 240 samples in order to study the effects of weathering in terms of the changes in whole-rock chemistry and mineralogy from basalt through to iron-rich crust. Percolating waters caused degradation of the parent basalt mineralogy and precipitation of neoformed phases, principally through incongruent dissolution processes. Primary olivine, plagioclase feldspar, and augite were successively broken down and replaced by a mineral assemblage consisting of hematite, gibbsite, goethite, anatase, meta-halloysite and kaolinite. Changes in mineralogy facilitated concomitant changes in element concentrations. Mass balance calculations indicate that all elements were depleted in the iron crust. Enrichment of Al, LOI, Cr, Cu, and V occurred in the laterite horizon, while enrichment of Al, LOI, Ba, Ce, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Rb occurred in the lithomarge. Notably, yttrium was found to be mobile indicating that weathered basalts should not be used in discrimination of original tectonic environments. The severe leaching conditions evidenced by yttrium depletion, local aluminium redistribution, and iron crust formation are indicative of weathering under a humid sub-tropical monsoon climate.

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2000
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112. Surface temperature, sequence stratigraphy and deep burial diagenesis

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Richard H. Worden, C. Cornford, and Alastair Ruffell

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Cementation (geology), 01 natural sciences, Cretaceous, Diagenesis, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Phanerozoic, Sequence stratigraphy, Glacial period, Thermocline, Sea level, Geology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Fourth-order relative sea level changes may have a significant impact upon burial diagenesis and reservoir quality through their effect upon surface and subsurface temperature. Relative sea level changes can induce sediment surface temperature changes of

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2000
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113. Geochemical modelling of diagenetic reactions in a sub-arkosic sandstone

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S. A. Barclay and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, 020101 civil engineering, 02 engineering and technology, Authigenic, engineering.material, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, 0201 civil engineering, Diagenesis, Source rock, Geochemistry and Petrology, Clastic rock, Illite, engineering, Sedimentary rock, Quartz, Ankerite, Geology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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A reaction path model was constructed in a bid to simulate diagenesis in the Magnus Sandstone, an Upper Jurassic turbidite reservoir in the Northern North Sea, UKCS. The model, involving a flux of source rock-derived CO2 into an arkosic sandstone, successfully reproduced simultaneous dissolution of detrital K-feldspar and growth of authigenic quartz, ankerite and illite. Generation of CO2 occurred before and during the main phase of oil generation linking source rock maturation with patterns of diagenesis in arkosic sandstones and limiting this type of diagenesis to the earlier stages of oil charging. Independent corroborative evidence for the model is provided by formation water geochemical data, carbon isotope data from ankerite and produced gas phase CO2 and the presence of petroleum inclusions within the mineral cements. The model involves a closed system with respect to relatively insoluble species such as SiO2 and Al2O3 but is an open system with respect to CO2. There are up to seven possible rate-controlling steps including: influx of CO2, dissolution of K-feldspar, precipitation of quartz, ankerite and illite, diffusive transport of SiO2 and Al2O3 from the site of dissolution to the site of precipitation and possibly the rate of influx of Mg2+ and Ca2+. Given the large number of possible controls, and contrary to modern popular belief, the rate of quartz precipitation is thus not always rate limiting.

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2000
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114. Basin scale evolution of formation waters: a diagenetic and formation water study of the Triassic Chaunoy Formation, Paris Basin

Author

J.-M. Matray, Richard H. Worden, and Max Coleman

Subjects
geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Dolomite, Dry lake, Aquifer, Structural basin, engineering.material, Diagenesis, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Alpine orogeny, engineering, Meteoric water, Halite, Geology
Abstract

Formation waters and their movements within basins are commonly attributed with responsibility for patterns of cementation and porosity-loss within reservoirs and aquifers. It is thus important to understand when and how waters move in the subsurface. We have studied the evolution and movement of formation water in the Triassic Chaunoy Formation of the Paris Basin, NW Europe to define the way in which the water has evolved and to interpret water movement patterns using mineral isotope and fluid inclusion data in conjunction with detailed formation water analyses. The Chaunoy Formation is cemented with different types of dolomite, calcite and quartz cement. We have studied the evolution of waters in terms of oxygen, carbon and strontium isotopes and salinity. Connate waters were meteoric in origin but strongly influenced by the proximity of a playa lake. Input of palaeo-meteoric water, which entered the Chaunoy via eastern halite bodies, resulted in highly saline formation water for the majority of the Chaunoy Formation from about 100 Ma until (and for some time after) maximum burial. Saline waters spread into the aquifer initially taking a west-north west trajectory and then switching to a west-south west pattern in the Eocene. Following the Alpine orogeny and localised uplift of the basin margin, the southern portion of Chaunoy received fresh, low salinity, meteoric water. It is likely that formation water was lost from the Chaunoy in a more central part of the basin, via sub-vertical cross formational flow to the Mid Jurassic Dogger Formation, to accommodate the influx of fresh water.

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1999
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115. Understanding groundwater sources and movement using water chemistry and tracers in a low matrix permeability terrain: the Cretaceous (Chalk) Ulster White Limestone Formation, Northern Ireland

Author

Richard H. Worden and S. Barnes

Subjects
geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Groundwater flow, Outcrop, Geochemistry, Aquifer, Groundwater recharge, Pollution, Cretaceous, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Chemistry, Carbonate rock, Sedimentary rock, Geology, Groundwater
Abstract

The Cretaceous Chalk [Ulster White Limestone Formation (UWLF)] in Northern Ireland has been diagenetically altered to a hard, low porosity, low matrix-permeability rock. It subcrops extensive beneath thick horizontal Tertiary Basalt lavas, but has a restricted strip of outcrop (approximately 80 km2) around the periphery of the overlying igneous rock. Despite its nature and location, numerous springs issue from the Chalk and are used for public and local supply, although little is known about the origin of the groundwater or the type of flow within the Chalk. We have addressed these unknowns using hydrogeochemical data from both rock types and surface stream waters, and fluorescent dye tracing. We have demonstrated that leakage recharge from the basalt to the Chalk accounts for less than 20% of the total water issuing from the Chalk springs using geochemical mass balance of conservative species and discharge data. The majority of the discharge derives from streams coming off the basalt and entering sink holes in the Chalk aquifer. Field and water tracing evidence shows that groundwater flow in the Chalk is dominated by conduit and fissure flow near to the outcrop areas. Karstification has been widespread near outcrop but has not ocurred in the sub-basalt region. Beneath the basalts, the Chalk exhibits different hydraulic properties due to the reduced recharge and dissolution potential that has prevented extensive development of fissure permeability in the UWLF. The Chalk aquifer thus appears to be strongly zoned in terms of the source of water, flow regime and recharge rate.

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1998
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119. Microcrystalline Quartz and the Preservation of Anomalously Good Reservoir Quality in Sandstones - New Insights into Why Quartz Overgrowths are Inhibi

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Marsha W. French, Richard H. Worden, and Mohammed Bukar

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Microcrystalline, Telmatology, medicine, Geochemistry, Petrology, Quartz, Geology, Metamorphic petrology
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Microcrystalline Quartz and the Preservation of Anomalously Good Reservoir Quality in Sandstones - New Insights into Why Quartz Overgrowths are Inhibited

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2013
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120. H2S-producing reactions in deep carbonate gas reservoirs: Khuff Formation, Abu Dhabi

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Richard H. Worden and P. C. Smalley

Subjects
Calcite, chemistry.chemical_classification, Anhydrite, Dolomite, Inorganic chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Methane, chemistry.chemical_compound, Hydrocarbon, chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Carbonate, Sour gas, Fugacity
Abstract

The economic viability of gas production from deep reservoirs is often limited by the presence of hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S) thought to be the result of thermochemical sulphate reduction (TSR). This study constrains the reactions responsible for the origin of H 2 S-rich gas in a classic sour gas province: the Permian Khuff Formation of Abu Dhabi. In reservoirs hotter than 140°C, anhydrite has been partially replaced by calcite, and hydrocarbon gases have been partially or fully replaced by H 2 S. This shows that anhydrite and hydrocarbons have reacted together to produce calcite and H 2 S. Carbon and elemental sulphur isotope data from the gases and minerals show that the dominant reaction is: CaSO 4 + CH 4 → CaCO 3 + H 2 S + H 2 O Gas chemistry and isotope data also show that C 2+ gases reacted preferentially with anhydrite by reactions of the type: 2CaSO 4 + C 2 H 6 → 2CaCO 3 + H 2 S + S + 2H 2 O Sulphur was generated by this reaction and is locally present but was also consumed by the reaction: 4S + CH 4 +2H 2 O → CO 2 4H 2 S The frequently quoted and experimentally-observed reaction between anhydrite and H 2 S with CO 2 to produce calcite and sulphur: CaSO 4 + 3H 2 S + CO 2 → CaCO 3 + 4S + 3H 2 O has been shown to be insignificant in the Khuff Formation by gas chemistry, calcite δ 13 C and sulphur δ 34 S data. Direct reaction between methane and anhydrite occurred in solution, in residual pore waters which were initially dominated by dissolved carbonate derived from the marine dolomite matrix. The first-formed replacive calcite thus contains carbon derived principally from the marine dolomite matrix ( δ 13 C of about 0 to +4‰). Continuing reaction led to the progressive domination of the water by TSR-derived carbonate (minimum δ 13 C of about −31‰). Thermodynamic modelling using gas fugacity data was used to assess the controls on gas souring. To maintain equilibrium, anhydrite and methane should react together to produce calcite and H 2 S at all temperatures greater than 25°C. The coexistence of unreacted anhydrite and methane at shallow depths, in reservoirs cooler than 140°C, shows that thermodynamics alone do not control gas souring reactions. Rather, the coexistence of anhydrite and methane in shallow reservoirs and their reaction to produce H 2 S are kinetically controlled.

Published
1996
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121. The effects of thermochemical sulfate reduction upon formation water salinity and oxygen isotopes in carbonate gas reservoirs

Author

P. C. Smalley, N. H. Oxtoby, and Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Anhydrite, business.industry, fungi, Mineralogy, Petroleum reservoir, Isotopes of oxygen, Methane, Diagenesis, Salinity, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Natural gas, Carbonate, business, Geology
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Thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) is a well known process that can lead to sour (H2S-rich) petroleum accumulations. Most studies of TSR have concentrated upon gas chemistry. In this study we have investigated palaeoformation water characteristics in a deep, anhydrite-bearing dolomite, sour-gas reservoir of Permian age in Abu Dhabi using fluid inclusion, stable isotope, petrographic, and gas chemical data. The data show that low salinity, isotopically-distinct water was generated within the reservoir by reaction between anhydrite and methane. The amount of water added to the reservoir from TSR, indicated by reduced fluid inclusion salinity and water δ18O values, varied systematically with the extent of anhydrite reaction with methane. Water salinity and isotope data show that the original formation water was diluted by between four and five times by water from TSR. Thus, we have shown that large volumes of very low salinity water were generated within the gas reservoirs during diagenesis following gas emplacement. The salinity of formation water in evaporite lithologies is, therefore, not necessarily high. Modelling, based upon a typical Khuff gas reservoir rock volume, suggests that initial formation water volumes can only be increased by about three times as a result of TSR. The extreme local dilution shown by the water salinity and δ18O data must, therefore, reflect transiently imperfect mixing between TSR water and original formation water. The creation of large volumes of water has important implications for the mechanism and rate of thermochemical sulphate reduction and the interpretation of gas volumes using petrophysical logging tools.

Published
1996
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122. Clay minerals as records of temperature conditions and duration of thermal anomalies in the Paris Basin, France: discussion

Author

Richard H. Worden, C. Spötl, and F. Walgenwitz

Subjects
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, 020101 civil engineering, 02 engineering and technology, Authigenic, engineering.material, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Isotopes of oxygen, 0201 civil engineering, Diagenesis, Petrography, Geochemistry and Petrology, Clastic rock, Illite, engineering, Sedimentary rock, Fluid inclusions, Geology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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A highly illitic phase containing et al. (1992) and, more recently, by Clauer et al. (1995) from Upper Triassic sandstones of the Paris Basin (France). This phase is present in all size-fractions of all samples and was interpreted as authigenic. The K/Ar model ages of this illite range from 189–200 Ma and, combined with oxygen isotope data, were cited as evidence of high-temperature (220–250°C hydrothermal precipitation from highly 18O-enriched fluids at burial depths of only 500 m.We suggest that this type of illite is more likely to be diagenetically altered detrital illitic material and unlike authigenic illite-smectite which is also present in many of their samples. This reassessment of their petrographic observations leads to a much more realistic diagenetic interpretation consistent with previous studies of the basin and avoids the need to invoke basin-wide hydrothermal activity during shallow burial.

Published
1996
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123. Controls on halogen concentrations in sedimentary formation waters

Author

Richard H. Worden

Subjects
Bromine, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Sylvite, Chemistry, Geochemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, engineering.material, 010502 geochemistry & geophysics, 01 natural sciences, Diagenesis, Geochemistry and Petrology, Halogen, engineering, Chlorine, Halite, Seawater, Dissolution, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

Chlorine is the most abundant halogen in sedimentary formation waters with concentrations from 250000 mg/l. Bromine is the second most abundant halogen at 6000 mg/l with iodine from 100 mg/l and fluorine from Key geological parameters that influence chlorine and bromine (and possibly fluorine) concentrations are the presence of salt in a basin, the age of the reservoir unit and the kerogen-type within the main hydrocarbon source rock in a basin. The presence of salt in a basin shows that sea water was evaporated to halite saturation producing connate waters with high concentrations of chlorine and bromine. The presence of salt also leads to high salinity waters through water-salt interaction during burial and diagenesis. Tertiary reservoirs typically have much lower chlorine and bromine concentrations than Mesozoic or Palaeozoic reservoirs. The age of the reservoir unit may simply reflect the different amounts of time available for formation water to interact with salt. The dominance of type II marine kerogen in a basin leads to higher bromine concentrations. This may reflect the dominance of a marine influence in a basin which is more likely to lead to salt deposition than terrestrial depositional environments. Iodine concentrations are independent of all these parameters. Other geological parameters such as depth of burial, temperature, basin forming mechanism and reservoir lithology have no influence upon halogen concentrations.Key processes that affect halogen concentrations are sea water evaporation and dilution, water—salt interaction and input from organic sources. Chlorine and bromine data lie close to the experimentally-derived sea water evaporation trend showing that sea water evaporation may be an important general control on halogens. Sea water dilution is probably responsible for most low salinity formation water chlorine and bromine concentrations for the same reason. Sea water dilution can occur either by meteoric invasion during burial, or following uplift and erosion, or by diagenetic dehydration reactions. Water can interact with salt in a variety of ways: halite dissolution by congruent processes, halite recrystallization by incongruent processes, sylvite dissolution or recrystallization and halite fluid inclusion rupture. Halite dissolution will lead to high chlorine and relatively low bromine waters because halite contains little bromine. In contrast, halite recrystallization will lead to bromine-enhanced waters because NaBr dissolves preferentially to NaCl. The occurrence of dissolution or recrystallization will depend on the water rock ratio, greater volumes of water will lead to more dissolution and waters with higher Cl/Br ratios. Sylvite is usually rich in bromine so dissolution will lead to bromine-enhanced waters. Primary aqueous inclusions in halite contain high bromine concentrations so that rupture, during deformation or recrystallization, will lead to bromine-enhanced formation water. A combination of these processes are responsible for the very limited range of Cl/Br ratios although congruent halite dissolution must have a limited role due to the absence of waters with high Cl/Br ratios.Iodine is strongly concentrated in organic materials in the marine environment; oils and organic rich-source rocks have high I/Cl and I/Br ratios relative to sea water or evaporated sea water. All formation waters are enriched in iodine relative to sea water implying that there has been input from organic matter or interaction with oil. However, hydrocarbon source rock type in a basin has no discernible effect upon iodine concentrations.

Published
1996
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124. Cross formational flow in the Paris Basin

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Richard H. Worden and J.-M. Matray

Subjects
Strontium, Mass flow, Geochemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Geology, Structural basin, Cementation (geology), Isotopes of strontium, Salinity, chemistry.chemical_compound, Tectonics, chemistry, Carbonate, Geomorphology
Abstract

Cross formational flow of water has occurred across several hundred metres of Liassic mudstone from the Triassic Chaunoy Formation sandstone to the Middle Jurassic Dogger Formation carbonate in the Paris Basin, France. This has been demonstrated by chemical and isotopic data from rocks and formation waters, sampled on a basin scale, from the Dogger and Chaunoy formations. Present-day and palaeoformation waters in the Dogger record input of exotic water in terms of salinity and carbon and strontium isotopes. The exotic water was highly saline and contained isotopically light carbon and "Sr-enriched strontium in comparison to the indigenous Dogger Formation water. The source of the exotic water can only have been the Chaunoy Formation. Salinity and isotope data show that present-day Dogger Formation water contains 10- 15% invasion Chaunoy water. Modelling strontium isotope ratio and concentration data from mineral cements shows that over the duration of Dogger cementation, Dogger palaeoformation waters were replaced by 1-5% Chaunoy water. Cross formational flow of water must have occurred by convective mass flow, rather than diffusion, in order to preserve the characteristics of water input from the Chaunoy. Flow probably occurred via the major Hercynian fault and fracture systems that run through the centre of the Paris Basin. Upward flow in this setting is most likely in a compressional tectonic regime, the situation during much of the Tertiary in the Paris Basin. Thermodynamic modelling indicates that cross formational flow from the Chaunoy has probably caused carbonate cementation in the Dogger.

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1995
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126. Measurement of the cross section for γγ→pp¯

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J. Whitmore, K. Lingel, C. Bebek, Jungil Lee, M. Sivertz, T. E. Browder, Robert Wilson, David Sperka, H. Tajima, R. Ehrlich, J. S. Miller, S. L. Jones, H. Worden, M. Thulasidas, H. A. Cho, M. Kelly, D. G. Cassel, J. Dominick, Sheldon Stone, J. Mevissen, V. Shelkov, K. Sparks, S. J. Patton, Paul Avery, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, Yoram Rozen, J. Kandaswamy, N. Horwitz, J. Masui, M. Chadha, Philip Baringer, S. Ball, V. Savinov, Cong Wang, Shengfeng Yang, J. A. Ernst, B. Gittelman, C. R. Ng, Shawn W. Henderson, Michael S. Witherell, J. Gronberg, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, D. Peterson, X. Fu, Daniela Bortoletto, M. S. Alam, D. F. Cowen, M.K. Sung, I. J. Kim, D. H. Miller, J. Urheim, N. Katayama, Marina Artuso, R. Poling, D. S. Akerib, E. H. Thorndike, N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, R. Davis, John Yelton, John E. Bartelt, G.R. Kalbfleisch, Robert K. Kutschke, G. Eigen, D. Z. Besson, P. Zadorozhny, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, D. Coppage, Karl Berkelman, B. Ong, M. Daoudi, J. P. Alexander, M. Garcia-Sciveres, F. Muheim, D. L. Hartill, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, J. L. Rodriguez, M. Sapper, S. Roberts, R. D. Kass, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, R. Stephens, E. Nordberg, S. E. Csorna, Darin Acosta, Daniel Schmidt, G. S. Ludwig, D. R. Johnson, R. Balest, Frank Würthwein, Vipul Jain, K. Cho, G. Vasseur, J. Fast, B. Geiser, N. B. Mistry, F. Butler, B. Nemati, S. Schrenk, K. Kinoshita, R. S. Galik, N. Copty, Ryszard Stroynowski, W. R. Ross, D. Fujino, K. Honscheid, D. He, N. Kwak, G. Masek, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, P. Skubic, S. Nakanishi, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, E. I. Shibata, C. O'Grady, P. Rankin, Glen D. Crawford, Alice Bean, M. Procario, R. L. McIlwain, H. Kagan, M. Battle, H. N. Nelson, A. P. Freyberger, F. Shen, Horst Severini, A. J.R. Weinstein, S. Playfer, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, M. Ogg, D. Riley, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, R. J. Morrison, G. Zhu, Hubert Kroha, Mats A Selen, T. Miao, A. J. Sadoff, D. M. Coffman, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, B. K. Heltsley, J. Snow, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, H. Yamamoto, R. Ammar, P. L. Wang, T. K. Nelson, R. Wang, P. S. Drell, S. Chan, M. Saulnier, F. Morrow, Z. Egyed, Igor Volobouev, M. M. Zoeller, P. Wilson, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, P. C. Kim, S. Menary, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, S.F. Schaffner, Yurii V. Mukhin, S. W. Gray, D. Perticone, M. Lambrecht, D. N. Brown, I. P. J. Shipsey, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, J. G. Smith, C. M. Daubenmier, and D. L. Kreinick

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Cross section (physics), Particle physics
Published
1994
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127. First measurement ofΓ(Ds+→μ+ν)Γ(Ds+→φπ+)

Author

D. Acosta, M. Athanas, G. Masek, H. Paar, A. Bean, J. Gronberg, R. Kutschke, S. Menary, R. J. Morrison, S. Nakanishi, H. N. Nelson, T. K. Nelson, J. D. Richman, A. Ryd, H. Tajima, D. Schmidt, D. Sperka, M. S. Witherell, M. Procario, S. Yang, R. Balest, K. Cho, M. Daoudi, W. T. Ford, D. R. Johnson, K. Lingel, M. Lohner, P. Rankin, J. G. Smith, J. P. Alexander, C. Bebek, K. Berkelman, D. Besson, T. E. Browder, D. G. Cassel, H. A. Cho, D. M. Coffman, P. S. Drell, R. Ehrlich, R. S. Galik, M. Garcia-Sciveres, B. Geiser, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, C. D. Jones, S. L. Jones, J. Kandaswamy, N. Katayama, P. C. Kim, D. L. Kreinick, G. S. Ludwig, J. Masui, J. Mevissen, N. B. Mistry, C. R. Ng, E. Nordberg, M. Ogg, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, D. Riley, S. Salman, M. Sapper, H. Worden, F. Würthwein, P. Avery, A. Freyberger, J. Rodriguez, R. Stephens, J. Yelton, D. Cinabro, S. Henderson, K. Kinoshita, T. Liu, M. Saulnier, F. Shen, R. Wilson, H. Yamamoto, B. Ong, M. Selen, A. J. Sadoff, R. Ammar, S. Ball, P. Baringer, D. Coppage, N. Copty, R. Davis, N. Hancock, M. Kelly, N. Kwak, H. Lam, Y. Kubota, M. Lattery, J. K. Nelson, S. Patton, D. Perticone, R. Poling, V. Savinov, S. Schrenk, R. Wang, M. S. Alam, I. J. Kim, B. Nemati, J. J. O'Neill, H. Severini, C. R. Sun, M. M. Zoeller, G. Crawford, C. M. Daubenmier, R. Fulton, D. Fujino, K. K. Gan, K. Honscheid, H. Kagan, R. Kass, J. Lee, R. Malchow, F. Morrow, Y. Skovpen, M. Sung, C. White, J. Whitmore, P. Wilson, F. Butler, X. Fu, G. Kalbfleisch, M. Lambrecht, W. R. Ross, P. Skubic, J. Snow, P. L. Wang, M. Wood, D. Bortoletto, D. N. Brown, J. Fast, R. L. McIlwain, T. Miao, D. H. Miller, M. Modesitt, S. F. Schaffner, E. I. Shibata, I. P. J. Shipsey, P. N. Wang, M. Battle, J. Ernst, H. Kroha, S. Roberts, K. Sparks, E. H. Thorndike, C. H. Wang, J. Dominick, S. Sanghera, V. Shelkov, T. Skwarnicki, R. Stroynowski, I. Volobouev, P. Zadorozhny, M. Artuso, D. He, M. Goldberg, N. Horwitz, R. Kennett, G. C. Moneti, F. Muheim, Y. Mukhin, S. Playfer, Y. Rozen, S. Stone, M. Thulasidas, G. Vasseur, G. Zhu, J. Bartelt, S. E. Csorna, Z. Egyed, V. Jain, P. Sheldon, D. S. Akerib, B. Barish, M. Chadha, S. Chan, D. F. Cowen, G. Eigen, J. S. Miller, C. O'Grady, J. Urheim, and A. J. Weinstein

Subjects
Physics, Combinatorics, Particle physics, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Pi
Abstract

We present a measurement of [Gamma]([ital D][sub [ital s]][sup +][r arrow][mu][sup +][nu])/[Gamma]([ital D][sub [ital s]][sup +][r arrow][phi][pi][sup +])= 0.245[plus minus]0.052[plus minus]0.074. Using this ratio and [ital scrB]([ital D][sub [ital s]][sup +][r arrow][phi][pi][sup +])=(3.7[plus minus]0.9)% we extract [ital f][sub [ital D][ital s]]=344[plus minus]37[plus minus]52[plus minus]42 MeV, where the last error is due to the uncertainty in the [ital D][sub [ital s]][sup +][r arrow][phi][pi][sup +] absolute branching ratio. This result is larger than most theoretical predictions.

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1994
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128. Observation ofΛc+ decays to Λπ+π0, Σ0π+, Σ0π+π0, and Σ0π−π+π+

Author

P. Zadorozhny, F. Muheim, B. Nemati, F. Morrow, D. Besson, T. K. Nelson, P. S. Drell, S. Nakanishi, H. Kagan, E. H. Thorndike, D. N. Brown, S. Playfer, Jorge Luis Rodriguez, D. Riley, M. Saulnier, D. Coppage, S. F. Schaffner, J. Bartelt, J. P. Alexander, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, K. Sparks, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, H. A. Cho, A. J. Sadoff, D. He, Yuichi Kubota, D. Fujino, J. J. O'Neill, D. L. Hartill, M. Sapper, T. E. Browder, W. R. Ross, Daniel Schmidt, Richard Wilson, R. Kennett, R. Poling, C. R. Ng, Yurii V. Mukhin, M. S. Alam, B. Gittelman, I. Volobouev, Michael S. Witherell, G. C. Moneti, Marina Artuso, P. Wilson, A. J. Weinstein, J. Ernst, I. J. Kim, R. Stephens, G. Crawford, M. Lattery, J. Urheim, H. N. Nelson, S. E. Csorna, E. I. Shibata, P. Skubic, D. M. Coffman, B. K. Heltsley, N. Kwak, K. Kinoshita, Daniela Bortoletto, N. Copty, I. P.J. Shipsey, C. R. Sun, F. Butler, W. T. Ford, K. Cho, R. Malchow, D. Cinabro, R. D. Kass, R. Balest, N. B. Mistry, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, S. Menary, B. Geiser, John Yelton, J. Gronberg, S. Patton, N. Horwitz, R. L. McIlwain, M. Chadha, D. H. Miller, F. Shen, R. Davis, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, Maurice Garcia-Sciveres, R. Ammar, G. Masek, V. Shelkov, S. Schrenk, M. Lohner, D. Acosta, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, J. Mevissen, Daniel Johnson, X. Fu, T. Liu, T. Skwarnicki, M. Daoudi, J. Kandaswamy, Sheldon Stone, S. Sanghera, H. Severini, S. Chan, C. Bebek, Paul Avery, D. L. Kreinick, M. L. Kelly, K. K. Gan, Y. Skovpen, P. C. Kim, S. Henderson, N. Hancock, D. Peterson, A. P. Freyberger, C. O'Grady, George R. Kalbfleisch, S. W. Gray, K. Honscheid, H. Tajima, Hubert Kroha, S. Roberts, J. Snow, Pu Wang, M. Modesitt, M. Battle, M. Sung, E. Nordberg, Jeffrey Richman, G. S. Ludwig, M. M. Zoeller, Karl Berkelman, J. G. Smith, D. G. Cassel, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, T. Miao, K. Lingel, M. Procario, S. Salman, Michael Wood, H. Worden, M. Lambrecht, A. Bean, J. K. Nelson, S. Yang, B. Ong, J. Fast, Christopher G. White, Z. Egyed, D. Sperka, Ruifang Wang, D. F. Cowen, P. L. Wang, C. M. Daubenmier, Ryszard Stroynowski, P. Rankin, Chunjie Wang, D. Perticone, V. Savinov, Yoram Rozen, F. Würthwein, Philip Baringer, S. Ball, J. S. Miller, M. Thulasidas, R. Ehrlich, N. Katayama, S. L. Jones, D. S. Akerib, J. Dominick, G. Eigen, R. Kutschke, H. Yamamoto, Ha Lam, G. Vasseur, B. C. Barish, J. Masui, Vivek Jain, C. D. Jones, and M. Goldberg

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Baryon, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Argus, Particle physics, Branching fraction, Branching (polymer chemistry), computer, computer.programming_language
Abstract

We have observed the previously unseen decay modes Λπ+π0, Σ0π+π0 and Σ0π−π+π+ of the charmed baryon Λc+, as well as Λc+→Σ0π+ observed previously by ARGUS. The branching ratios for these four decay modes relative to Λc+→pK−π+ are measured to be 0.73 ±0.09± 0.16, 0.36 ±0.09±0.10, 0.21±0.05±0.05, and 0.21±0.02 ±0.04, respectively. Using the recent CLEO measurement of the branching ratio for Λc+→pK− π+, these modes account for 6% of Λc+ decays.

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1994
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129. Experimental measurement of, and controls on, permeability and permeability anisotropy of caprocks from the CO2storage project at the Krechba Field, Algeria

Author

J. Iliffe, Andrew C. Aplin, Richard H. Worden, P. J. Armitage, Alan R. Butcher, and Daniel R. Faulkner

Subjects
Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Petrophysics, Paleontology, Soil Science, Mineralogy, Forestry, Soil science, Aquatic Science, Co2 storage, Oceanography, Sedimentary depositional environment, Permeability (earth sciences), Geophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Caprock, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Porosity, Anisotropy, Clay minerals, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology
Abstract

[1] The long-term success of the geological storage of CO2 is dependent on the integrity of the sealing horizons, yet there is a paucity of data on permeability, permeability anisotropy, and factors that affect them. Using samples from an ongoing field trial for CO2 sequestration, this paper presents measured vertical (kv) and horizontal (kh) permeabilities across a range of effective pressures. Petrological and petrophysical analyses highlight what are the dominant controls on permeability. The Krechba field in Algeria is one of the largest CO2 storage projects currently running with over 3M tonnes of CO2 injected since 2004. Experimental samples of the caprock and underlying storage domain were recovered from the base of the succession. Caprock permeability ranges from 10−23 to 10−19 m2. Permeability decreases with decreasing porosity and pore throat radius and increasing clay mineral content. Primary depositional heterogeneous distribution of clay minerals produced contrasting layers of relatively low and high permeability resulting in extreme kh/kv ratios of up to 50,000. Samples with the same porosity, mean pore throat size and clay mineral content can have kh/kv differing by >4 orders of magnitude. The data was used to model permeability using the Yang-Aplin model. Accuracy of the predicted permeabilites was found to reflect the measured permeability anisotropy. The results highlight that lateral migration of CO2 will be significant and that the caprock succession at Krechba should provide a good seal, even with decreasing effective pressure during injection, in the absence of significant modification by deformation and/or reaction with the CO2-rich fluids.

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2011
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130. Measurement of charmless semileptonic decays ofBmesons

Author

Richard Wilson, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, Anders Ryd, David Sperka, B. Gittelman, I. J. Kim, M. Athanas, Shengfeng Yang, V. Chelkov, S. Schrenk, D. M. Coffman, D. G. Cassel, B. K. Heltsley, K. Lingel, Shawn W. Henderson, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, M. Sivertz, D. Riley, D. F. Cowen, T. K. Nelson, X. Fu, E. H. Thorndike, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, Yoram Rozen, H. Yamamoto, B. Geiser, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, A. P. Freyberger, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, D. Coppage, J. P. Alexander, Robert K. Kutschke, Philip Baringer, F. Muheim, R. Poling, M. Garcia-Sciveres, Igor Volobouev, M. M. Zoeller, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, R. Wang, Yurii V. Mukhin, Karl Berkelman, S. Ball, Vipul Jain, D. N. Brown, S. Playfer, M. Lattery, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, D. Z. Besson, Ian Shipsey, M. Daoudi, F. Butler, J. Masui, J. Snow, F. Morrow, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, J. S. Miller, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. Fujino, H. Worden, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, K. Kinoshita, M. Thulasidas, P. Rankin, T. Miao, R. J. Morrison, B. Ong, Mats A Selen, T. E. Browder, K. Sparks, M. Daubenmeir, G. Vasseur, S. J. Patton, J. Dominick, M. S. Alam, H. Tajima, D. H. Miller, J. Urheim, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, A. J. Sadoff, V. Savinov, P. C. Kim, Yuichi Kubota, S. Menary, D. L. Hartill, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, S. Roberts, R. Ehrlich, D. R. Johnson, S. W. Gray, P. Skubic, B. Nemati, Daniel Schmidt, N. Katayama, S.F. Schaffner, S. L. Jones, D. S. Akerib, N. Hancock, S. Nakanishi, J. Gronberg, J. Fast, Marina Artuso, G. Eigen, John E. Bartelt, Y. Skovpen, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, G.R. Kalbfleisch, P. Zadorozhny, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, N. Copty, M. Sapper, R. Ammar, Harris Kagan, Alice Bean, Glen D. Crawford, S. Chan, J. G. Smith, E. Nordberg, Cong Wang, G. S. Ludwig, P. L. Wang, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, John Yelton, C. O'Grady, D. Perticone, H. N. Nelson, Z. Egyed, N. Kwak, M. Lambrecht, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, R. L. McIlwain, F. Shen, R. Davis, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, D. He, Barry C. Barish, E. I. Shibata, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, J. L. Rodriguez, Frank Würthwein, K. Cho, N. B. Mistry, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, J. Kandaswamy, J. A. Ernst, D. Peterson, W. R. Ross, K. Honscheid, Daniela Bortoletto, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, Sheldon Stone, Paul Avery, H. A. Cho, C. R. Ng, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, G. Masek, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, M. Procario, Horst Severini, and Hubert Kroha

Subjects
Combinatorics, Semileptonic decay, Physics, Particle physics, General Physics and Astronomy, B meson
Abstract

Using the CLEO II detector and a sample of 955 000 [Upsilon](4S) decays we have confirmed charmless semileptonic decays of [ital B] mesons. In the momentum interval 2.3--2.6 GeV/[ital c] we observe an excess of 107[plus minus]15[plus minus]11 leptons, which we attribute to [ital b][r arrow][ital ul][nu]. This result yields a model-dependent range of values for [vert bar][ital V][sub [ital u][ital b]]/[ital V][sub [ital c][ital b]][vert bar] that is lower than has been obtained in previous studies. For the inclusive spectator model of Altarelli [ital et] [ital al]. we find [vert bar][ital V][sub [ital u][ital b]]/[ital V][sub [ital c][ital b]][vert bar]=0.076[plus minus]0.008. Models that describe [ital b][r arrow][ital ul][nu] with a limited set of exclusive final states give [vert bar][ital V][sub [ital u][ital b]]/[ital V][sub [ital c][ital b]][vert bar]=0.06[minus]0.10.

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1993
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131. Observation ofB0decay to two charmless mesons

Author

N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, H. Tajima, F. Morrow, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, K. Honscheid, P. Zadorozhny, E. H. Thorndike, R. Ehrlich, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, D. R. Johnson, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, D. Coppage, J. P. Alexander, S. L. Jones, M. Sapper, R. Balest, D. Riley, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, P. C. Kim, S. Menary, M. Goldberg, V. Shelkov, G. C. Moneti, S.F. Schaffner, S. Schrenk, J. G. Smith, C. M. Daubenmier, Cong Wang, Y. J. Kwon, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, N. Kwak, Robert Wilson, A. P. Freyberger, Alice Bean, Sheldon Stone, Daniela Bortoletto, J. Urheim, R. Ammar, John Yelton, T. Miao, K. Sparks, D. Perticone, S. J. Patton, J. Snow, David Sperka, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, Yoram Rozen, Paul Avery, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, S. Chan, D. He, Barry C. Barish, E. I. Shibata, M. Lambrecht, Ian Shipsey, D. L. Kreinick, D. N. Brown, Robert K. Kutschke, C. Bebek, H. Kagan, Philip Baringer, S. Ball, Shengfeng Yang, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, Marina Artuso, B. Nemati, Karl Berkelman, D. Z. Besson, R. L. McIlwain, J. Kandaswamy, T. E. Browder, Yurii V. Mukhin, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, S. Playfer, C. O'Grady, D. F. Cowen, Michael Wood, M. Daoudi, J. S. Miller, B. Ong, F. Shen, N. Katayama, H. Yamamoto, M. Garcia-Sciveres, D. S. Akerib, F. Muheim, G. Eigen, J. Dominick, M. Battle, M. Thulasidas, R. J. Morrison, Vipul Jain, John E. Bartelt, J. A. Ernst, Anders Ryd, Mats A Selen, G.R. Kalbfleisch, A. J. Sadoff, V. Savinov, M. Athanas, A. J.R. Weinstein, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. Fujino, R. Wang, D. L. Hartill, Daniel Schmidt, P. Rankin, G. Vasseur, J. Fast, D. Peterson, N. Copty, S. Nakanishi, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, D. H. Miller, H. N. Nelson, Glen D. Crawford, T. K. Nelson, P. Skubic, S. W. Gray, Igor Volobouev, M. M. Zoeller, Shawn W. Henderson, X. Fu, Z. Egyed, W. R. Ross, D. M. Coffman, B. K. Heltsley, M. S. Alam, J. Gronberg, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, E. Nordberg, G. S. Ludwig, K. Lingel, H. Worden, P. L. Wang, J. L. Rodriguez, Frank Würthwein, K. Cho, N. B. Mistry, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, F. Butler, G. Masek, K. Kinoshita, R. Davis, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, M. Procario, Horst Severini, Hubert Kroha, H. A. Cho, C. R. Ng, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, J. Masui, S. Roberts, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, M. Lattery, B. Geiser, D. G. Cassel, R. Poling, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, B. Gittelman, and I. J. Kim

Subjects
Physics, Combinatorics, Particle physics, Particle decay, Meson, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, General Physics and Astronomy, B meson, Elementary particle
Abstract

We report results from a search for the decays ${\mathit{B}}^{0}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$, ${\mathit{B}}^{0}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{K}}^{+}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$, and ${\mathit{B}}^{0}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{K}}^{+}$${\mathit{K}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$. We find 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions, ${\mathit{B}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}$2.9\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}${10}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}5}$, ${\mathit{B}}_{\mathit{K}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}$2.6\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}${10}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}5}$, and ${\mathit{B}}_{\mathit{K}\mathit{K}}$0.7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}${10}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}5}$. While there is no statistically significant signal in the individual modes, the sum of ${\mathit{B}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}$ and ${\mathit{B}}_{\mathit{K}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}$ exceeds zero with a significance of more than 4 standard deviations, indicating that we have observed charmless hadronic B decays.

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1993
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132. Observation of the charmed baryonΣc+and measurement of the isospin mass splittings of theΣc

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K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, Y. I. Skovpen, J. Urheim, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, J. Whitmore, F. Muheim, H. Worden, B. Ong, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, B. Geiser, D. Riley, Sheldon Stone, M. Ogg, Daniela Bortoletto, N. Hancock, G. Zhu, Paul Avery, H. Kagan, James E. Fast, D. Z. Besson, R. Stoynowski, M. Lattery, M. Daoudi, David Sperka, B. C. Barish, J. Gronberg, S. Playfer, K. Sparks, C. P. O'Grady, M. S. Alam, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, R. L. Malchow, M. Lohner, J. G. Smith, S. J. Patton, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, M. Sapper, S. Nakanishi, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, C. M. Daubenmier, Christopher G. White, D. R. Johnson, J. Masui, J. L. Rodriguez, P. C. Kim, J. J. O'Neill, R. Ammar, B. Nemati, Jongmin Lee, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, S. Schrenk, Shengfeng Yang, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, S. Chan, Frank Würthwein, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, B. Gittelman, K. Cho, R. D. Kass, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, A. P. Freyberger, A. J. Sadoff, R. Balest, N. B. Mistry, P. Skubic, D. F. Cowen, I. J. Kim, S.F. Schaffner, M. Kelly, M. Battle, J. Mevissen, E. H. Thorndike, Z. Egyed, Cong Wang, A. J.R. Weinstein, M. Garcia-Sciveres, Yurii V. Mukhin, J. Kandaswamy, Yoram Rozen, J. Snow, Robert K. Kutschke, D. Coppage, Marina Artuso, R. J. Wilson, Vipul Jain, S. Roberts, Philip Baringer, John Yelton, John E. Bartelt, J. A. Ernst, K. Honscheid, J. P. Alexander, G.R. Kalbfleisch, S. Ball, S. Menary, Shawn W. Henderson, F. Morrow, E. Nordberg, Karl Berkelman, S. W. Gray, H. Tajima, T. Miao, D. Peterson, N. Kwak, D. He, D. L. Hartill, X. Fu, E. I. Shibata, Daniel Schmidt, D. Fujino, P. S. Drell, D. Perticone, G. S. Ludwig, R. Ehrlich, N. Copty, M. Lambrecht, R. S. Galik, R. Stephens, W. R. Ross, P. Rankin, S. L. Jones, S. E. Csorna, D. N. Brown, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, Glen D. Crawford, T. K. Nelson, H. Yamamoto, I. P. J. Shipsey, N. Katayama, F. Butler, D. S. Akerib, H. N. Nelson, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, G. Eigen, Michael Wood, R. Davis, R. Wang, K. Kinoshita, G. Vasseur, J. S. Miller, R. L. McIlwain, M. Thulasidas, D. G. Cassel, P. L. Wang, M. M. Zoeller, F. Shen, Alice Bean, R. Poling, D. H. Miller, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, G. Masek, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, M. Procario, Horst Severini, Hubert Kroha, H. A. Cho, C. R. Ng, D. M. Coffman, Michael S. Witherell, B. K. Heltsley, M.K. Sung, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, T. E. Browder, J. Dominick, and V. Savinov

Subjects
Baryon, Physics, Charmed baryons, Particle physics, Particle properties, Stereochemistry, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Isospin, General Physics and Astronomy, Sigma baryon
Abstract

We observe the [Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup +] baryon decaying to [Lambda][sub [ital c]][sup +][pi][sup 0] and measure the mass difference [ital M]([Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup +])[minus][ital M]([Lambda][sub [ital c]][sup +]) to be 168.5[plus minus]0.2 MeV/[ital c][sup 2]. We also measure the mass differences [ital M]([Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup ++])[minus][ital M]([Lambda][sub [ital c]][sup +]) and [ital M]([Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup 0])[minus][ital M]([Lambda][sub [ital c]][sup +]) with improved precision and determine the isospin mass splittings [ital M]([Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup ++])[minus][ital M]([Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup 0]) and [ital M]([Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup +])[minus][ital M]([Sigma][sub [ital c]][sup 0]) to be 1.1[plus minus]0.4[plus minus]0.1 MeV/[ital c][sup 2] and 1.4[plus minus]0.5[plus minus]0.3 MeV/[ital c][sup 2], respectively. Our results indicate that the light quark mass difference does not dominate the isospin mass splitting in [Sigma][sub [ital c]].

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1993
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133. Measurement of exclusiveΛcdecays with aΣ+in the final state

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M. Garcia-Sciveres, Vipul Jain, D. L. Hartill, S. Schrenk, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. Fujino, T. K. Nelson, Daniel Schmidt, Z. Egyed, P. Rankin, J. Fast, G. Masek, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, N. Copty, R. Davis, M. M. Zoeller, Robert Wilson, Yoram Rozen, T. Miao, J. Urheim, M. Procario, Glen D. Crawford, M. Kelly, M. S. Alam, J. Mevissen, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, J. Kandaswamy, B. Nemati, Robert K. Kutschke, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, K. Sparks, Horst Severini, Philip Baringer, D. H. Miller, S. Menary, S. J. Patton, A. P. Freyberger, J. A. Ernst, George R. Kalbfleisch, N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, S. Ball, D. N. Brown, Darin Acosta, Cong Wang, Shengfeng Yang, David Sperka, Karl Berkelman, S. Roberts, D. Peterson, J. Whitmore, Hubert Kroha, Jungil Lee, M. Sapper, John E. Bartelt, P. L. Wang, D. F. Cowen, J. S. Miller, R. Ammar, R. Stephens, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, D. Z. Besson, M. Thulasidas, S. E. Csorna, H. Tajima, P. S. Drell, K. K. Gan, Marina Artuso, T. Skwarnicki, J. Snow, M. Daoudi, S. Chan, N. Kwak, B. Ong, F. Butler, D. L. Kreinick, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, K. Kinoshita, C. Bebek, John Yelton, T. E. Browder, P. C. Kim, G. Vasseur, D. G. Cassel, Yurii V. Mukhin, H. Kagan, J. Dominick, J. L. Rodriguez, V. Savinov, Frank Würthwein, H. A. Cho, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, M. Goldberg, Alice Bean, G. C. Moneti, B. Geiser, K. Cho, S. Playfer, D. R. Johnson, D. Coppage, R. L. McIlwain, D. M. Coffman, N. B. Mistry, R. Ehrlich, C. R. Ng, J. P. Alexander, R. Poling, B. K. Heltsley, Ha Lam, F. Muheim, S.F. Schaffner, P. Skubic, F. Shen, Michael S. Witherell, H. Yamamoto, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, M.K. Sung, M. Lohner, W. R. Ross, D. He, E. I. Shibata, J. D. Richman, A. J. Sadoff, J. J. O'Neill, S. L. Jones, Shawn W. Henderson, Sheldon Stone, D. Cinabro, X. Fu, Paul Avery, R. Kennett, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, B. Gittelman, G. Eigen, I. J. Kim, J. Masui, R. Wang, D. Riley, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, F. Morrow, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, R. Balest, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, D. Perticone, M. Lambrecht, H. Worden, I. P. J. Shipsey, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, J. Gronberg, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, E. Nordberg, G. S. Ludwig, S. W. Gray, C. O'Grady, H. N. Nelson, J. G. Smith, C. M. Daubenmier, Daniela Bortoletto, and K. Honscheid

Subjects
Physics, Crystallography, Particle decay, Meson, Branching fraction, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Hyperon, General Physics and Astronomy, Lambda baryon, Lambda, Omega baryon, Sigma baryon
Abstract

We have measured branching ratios for three [Lambda][sub [ital c]] decay modes that have a [Sigma][sup +] in the final state. Two of the observed decay modes, [Lambda][sub [ital c]][r arrow][Sigma][sup +][pi][sup 0] and [Lambda][sub [ital c]][sup +][r arrow][Sigma][sup +][omega], have no external [ital W]-emission amplitudes. Their branching ratios relative to the [ital pK][sup [minus]][pi][sup +] mode are 0.20[plus minus]0.03[plus minus]0.03 and 0.54[plus minus]0.13[plus minus]0.06, respectively. We have also significantly improved the measurement of the branching ratio for the previously observed decay mode [Lambda][sub [ital c]][sup +][r arrow][Sigma][sup +][pi][sup +][pi][sup [minus]]. We find its branching ratio relative to [ital pK][sup [minus]][pi][sup +] to be 0.74[plus minus]0.07[plus minus]0.09.

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1993
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134. Measurement of the absolute branching fraction forD0→K−π+

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H. Tajima, Yurii V. Mukhin, David Sperka, K. Lingel, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, H. Yamamoto, P. Zadorozhny, G. Vasseur, R. Wang, D. N. Brown, R. Ehrlich, Anders Ryd, R. Stephens, T. K. Nelson, S. E. Csorna, H. Worden, M. Athanas, J. L. Rodriguez, G. Kalbfleisch, N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, D. L. Kreinick, J. G. Smith, C. Bebek, D. R. Johnson, C. M. Daubenmier, S. L. Jones, R. Davis, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, Frank Würthwein, K. Cho, F. Butler, P. Skubic, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, N. Kwak, N. B. Mistry, H. A. Cho, D. He, F. Muheim, Shawn W. Henderson, A. P. Freyberger, E. I. Shibata, J. S. Miller, D. L. Hartill, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, K. Kinoshita, J. Gronberg, J. Mevissen, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, D. Perticone, M. M. Zoeller, J. Kandaswamy, D. Coppage, X. Fu, M. Thulasidas, P. C. Kim, Daniel Schmidt, M. Sapper, C. R. Ng, D. Z. Besson, R. L. McIlwain, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, J. A. Ernst, M. Lambrecht, F. Shen, J. P. Alexander, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, I. P. J. Shipsey, D. Peterson, S.F. Schaffner, M. Daoudi, T. E. Browder, Yoram Rozen, G. Masek, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, M. S. Alam, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, E. Nordberg, Philip Baringer, G. S. Ludwig, W. R. Ross, Robert Wilson, J. Fast, S. Ball, Shengfeng Yang, C. O'Grady, S. Schrenk, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, M. Procario, Alice Bean, Darin Acosta, F. Morrow, Horst Severini, H. N. Nelson, Sheldon Stone, J. Dominick, Hubert Kroha, Paul Avery, K. Sparks, S. Roberts, D. Riley, D. F. Cowen, M. Garcia-Sciveres, N. Horwitz, Vipul Jain, M. Chadha, S. J. Patton, S. Menary, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. Fujino, P. Rankin, J. Urheim, I. Volobouev, M. L. Kelly, N. Katayama, N. Copty, D. S. Akerib, D. H. Miller, B. Nemati, Robert K. Kutschke, S. W. Gray, G. Eigen, V. Savinov, Karl Berkelman, M. Battle, Marina Artuso, A. J.R. Weinstein, T. Miao, R. Ammar, S. Chan, John E. Bartelt, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, R. Balest, Glen D. Crawford, H. Kagan, J. Masui, S. Playfer, D. M. Coffman, B. K. Heltsley, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, A. J. Sadoff, V. Shelkov, Cong Wang, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, John Yelton, Yuichi Kubota, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, B. Gittelman, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, I. J. Kim, B. Geiser, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, K. Honscheid, Daniela Bortoletto, D. G. Cassel, R. Poling, B. Ong, Z. Egyed, P. L. Wang, and J. Snow

Subjects
Hadronic decay, Physics, Statistics::Theory, Particle physics, Statistics::Applications, Meson, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, Elementary particle, Combinatorics, Particle decay, Angular correlation, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

Using 1.79 ${\mathrm{fb}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$ of data recorded by the CLEO II detector we have measured the absolute branching fraction for ${\mathit{D}}^{0}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{K}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$. The angular correlation between the ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$ emitted in the decay ${\mathit{D}}^{\mathrm{*}+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{D}}^{0}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$, and the jet direction in ${\mathit{e}}^{+}$${\mathit{e}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}cc\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{} events, is used to determine the total number of inclusive ${\mathit{D}}^{0}$ mesons produced from this source. The subsequent reconstruction of the decay chain ${\mathit{D}}^{\mathrm{*}+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{D}}^{0}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$,${\mathit{D}}^{0}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{K}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$ allows a measurement of the absolute ${\mathit{D}}^{0}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{K}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$ branching fraction. Correcting for decay radiation in the final state, we find scrB(${\mathit{D}}^{0}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{K}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$)=[3.95\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.08(stat)\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.17(syst)]%.

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1993
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135. Measurements of exclusive semileptonic decays of D mesons

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Daniel Schmidt, Maurice Garcia-Sciveres, M. Sapper, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, A. J. Sadoff, F. Butler, P. N. Wang, John Yelton, Ryszard Stroynowski, Y. Kwon, P. Rankin, D. H. Miller, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, B. Nemati, Chunjie Wang, M. Daoudi, A. Bean, X. Fu, D. Riley, M. Procario, J. K. Nelson, D. Besson, R. Kennett, S. Yang, S. F. Schaffner, B. Gittelman, Harris Kagan, N. Kwak, Daniela Bortoletto, Ha Lam, Raymond Davis, D. Coppage, D. F. Cowen, J. J. O'Neill, N. Copty, I. J. Kim, J. Bartelt, J. P. Alexander, G. C. Moneti, K. Lingel, T. Skwarnicki, G. Vasseur, J. Urheim, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, D. M. Coffman, G. Eigen, S. Salman, D. G. Cassel, Michael Wood, R. Kass, R. Stephens, Yurii V. Mukhin, S. E. Csorna, P. C. Kim, S. Henderson, B. K. Heltsley, B. C. Barish, B. Geiser, Yuichi Kubota, M. Sung, H. Worden, M. Modesitt, P. L. Wang, E. I. Shibata, K. Kinoshita, R. Malchow, H. A. Cho, R. Wang, M. Lohner, I. P.J. Shipsey, K. K. Gan, M. M. Zoeller, D. Cinabro, D. N. Brown, D. L. Hartill, Karl Berkelman, K. Cho, N. B. Mistry, B. Ong, P. Wilson, J. G. Smith, S. Menary, R. L. McIlwain, P. S. Drell, S. Patton, R. Poling, M. Lambrecht, F. Shen, C. R. Ng, T. Miao, G. Crawford, C. D. Jones, Jorge Luis Rodriguez, M. Saulnier, M. S. Alam, V. Shelkov, S. Schrenk, Michael S. Witherell, M. Goldberg, Richard Wilson, D. Fujino, D. Acosta, A. J. Weinstein, Daniel Johnson, J. Fast, W. R. Ross, H. N. Nelson, D. He, R. Ammar, D. L. Kreinick, G. Masek, T. K. Nelson, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, H. Tajima, J. Gronberg, J. Masui, N. Horwitz, J. Ernst, T. E. Browder, J. Lee, M. L. Kelly, R. Fulton, I. Volobouev, M. Lattery, M. Chadha, C. R. Sun, H. Severini, S. Chan, S. W. Gray, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, S. Roberts, W. T. Ford, P. Zadorozhny, M. Battle, F. Muheim, Z. Egyed, H. P. Paar, R. Balest, K. Honscheid, Hubert Kroha, C. O'Grady, S. Playfer, R. Kutschke, D. Sperka, Vivek Jain, F. Morrow, Y. Skovpen, S. Sanghera, E. Nordberg, Jeffrey Richman, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, J. Mevissen, G. S. Ludwig, N. Hancock, P. Skubic, Sheldon Stone, J. Kandaswamy, K. Sparks, Paul Avery, D. Peterson, Marina Artuso, C. White, H. Yamamoto, T. Liu, C. Bebek, A. P. Freyberger, George R. Kalbfleisch, J. Snow, C. M. Daubenmier, D. Perticone, V. Savinov, Yoram Rozen, F. Würthwein, Philip Baringer, S. Ball, J. S. Miller, M. Thulasidas, J. Whitmore, R. Ehrlich, S. L. Jones, and J. Dominick

Subjects
Semileptonic decay, Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, D meson, Elementary particle, Cornell Electron Storage Ring
Abstract

Using a sample of integrated luminosity 1.68 fb−1 collected with the CLEO-II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we measure the branching ratios for the dominant exclusive semileptonic decays D → K l ν and D → K ∗ l ν , using charged and neutral D mesons. We also make a precise measurement of the vector form factor for the decay D 0 → K − l + ν , using a sample of 2700 events.

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1993
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136. Study ofD0decays intoK¯0andK¯*0

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J. S. Miller, T. E. Browder, P. Rubin, M. Thulasidas, G. C. Moneti, P. N. Wang, P. Wilson, Maurice Garcia-Sciveres, R. Ehrlich, Daniel Schmidt, J. Urheim, S. L. Jones, D. Perticone, Ryszard Stroynowski, V. Savinov, Yoram Rozen, F. Würthwein, E. I. Shibata, R. Ballest, Philip Baringer, J. Mevissen, J. Kandaswamy, D. Riley, P. Rankin, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, H. Yamamoto, K. Honscheid, P. Skubic, A. Bean, V. Romero, J. K. Nelson, J. J. O'Neill, M. Worris, D. Cinabro, G. Crawford, S. Yang, Chunjie Wang, M. Sapper, D. Peterson, M. Daoudi, S. F. Schaffner, J. Bartelt, B. Nemati, F. Morrow, G. Masek, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, S. Patton, R. Kennett, D. Besson, F. Butler, C. D. Jones, P. L. Wang, R. D. Kass, R. Stephens, D. G. Cassel, K. K. Gan, R. Davis, R. Malchow, Y. Skovpen, T. K. Nelson, B. Gittelman, I. P.J. Shipsey, John Yelton, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, D. Acosta, H. Kagan, I. J. Kim, B. Ong, K. Sparks, T. Liu, Daniel Johnson, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, D. F. Cowen, Sheldon Stone, C. Bebek, S. Sanghera, Paul Avery, R. J. Morrison, Christopher G. White, M. Goldberg, Daniela Bortoletto, N. Copty, Mats A Selen, S. Ball, D. L. Kreinick, A. J. Sadoff, A. P. Freyberger, N. Hancock, Richard Wilson, H. Tajima, R. Ammar, Z. Egyed, J. Dominick, S. Roberts, D. Sperka, B. Geiser, George R. Kalbfleisch, M. Lohner, H. Severini, S. Chan, M. Battle, Ha Lam, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, J. Snow, P. S. Drell, D. M. Coffman, B. K. Heltsley, M. M. Zoeller, M. Saulnier, B. C. Barish, T. Skwarnicki, J. Masui, P. C. Kim, S. Henderson, T. Miao, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, Hubert Kroha, Vivek Jain, H. A. Cho, R. Wang, R. Kutschke, D. L. Hartill, R. Poling, C. R. Ng, E. Nordberg, Jeffrey Richman, Michael S. Witherell, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, G. S. Ludwig, G. Eigen, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, Marina Artuso, N. Kwak, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, H. Worden, D. Coppage, J. P. Alexander, R. Rodriquez, R. S. Galik, M. Lambrecht, C. O'Grady, A. J. Weinstein, H. N. Nelson, S. Menary, Karl Berkelman, R. L. McIlwain, A. V. Barnes, S. Schrenk, J. Gronberg, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, F. Muheim, D. N. Brown, S. Playfer, M. Athanas, S. E. Csorna, K. Kinoshita, M. S. Alam, J. Ernst, M. Lattery, D. H. Miller, N. B. Mistry, W. R. Ross, M. Procario, X. Fu, M. Sung, Michael Wood, M. Modesitt, J. G. Smith, M. L. Kelly, and S. W. Gray

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Particle decay, Antiparticle, Meson, Branching fraction, Hadron
Abstract

Using the CLEO II detector at CESR we have studied [ital D][sup 0] decays into final states with a [ital [bar K]] [sup 0] or [ital [bar K]] [sup *0], and have measured branching ratios for the decay modes [ital D][sup 0][r arrow]([ital [bar K]] [sup 0]/[ital [bar K]] [sup *0])[pi][sup 0],[eta],[eta][prime]. These results are compared with predictions of various charm decay models, and contributions of final-state interactions are discussed.

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1993
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137. Study of the decaysΛc+→Ξ0K+,Λc+→Σ+K+K−, andΛc+→Ξ−K+π+

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H. A. Cho, K. Lingel, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, M. Sivertz, B. Gittelman, D. Perticone, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, I. J. Kim, M. Lambrecht, G. Vasseur, C. R. Ng, I. P. J. Shipsey, B. Geiser, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, N. Hancock, M. S. Alam, Y. Skovpen, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, D. G. Cassel, Yoram Rozen, D. He, H. Worden, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, David Sperka, E. I. Shibata, Philip Baringer, Cong Wang, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, S. Menary, M. Garcia-Sciveres, F. Morrow, H. Yamamoto, S. Ball, M. Sapper, R. D. Kass, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, R. Poling, P. Skubic, John Yelton, R. Balest, Vipul Jain, Robert K. Kutschke, R. Wang, D. Z. Besson, R. Ammar, T. K. Nelson, P. L. Wang, S. Schrenk, D. M. Coffman, J. G. Smith, N. Kwak, S. Chan, C. M. Daubenmier, M. Daoudi, R. Davis, A. P. Freyberger, D. L. Hartill, J. S. Miller, B. K. Heltsley, Karl Berkelman, D. H. Miller, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. Fujino, M. Thulasidas, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, B. Ong, J. L. Rodriguez, George R. Kalbfleisch, H. Tajima, Shawn W. Henderson, Daniel Schmidt, John E. Bartelt, F. Muheim, Frank Würthwein, P. C. Kim, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, J. Fast, M. M. Zoeller, R. L. McIlwain, K. Cho, X. Fu, P. Rankin, C. O'Grady, M. Goldberg, D. Coppage, J. Urheim, S. Sanghera, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, G. C. Moneti, Pu Wang, N. B. Mistry, Darin Acosta, J. P. Alexander, N. Copty, Robert Wilson, V. Romero, T. E. Browder, N. Horwitz, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, M. Chadha, R. Ehrlich, S.F. Schaffner, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, J. Snow, J. Dominick, Sheldon Stone, B. Nemati, S. L. Jones, Z. Egyed, Paul Avery, S. W. Gray, Yurii V. Mukhin, V. Savinov, J. Kandaswamy, D. N. Brown, Glen D. Crawford, K. Sparks, H. N. Nelson, H. Kagan, S. J. Patton, M. Worris, S. Playfer, M. Battle, Shengfeng Yang, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, J. A. Ernst, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, T. Miao, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, A. J.R. Weinstein, D. R. Johnson, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, D. F. Cowen, Marina Artuso, A. J. Sadoff, J. Gronberg, F. Butler, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, D. Peterson, K. Kinoshita, E. Nordberg, W. R. Ross, G. S. Ludwig, Daniela Bortoletto, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, G. Eigen, G. Masek, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, M. Procario, Horst Severini, Hubert Kroha, Alice Bean, K. Honscheid, S. Roberts, Ha Lam, D. Riley, J. D. Richman, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, J. Masui, Paul Sheldon, and Yuichi Kubota

Subjects
Physics, Statistics::Theory, Statistics::Applications, Branching fraction, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, Xi baryon, Sigma baryon, Charmed baryons, Combinatorics, Particle decay, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Cornell Electron Storage Ring, Atomic physics
Abstract

We report the measurement of new modes of the charmed baryon ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$ using data recorded by the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. We find branching ratios, relative to ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{pK}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$, of 0.070\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.011\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.011 for ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{+}$${\mathit{K}}^{+}$${\mathit{K}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$, 0.069\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.023\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.016 for ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\Sigma}\ensuremath{\varphi}, 0.078\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.013\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.013 for ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}^{0}$${\mathit{K}}^{+}$, and 0.053\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.016\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.010 for ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}^{\mathrm{*}0}$${\mathit{K}}^{+}$. These measurements indicate that W-exchange diagrams contribute to ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$ decay. We have also made a new measurement of the previously found mode ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{\mathit{c}}^{+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Xi}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$${\mathit{K}}^{+}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$.

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1993
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138. Measurement of theD→ππ branching fractions

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H. A. Cho, David Sperka, Yoram Rozen, B. Geiser, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, D. L. Hartill, Sheldon Stone, Philip Baringer, Z. Egyed, A. P. Freyberger, George R. Kalbfleisch, Daniel Schmidt, Paul Avery, C. R. Ng, J. Snow, J. Fast, D. R. Johnson, Michael S. Witherell, S. Ball, M.K. Sung, K. Honscheid, R. Davis, N. Copty, N. Kwak, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, B. Ong, C. O'Grady, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, D. Riley, G. Masek, Shengfeng Yang, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, F. Muheim, D. Coppage, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, J. S. Miller, J. P. Alexander, Glen D. Crawford, M. Thulasidas, D. F. Cowen, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, D. N. Brown, H. N. Nelson, M. Procario, H. Kagan, M. Garcia-Sciveres, Robert K. Kutschke, Vipul Jain, D. G. Cassel, B. Gittelman, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, Horst Severini, R. L. McIlwain, R. D. Kass, F. Shen, S. Playfer, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. Fujino, R. Balest, P. L. Wang, I. J. Kim, H. Yamamoto, G. Vasseur, R. Ammar, Hubert Kroha, R. Ehrlich, D. Z. Besson, Karl Berkelman, P. Rankin, R. Poling, Yurii V. Mukhin, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, S. Chan, S. L. Jones, R. Wang, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, K. Lingel, A. J. Sadoff, M. Sivertz, G. Eigen, M. Daoudi, P. Skubic, H. Worden, Daniela Bortoletto, Cong Wang, Alice Bean, M. S. Alam, P. S. Drell, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, Shawn W. Henderson, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, John E. Bartelt, S. Menary, John Yelton, X. Fu, M. Saulnier, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, T. E. Browder, K. K. Gan, P. Wilson, T. Skwarnicki, J. Gronberg, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, H. Tajima, J. Dominick, P. C. Kim, V. Savinov, M. Goldberg, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, G. C. Moneti, S.F. Schaffner, C. M. Daubenmeir, E. Nordberg, G. S. Ludwig, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, F. Morrow, F. Butler, Robert Wilson, K. Kinoshita, K. Sparks, S. J. Patton, J. L. Rodriguez, Marina Artuso, D. M. Coffman, B. K. Heltsley, D. H. Miller, Frank Würthwein, K. Cho, N. B. Mistry, J. Urheim, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, J. Kandaswamy, B. Nemati, J. A. Ernst, D. Peterson, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, S. Schrenk, T. K. Nelson, M. M. Zoeller, T. Miao, N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, M. Sapper, W. R. Ross, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, S. Roberts, J. Masui, D. Perticone, M. Lambrecht, I. P. J. Shipsey, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, D. He, E. I. Shibata, J. G. Smith, S. W. Gray, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, J. Whitmore, and Jungil Lee

Subjects
Physics, Hadronic decay, Crystallography, Particle decay, Particle physics, Particle properties, Meson, Branching fraction, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Isospin, General Physics and Astronomy, Relative phase, Cornell Electron Storage Ring
Abstract

Using data from CLEO II at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring we provide a new measurement of the branching fraction for [ital D][sup 0][r arrow][pi][sup +][pi][sup [minus]], and we present the first measurements of [ital D][sup 0][r arrow][pi][sup 0][pi][sup 0] and of [ital D][sup +][r arrow][pi][sup +][pi][sup 0], which is due to an isospin changing [Delta][ital I]=3/2 transition. From these data we extract the ratio of isospin amplitudes [vert bar][ital A][sub 2]/[ital A][sub 0][vert bar], and the cosine of the relative phase [delta]=[delta][sub 2][minus][delta][sub 0] between these amplitudes, for [ital D][r arrow][pi][pi] decays. Unlike the situation in kaon decay where [ital A][sub 2] is strongly suppressed, we find [vert bar][ital A][sub 2]/[ital A][sub 0][vert bar]=0.72[plus minus]0.13[plus minus]0.11 and cos[delta]=0.14[plus minus]0.13[plus minus]0.09.

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1993
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139. Measurement of the decayτ−→π−π+π−2π0ντ

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D. Bortoletto, D. N. Brown, J. Fast, R. L. McIlwain, T. Miao, D. H. Miller, M. Modesitt, S. F. Schaffner, E. I. Shibata, I. P. J. Shipsey, P. N. Wang, M. Battle, J. Ernst, H. Kroha, S. Roberts, K. Sparks, E. H. Thorndike, C. H. Wang, J. Dominick, S. Sanghera, T. Skwarnicki, R. Stroynowski, M. Artuso, D. He, M. Goldberg, N. Horwitz, R. Kennett, G. C. Moneti, F. Muheim, Y. Mukhin, S. Playfer, Y. Rozen, S. Stone, M. Thulasidas, G. Vasseur, G. Zhu, J. Bartelt, S. E. Csorna, Z. Egyed, V. Jain, P. Sheldon, D. S. Akerib, B. Barish, M. Chadha, S. Chan, D. F. Cowen, G. Eigen, J. S. Miller, C. O’Grady, J. Urheim, A. J. Weinstein, D. Acosta, M. Athanas, G. Masek, B. Ong, H. Paar, M. Sivertz, A. Bean, J. Gronberg, R. Kutschke, S. Menary, R. J. Morrison, S. Nakanishi, H. N. Nelson, T. K. Nelson, J. D. Richman, A. Ryd, H. Tajima, D. Schmidt, D. Sperka, M. S. Witherell, M. Procario, S. Yang, R. Balest, K. Cho, M. Dauodi, W. T. Ford, D. R. Johnson, K. Lingel, M. Lohner, P. Rankin, J. G. Smith, J. P. Alexander, C. Bebek, K. Berkelman, D. Besson, T. E. Browder, D. G. Cassel, H. A. Cho, D. M. Coffman, P. S. Drell, R. Ehrlich, M. Garcia-Sciveres, B. Geiser, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, C. D. Jones, S. L. Jones, J. Kandaswamy, N. Katayama, P. C. Kim, D. L. Kreinick, G. S. Ludwig, J. Masui, J. Mevissen, N. B. Mistry, C. R. Ng, E. Nordberg, M. Ogg, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, D. Riley, S. Salman, M. Sapper, H. Worden, F. Würthwein, P. Avery, A. Freyberger, J. Rodriguez, R. Stephens, J. Yelton, D. Cinabro, S. Henderson, K. Kinoshita, T. Liu, M. Saulnier, F. Shen, R. Wilson, H. Yamamoto, M. Selen, A. J. Sadoff, R. Ammar, S. Ball, P. Baringer, D. Coppage, N. Copty, R. Davis, N. Hancock, M. Kelly, N. Kwak, H. Lam, Y. Kubota, M. Lattery, J. K. Nelson, S. Patton, D. Perticone, R. Poling, V. Savinov, S. Schrenk, R. Wang, M. S. Alam, I. J. Kim, B. Nemati, J. J. O’Neill, H. Severini, C. R. Sun, M. M. Zoeller, G. Crawford, C. M. Daubenmier, R. Fulton, D. Fujino, K. K. Gan, K. Honscheid, H. Kagan, R. Kass, J. Lee, R. Malchow, F. Morrow, Y. Skovpen, M. Sung, C. White, J. Whitmore, P. Wilson, F. Butler, X. Fu, G. Kalbfleisch, M. Lambrecht, W. R. Ross, P. Skubic, J. Snow, P. L. Wang, and M. Wood

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Particle decay, Meson, Branching fraction, Stereochemistry, Hadron, Pi, General Physics and Astronomy, Cornell Electron Storage Ring, Omega
Abstract

The decay [tau][sup [minus]][r arrow][pi][sup [minus]][pi][sup +][pi][sup [minus]]2[pi][sup 0][nu][sub [tau]] has been observed in [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]] annihilation using the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. In a data sample collected at [radical][ital s] [similar to]10.6 GeV, 668[plus minus]38 decay candidates have been identified by exclusively reconstructing two [pi][sup 0]'s accompanying three charged particles, which are assumed to be pions. Normalizing to the number of [tau] pairs detected with one charged particle recoiling against three charged particles, this yields a branching ratio of [ital B][sub 3[pi]2[pi]][sup 0]=(0.48[plus minus]0.04[plus minus]0.04)%. A signal of 430[plus minus]33 events for the decay [tau][sup [minus]][r arrow][pi][sup [minus]][omega][pi][sup 0][nu][sub [tau]] has also been observed, corresponding to a branching ratio of [ital B][sub [pi][omega][pi]][sup 0]=(0.39[plus minus]0.04[plus minus]0.04)%.

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1993
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140. Two measurements ofB0B¯0mixing

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H. A. Cho, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, G. Masek, C. R. Ng, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, M. Procario, Horst Severini, Anders Ryd, Hubert Kroha, D. He, M. Athanas, H. Worden, E. I. Shibata, S. Roberts, J. L. Rodriguez, Frank Würthwein, K. Cho, David Sperka, N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, Daniela Bortoletto, John E. Bartelt, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, J. S. Miller, C. O'Grady, G.R. Kalbfleisch, J. Urheim, D. M. Coffman, E. H. Thorndike, D. N. Brown, D. Coppage, J. P. Alexander, A. P. Freyberger, M. Garcia-Sciveres, B. K. Heltsley, M. Thulasidas, Robert Wilson, D. Z. Besson, R. S. Galik, M. Sapper, Vipul Jain, R. Ammar, N. Kwak, M. Daoudi, K. Sparks, S. J. Patton, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, F. Butler, P. L. Wang, G. Vasseur, F. Morrow, Ha Lam, D. G. Cassel, N. Katayama, S. Schrenk, Yurii V. Mukhin, J. Snow, S. Sanghera, J. D. Richman, K. Kinoshita, D. S. Akerib, B. Nemati, Ryszard Stroynowski, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, S. Chan, N. Horwitz, D. Fujino, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, R. L. McIlwain, D. L. Kreinick, Marina Artuso, M. Chadha, R. Davis, G. Eigen, K. Honscheid, Sheldon Stone, C. Bebek, Z. Egyed, P. Rankin, Paul Avery, M. Worris, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, R. Poling, D. H. Miller, M. Battle, P. Skubic, J. Masui, Yoram Rozen, T. E. Browder, M. S. Alam, A. J.R. Weinstein, J. Dominick, Philip Baringer, T. Miao, D. R. Johnson, B. Ong, Shawn W. Henderson, Robert K. Kutschke, V. Savinov, X. Fu, D. Riley, S. Menary, S. Ball, Alice Bean, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, V. Romero, Karl Berkelman, H. Tajima, S. Nakanishi, Cong Wang, John Yelton, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, F. Muheim, H. Kagan, N. B. Mistry, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, C. R. Sun, S. Playfer, B. Gittelman, I. J. Kim, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, J. Kandaswamy, W. T. Ford, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, J. A. Ernst, R. D. Kass, A. J. Sadoff, B. Geiser, D. Peterson, P. C. Kim, D. L. Hartill, Daniel Schmidt, R. Balest, J. Fast, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, W. R. Ross, N. Copty, S.F. Schaffner, M. Lohner, H. N. Nelson, Glen D. Crawford, J. J. O'Neill, H. Yamamoto, T. K. Nelson, R. Wang, J. Gronberg, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, M. M. Zoeller, E. Nordberg, G. S. Ludwig, Shengfeng Yang, D. F. Cowen, R. Ehrlich, S. L. Jones, D. Perticone, M. Lambrecht, I. P. J. Shipsey, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, J. G. Smith, C. M. Daubenmier, and S. W. Gray

Subjects
Semileptonic decay, Combinatorics, Physics, Particle physics, General Physics and Astronomy, B meson
Abstract

We have measured the [ital B][sup 0][ital [bar B]0] mixing probability, [chi][sub [ital d]], using a sample of 965 000 [ital B[bar B]] pairs from [Upsilon](4[ital S]) decays. Counting dilepton events, we find [chi][sub [ital d]]=0.157[plus minus]0.016[plus minus]0.018[sub [minus]0.021][sup +0.028]. Using tagged [ital B][sup 0] events, we find [chi][sub [ital d]]=0.149[plus minus]0.023[plus minus]0.019[plus minus]0.010. The first (second) error is statistical (systematic). The third error reflects a [plus minus]15% uncertainty in the assumption, made in both cases, that charged and neutral [ital B] pairs contribute equally to dilepton events. We also obtain a limit on the [ital CP] impurity in the [ital B][sub [ital d]][sup 0] system, [vert bar]Re([epsilon][sub [ital B]][sup 0])[vert bar][lt]0.045 at 90% C.L.

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1993
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141. Measurement of the ratioscrB(D+→π0l+ν)/scrB(D+→K¯0l+ν)

Author

C. O'Grady, S. Schrenk, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, H. N. Nelson, K. Honscheid, Frank K. Wuerthwein, R. Ammar, M. Lattery, Sheldon Stone, Paul Avery, D. L. Hartill, M. Garcia-Sciveres, D. G. Cassel, J. S. Miller, B. C. Barish, N. Kwak, S. Chan, James P. Alexander, P. L. Wang, Vipul Jain, J. Fast, H. Yamamoto, M. Thulasidas, M. Saulnier, E. H. Thorndike, J. Gronberg, Anders Ryd, M. Athanas, S. Roberts, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, F. Morrow, R. Wang, M. Daubenmeir, N. Copty, Ryszard Stroynowski, R. Poling, D. Fujino, Ian Shipsey, T. Miao, B. Ong, D. Cinabro, D. Coppage, R. Kennett, P. Rankin, Yoram Rozen, D. He, B. Gittelman, Daniela Bortoletto, R. L. McIlwain, E. I. Shibata, D. Riley, P. Wilson, Glen D. Crawford, K. K. Gan, F. Shen, Philip Baringer, H. Kagan, R. Ballest, D. Z. Besson, N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, E. Nordberg, I. J. Kim, T. Skwarnicki, J. Masui, S. Nakanishi, Christopher G. White, S. Ball, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, M. Daoudi, James G. Smith, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, T. E. Browder, P. C. Kim, G. S. Ludwig, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, S. Playfer, M. Sapper, H. Tajima, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, T. K. Nelson, J.Ritchie Patterson, S. Menary, J. Dominick, S.F. Schaffner, G. Vasseur, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, J. Kandaswamy, R. Ehrlich, B. Geiser, H. Worden, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, Z. Egyed, V. Savinov, R. J. Morrison, Yurii V. Mukhin, Mats A Selen, S. L. Jones, R. Davis, D. R. Johnson, A. J. Sadoff, Nari B. Mistry, M. M. Zoeller, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, David Sperka, J. A. Ernst, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, Robert K. Kutschke, D. M. Coffman, Cong Wang, P. Skubic, B. K. Heltsley, F. Muheim, Karl Berkelman, T. Liu, D. Peterson, John Yelton, M. Modesitt, Persis S. Drell, Shengfeng Yang, Robert Wilson, Shawn W. Henderson, David Miller, A. P. Freyberger, J. Urheim, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, X. Fu, Alam, B. Nemati, D. F. Cowen, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, J. Snow, J. L. Rodriguez, K. Cho, K. Sparks, W. R. Ross, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, S. J. Patton, F. Butler, K. Kinoshita, H. Schmidt, D. Perticone, M. Lambrecht, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, John E. Bartelt, G.R. Kalbfleisch, R. L. Malchow, C. R. Sun, R. D. Kass, Marina Artuso, G. Masek, S. W. Gray, M. Procario, Horst Severini, Hubert Kroha, H. A. Cho, C. R. Ng, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, William T. Ford, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, G. Eigen, David Norvil Brown, and Alice Bean

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Electron–positron annihilation, General Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino, Lepton
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1993
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142. Evidence for penguin-diagram decays: First observation ofB→K*(892)γ

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T. Liu, M. Modesitt, Robert K. Kutschke, Daniela Bortoletto, G. Masek, J. Gronberg, A. P. Freyberger, Karl Berkelman, George R. Kalbfleisch, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, T. K. Nelson, M. Procario, H. Yamamoto, D. G. Cassel, J. Snow, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, Yoram Rozen, F. Muheim, S. Schrenk, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, M. Daubenmeir, Horst Severini, E. Nordberg, B. Ong, R. Wang, R. Poling, Cong Wang, Philip Baringer, T. E. Browder, N. Kwak, M. M. Zoeller, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, G. S. Ludwig, Hubert Kroha, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, M. Garcia-Sciveres, C. O'Grady, Shawn W. Henderson, John Yelton, S. Ball, J. Dominick, Vipul Jain, P. S. Drell, J. Urheim, D. Coppage, X. Fu, D. L. Hartill, Daniel Schmidt, V. Savinov, D. R. Johnson, J. P. Alexander, Yurii V. Mukhin, H. N. Nelson, Ryszard Stroynowski, M. Saulnier, J. Fast, N. Copty, P. Wilson, R. Davis, D. Fujino, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, B. Nemati, R. L. McIlwain, D. Cinabro, R. Ehrlich, F. Shen, T. Miao, P. Rankin, Glen D. Crawford, Anders Ryd, R. Kennett, M. Athanas, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, P. C. Kim, B. Gittelman, H. Kagan, S. L. Jones, H. A. Cho, D. Z. Besson, M. Daoudi, I. J. Kim, M. Goldberg, David Sperka, S. Playfer, Z. Egyed, N. Hancock, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, Y. Skovpen, C. R. Ng, G. C. Moneti, K. Honscheid, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, A. J. Sadoff, J. S. Miller, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, G. Vasseur, H. Tajima, S.F. Schaffner, M. Thulasidas, M. Sapper, B. Geiser, M. Kelly, Robert Wilson, M. Lohner, P. Skubic, Shengfeng Yang, M. S. Alam, J. J. O'Neill, H. Worden, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, D. M. Coffman, K. Sparks, Darin Acosta, S. J. Patton, J. Mevissen, D. F. Cowen, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, D. He, E. I. Shibata, B. K. Heltsley, Marina Artuso, F. Morrow, J. Kandaswamy, P. L. Wang, D. Perticone, Alice Bean, M. Lambrecht, J. A. Ernst, I. P. J. Shipsey, D. Peterson, W. R. Ross, S. Salman, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, J. L. Rodriguez, N. Katayama, Frank Würthwein, D. S. Akerib, K. Cho, G. Eigen, N. B. Mistry, D. N. Brown, D. H. Miller, J. G. Smith, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, F. Butler, K. Kinoshita, S. W. Gray, R. Ammar, S. Chan, S. Menary, D. Riley, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, Sheldon Stone, Paul Avery, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, R. Balest, John E. Bartelt, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, S. Roberts, and J. Masui

Subjects
Physics, Combinatorics, Particle physics, Particle decay, Meson, Particle model, Branching fraction, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, General Physics and Astronomy, Penguin diagram, B meson
Abstract

We have observed the decays [ital B][sup 0][r arrow][ital K][sup *](892)[sup 0][gamma] and [ital B][sup [minus]][r arrow][ital K][sup *](892)[sup [minus]][gamma], which are evidence for the quark-level process [ital b][r arrow][ital s][gamma]. The average branching fraction is (4.5[plus minus]1.5[plus minus]0.9)[times]10[sup [minus]5]. This value is consistent with standard model predictions from electromagnetic penguin diagrams.

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1993
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143. Limit on the tau neutrino mass

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D. Riley, D. H. Miller, Yurii V. Mukhin, D. N. Brown, James G. Smith, Z. Egyed, E. I. Shibata, N. Kwak, F. Muheim, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, D. L. Hartill, Daniel Schmidt, F. Butler, J. R. Patterson, S. Roberts, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, D. M. Coffman, S. Nakanishi, E. H. Thorndike, N. Copty, K. Kinoshita, M. Garcia-Sciveres, J. Urheim, Harris Kagan, S. W. Gray, R. L. McIlwain, Vipul Jain, J. S. Miller, Glen D. Crawford, P. L. Wang, B. Ong, B. Geiser, D. Coppage, G. Masek, A. V. Barnes, J. P. Alexander, D. G. Cassel, Sheldon Stone, Robert Wilson, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, M. Thulasidas, Paul Avery, N. Horwitz, B. Nemati, M. Chadha, M. Lohner, Cong Wang, H. Worden, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. Fujino, J. Masui, T. E. Browder, S. Menary, Shawn W. Henderson, P. Baringer, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, M. Battle, J. L. Rodriguez, N. Hancock, J. J. O'Neill, Raymond Davis, John Yelton, Y. Skovpen, Frank Würthwein, H. Tajima, Darin Acosta, A. J.R. Weinstein, N. Katayama, J. Dominick, R. Poling, K. Sparks, S. J. Patton, P. Rubin, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, D. S. Akerib, D. Cinabro, K. Cho, R. Kennett, C. R. Ng, R. Ehrlich, P. Rankin, X. Fu, N. B. Mistry, B. Gittelman, S. Playfer, V. Savinov, G. Eigen, M. Procario, C. O'Grady, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, D. He, R. S. Galik, M. Worris, M. Sapper, K. K. Gan, S. L. Jones, Horst Severini, Barry C. Barish, R. D. Kass, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, R. Balest, M. Athanas, I. J. Kim, W. R. Ross, Marina Artuso, A. J. Sadoff, F. Morrow, H. N. Nelson, D. Z. Besson, M. Daoudi, R. Ammar, M. S. Alam, V. Romero, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, S. Schrenk, David Sperka, D. R. Johnson, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, S. Chan, H. Yamamoto, Yoram Rozen, Hubert Kroha, T. K. Nelson, H. A. Cho, J. Gronberg, R. Wang, Ian Shipsey, John E. Bartelt, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, P. S. Drell, Alice Bean, Shengfeng Yang, M. Lattery, S. Ball, J. Kandaswamy, M. M. Zoeller, Robert K. Kutschke, T. Miao, D. F. Cowen, J. A. Ernst, A. P. Freyberger, George R. Kalbfleisch, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, Karl Berkelman, E. Nordberg, G. Vasseur, D. Peterson, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, G. S. Ludwig, Brian Heltsley, J. Snow, P. Skubic, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, T. Skwarnicki, P. C. Kim, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, S.F. Schaffner, Daniela Bortoletto, D. Perticone, M. Lambrecht, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, and K. Honscheid

Subjects
Physics, Massless particle, Particle physics, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Computer Science::Information Retrieval, Tau neutrino, General Physics and Astronomy, Elementary particle, Neutrino, Calculation methods, Lepton
Abstract

A limit on the tau neutrino mass [ital M][sub [nu][tau]] is obtained from a study of tau decays in the reaction [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]][r arrow][tau][sup +][tau][sup [minus]] at center-of-mass energies [similar to]10.6 GeV. The result is based on an end-point analysis of the invariant mass spectrum of the decay products in the decay modes [tau][sup [minus]][r arrow]3[ital h][sup [minus]]2[ital h][sup +][nu][sub [tau]] and [tau][sup [minus]][r arrow]2[ital h][sup [minus]][ital h+]2[pi][sup 0][nu][sub [tau]]. The data sample used in this analysis contains 1.77[times]10[sup 6] tau pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.92 fb[sup [minus]1], and is substantially larger than previous data samples used to place a limit on [ital M][sub [nu][tau]]. The limit obtained for both five-hadron modes together is 32.6 MeV at 95% C.L.

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1993
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144. Design and tests for CLEO-II silicon vertex detector

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K. Honscheid, D. Cinabro, D.M. Schmidt, H. Yamamoto, Frank K. Wuerthwein, H. Worden, J. P. Alexander, John Dobbins, Z. Sobolewski, P. Rubin, J. Gronberg, Marina Artuso, D. S. Akerib, S. Henderson, H. N. Nelson, C. D. Jones, D. F. Cowen, H. Tajima, R. J. Morrison, and Mats A Selen

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Silicon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Preamplifier, Scattering, business.industry, Detector, chemistry.chemical_element, Boron carbide, STRIPS, Tracking (particle physics), law.invention, Transverse plane, chemistry.chemical_compound, Optics, chemistry, law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, business, Instrumentation
Abstract

We report on the design and prototype studies for a new double-sided silicon vertex detector for the CLEO-II experiment at CESR. To minimize multiple scattering, two new techniques are employed: (1) the detector is supported by low mass, low Z boron carbide foam U-channels; and (2) the preamplifiers are removed entirely from the tracking volume by using a second layer of metallization on the silicon to provide longitudinal readout traces for the transverse sense strips.

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1993
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145. Tau decays with one charged particle plus multipleπ0’s

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J. Urheim, M. Garcia-Sciveres, B. Nemati, Vipul Jain, N. Hancock, Y. Skovpen, M. Battle, Yoram Rozen, A. J.R. Weinstein, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, Ryszard Stroynowski, R. Stephens, M. Sapper, Philip Baringer, S. E. Csorna, P. Rankin, F. Butler, M. Worris, D. Perticone, S. Ball, Robert K. Kutschke, Sheldon Stone, Paul Avery, M. Lambrecht, Shengfeng Yang, K. Kinoshita, R. Ammar, D. F. Cowen, D. He, S. Schrenk, E. I. Shibata, D. R. Johnson, J. Gronberg, W. M. Yao, I. P. J. Shipsey, Karl Berkelman, N. Kwak, Ha Lam, S. Chan, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, J. D. Richman, M. M. Zoeller, R. Ehrlich, B. Ong, John E. Bartelt, M. Athanas, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Michael Wood, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, Shawn W. Henderson, X. Fu, D. M. Coffman, B. K. Heltsley, D. H. Miller, J. Kandaswamy, R. Davis, T. Miao, D. Z. Besson, M. Daoudi, Yurii V. Mukhin, S. Sanghera, S. L. Jones, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, R. L. McIlwain, Robert Wilson, E. Nordberg, S. Roberts, R. L. Malchow, S. Menary, G. S. Ludwig, J. A. Ernst, A. V. Barnes, Christopher G. White, K. Sparks, S. J. Patton, David Sperka, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, H. Yamamoto, R. Balest, D. Peterson, J. S. Miller, G. Masek, J. Masui, P. Rubin, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, M. S. Alam, Marina Artuso, S. W. Gray, M. Thulasidas, H. Worden, F. Morrow, R. Wang, F. Muheim, G. Vasseur, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, M. Procario, W. R. Ross, K. Honscheid, H. Tajima, T. E. Browder, Horst Severini, P. L. Wang, J. G. Smith, J. Dominick, P. Skubic, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, V. Savinov, C. O'Grady, Hubert Kroha, E. H. Thorndike, P. C. Kim, H. A. Cho, M. Goldberg, D. N. Brown, H. N. Nelson, D. Coppage, N. Horwitz, C. R. Ng, G. C. Moneti, J. P. Alexander, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, S.F. Schaffner, M. Chadha, Alice Bean, R. S. Galik, Z. Egyed, M. Ogg, G. Zhu, N. Katayama, J. L. Rodriguez, D. S. Akerib, G. Eigen, Frank Würthwein, K. Cho, N. B. Mistry, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, A. P. Freyberger, George R. Kalbfleisch, J. Snow, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, B. Gittelman, Cong Wang, Daniela Bortoletto, John Yelton, I. J. Kim, H. Kagan, V. Romero, S. Playfer, B. Geiser, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, D. G. Cassel, A. J. Sadoff, M. Lohner, R. Poling, D. L. Hartill, J. J. O'Neill, Daniel Schmidt, N. Copty, Glen D. Crawford, and D. Riley

Subjects
Physics, Particle decay, Particle physics, Branching fraction, Stereochemistry, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, General Physics and Astronomy, Cornell Electron Storage Ring, Gamma detection, Calculation methods, Charged particle
Abstract

With the CLEO-II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have measured branching fractions for tau lepton decay into one-prong final states with multiple [pi][sup 0]'s [ital B][sub [ital h][ital n][pi]][sup 0], normalized to the branching fraction for tau decay into one charged particle and a single [pi][sup 0]. We find [ital B][sub [ital h]2[pi]][sup 0]/[ital B][sub [ital h][pi]][sup 0]=0.345[plus minus]0.006[plus minus]0.016, [ital B][sub [ital h]3[pi]][sup 0]/[ital B][sub [ital h][pi]][sup 0]=0.041 [plus minus]0.003[plus minus]0.005, and [ital B][sub [ital h]4[pi]][sup 0]/[ital B][sub [ital h][pi]][sup 0]=0.006[plus minus]0.002[plus minus]0.002.

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1993
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146. Lepton asymmetry measurements inB¯→D*l−ν¯land implications forV-Aand the form factors

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R. Ammar, E. H. Thorndike, R. Ehrlich, D. Coppage, J. P. Alexander, Sheldon Stone, Paul Avery, D. F. Cowen, S. Menary, M. Garcia-Sciveres, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, S. Roberts, F. Muheim, R. S. Galik, D. L. Kreinick, W. M. Yao, Vipul Jain, J. Urheim, C. Bebek, Shawn W. Henderson, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, B. Nemati, M. S. Alam, S. W. Gray, Ryszard Stroynowski, Yoram Rozen, T. Liu, Ha Lam, X. Fu, E. I. Shibata, J. D. Richman, D. H. Miller, S. Schrenk, David Sperka, T. E. Browder, B. Ong, H. Worden, M. Modesitt, P. Rankin, Philip Baringer, S. Ball, C. R. Ng, Michael S. Witherell, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, M. Lattery, N. Katayama, M.K. Sung, B. C. Barish, J. Dominick, John E. Bartelt, A. P. Freyberger, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, Robert Wilson, J. G. Smith, D. S. Akerib, V. Savinov, G. Eigen, George R. Kalbfleisch, N. Kwak, N. Horwitz, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, J. S. Miller, M. Thulasidas, D. Perticone, J. Masui, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, G. Masek, M. Chadha, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, M. Procario, K. Sparks, S. J. Patton, H. Tajima, C. R. Sun, C. O'Grady, K. K. Gan, F. Butler, T. Skwarnicki, W. T. Ford, M. Lambrecht, R. D. Kass, I. P. J. Shipsey, J. Snow, D. Z. Besson, Horst Severini, M. M. Zoeller, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, H. N. Nelson, K. Kinoshita, M. Daoudi, P. C. Kim, H. Yamamoto, R. L. McIlwain, D. Riley, Hubert Kroha, A. V. Barnes, Z. Egyed, R. Wang, M. Goldberg, M. Worris, Marina Artuso, Robert K. Kutschke, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, G. C. Moneti, J. Gronberg, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, Karl Berkelman, D. R. Johnson, P. Skubic, D. N. Brown, J. Kandaswamy, E. Nordberg, G. S. Ludwig, T. Miao, S.F. Schaffner, D. M. Coffman, J. A. Ernst, B. K. Heltsley, P. L. Wang, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, Alice Bean, R. Davis, D. Peterson, G. Zhu, P. Rubin, F. Morrow, J. L. Rodriguez, Frank Würthwein, N. B. Mistry, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, B. Geiser, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, B. Gittelman, I. J. Kim, D. L. Hartill, Daniel Schmidt, N. Copty, Glen D. Crawford, Daniela Bortoletto, D. G. Cassel, Cong Wang, John Yelton, H. Kagan, R. Poling, K. Honscheid, S. Playfer, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, A. J. Sadoff, V. Romero, N. Hancock, and M. Sapper

Subjects
Physics, Semileptonic decay, Statistics::Theory, Particle physics, Statistics::Applications, Meson, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Weak interaction, Particle decay, High Energy Physics::Experiment, B meson, Cornell Electron Storage Ring
Abstract

We present a measurement of the lepton decay asymmetry ${\mathit{A}}_{\mathrm{fb}}$ in the reaction B\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathit{D}}^{\mathrm{*}}$${\mathit{l}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$\ensuremath{\nu}${\mathrm{\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}}_{\mathit{l}}$ using data collected with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR). The value of ${\mathit{A}}_{\mathrm{fb}}$ confirms that the chirality of the weak interaction is predominantly left-handed in b\ensuremath{\rightarrow}c transitions as expected in the standard model, if it is assumed that the lepton current is also left-handed. Using ${\mathit{A}}_{\mathrm{fb}}$ and the previously determined branching ratio, ${\mathit{q}}^{2}$ distribution, and ${\mathit{D}}^{\mathrm{*}}$ polarization, we obtain the first measurement of the form-factor ratios that are used to describe this semileptonic decay.

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1993
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147. Search forτ−→γμ−: A test of lepton number conservation

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K. Sparks, S. J. Patton, W. R. Ross, W. M. Yao, Yoram Rozen, M. Worris, Philip Baringer, S. Ball, B. Geiser, Shawn W. Henderson, P. Rubin, J. S. Miller, M. Thulasidas, X. Fu, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, B. Ong, Marina Artuso, D. M. Coffman, F. Morrow, D. Perticone, J. Kandaswamy, J. Gronberg, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, B. K. Heltsley, G. Masek, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, D. R. Johnson, J. A. Ernst, F. Butler, R. Ehrlich, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, D. Peterson, M. Procario, M. Lambrecht, D. N. Brown, Horst Severini, R. Ammar, Shengfeng Yang, K. Kinoshita, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, Hubert Kroha, E. Nordberg, D. F. Cowen, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, D. Z. Besson, I. P. J. Shipsey, N. Hancock, M. Garcia-Sciveres, A. P. Freyberger, M. Daoudi, G. S. Ludwig, Vipul Jain, C. R. Ng, G. Zhu, George R. Kalbfleisch, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, Ryszard Stroynowski, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, J. L. Rodriguez, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, P. Rankin, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, T. E. Browder, P. C. Kim, J. Snow, Frank Würthwein, N. B. Mistry, H. Worden, Robert K. Kutschke, S. Sanghera, J. Dominick, M. Goldberg, E. H. Thorndike, G. C. Moneti, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, V. Romero, V. Savinov, C. R. Sun, P. L. Wang, N. Kwak, Karl Berkelman, J. Urheim, W. T. Ford, P. Skubic, S.F. Schaffner, M. Sapper, R. D. Kass, D. Coppage, C. O'Grady, J. P. Alexander, S. Schrenk, E. I. Shibata, B. Nemati, Z. Egyed, D. H. Miller, R. L. McIlwain, H. N. Nelson, F. Muheim, A. V. Barnes, K. Honscheid, Alice Bean, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, J. G. Smith, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, D. G. Cassel, John E. Bartelt, M. S. Alam, R. S. Galik, S. Menary, T. Miao, Daniela Bortoletto, H. Yamamoto, R. Davis, M. M. Zoeller, Sheldon Stone, Paul Avery, R. Wang, R. Poling, David Sperka, S. W. Gray, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, G. Eigen, D. L. Hartill, Daniel Schmidt, H. Tajima, S. Roberts, N. Copty, Glen D. Crawford, H. Kagan, S. Playfer, R. J. Morrison, Mats A Selen, A. J. Sadoff, Cong Wang, John Yelton, D. Riley, J. Masui, P. S. Drell, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, B. Gittelman, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, I. J. Kim, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, and Robert Wilson

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle decay, Particle physics, Muon, Branching fraction, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Electron–positron annihilation, General Physics and Astronomy, Elementary particle, Lepton number, Particle identification, Lepton
Abstract

A search for the lepton mumber violating decay of the [tau] lepton to the [gamma][mu] final state has been performed with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]] storage ring CESR. In a data sample that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.55 fb[sup [minus]1], we observe no candidates in the signal region. We thus determine an upper limit of [ital B]([tau][sup [minus]][r arrow][gamma][mu][sup [minus]])[lt]4.2[times]10[sup [minus]6] at 90% confidence level.

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1993
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149. Measurement of the tau lepton electronic branching fraction

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H. Yamamoto, M. Worris, D. Z. Besson, C. O'Grady, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, M. Daoudi, M. M. Zoeller, R. Wang, Robert K. Kutschke, D. R. Johnson, M. Kelly, W. M. Yao, H. N. Nelson, Shawn W. Henderson, Karl Berkelman, E. H. Thorndike, J. Mevissen, X. Fu, J. Kandaswamy, P. Skubic, S. Menary, N. Hancock, D. L. Hartill, D. Coppage, Ron Poling, J. A. Ernst, J. Masui, Daniel Schmidt, T. Liu, Yoram Rozen, J. G. Smith, Daniela Bortoletto, J. P. Alexander, M. Modesitt, D. Peterson, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, D. H. Miller, J. Gronberg, M. Sapper, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, Philip Baringer, S. Ball, S. Schrenk, A. P. Freyberger, Alice Bean, N. Copty, B. Gittelman, J. Urheim, E. Nordberg, F. Muheim, S. Sanghera, R. S. Galik, H. Tajima, Pu Wang, G. S. Ludwig, I. J. Kim, Robert Wilson, J. L. Rodriguez, Darin Acosta, Sheldon Stone, K. Lingel, Paul Avery, C. R. Ng, Glen D. Crawford, M. Sivertz, J. Snow, Frank Würthwein, David Sperka, H. Worden, K. Sparks, R. Ammar, R. Ehrlich, Michael S. Witherell, D. M. Coffman, T. Miao, M.K. Sung, S. J. Patton, N. B. Mistry, S. W. Gray, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, H. Kagan, B. Nemati, B. K. Heltsley, W. R. Ross, V. Romero, E. I. Shibata, D. Perticone, G. Masek, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, S. Playfer, M. Lambrecht, D. N. Brown, Marina Artuso, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, I. P. J. Shipsey, K. Honscheid, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, G. Eigen, M. Lattery, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, R. Davis, John E. Bartelt, G.R. Kalbfleisch, B. C. Barish, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, M. Procario, Horst Severini, S. Roberts, R. J. Morrison, R. L. Malchow, Christopher G. White, P. S. Drell, Mats A Selen, J. S. Miller, D. G. Cassel, A. J. Sadoff, C. R. Sun, Hubert Kroha, M. Thulasidas, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, D. L. Kreinick, C. Bebek, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, T. E. Browder, Cong Wang, J. Dominick, V. Savinov, John Yelton, B. Geiser, P. L. Wang, M. Lohner, J. J. O'Neill, B. Ong, M. S. Alam, N. Kwak, Z. Egyed, M. Garcia-Sciveres, Vipul Jain, Ryszard Stroynowski, R. L. McIlwain, P. Rankin, A. V. Barnes, Shengfeng Yang, D. F. Cowen, D. Riley, Paul Sheldon, Yuichi Kubota, R. Stephens, S. E. Csorna, F. Butler, K. Kinoshita, P. Rubin, F. Morrow, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, P. C. Kim, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, S.F. Schaffner, and G. Zhu

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle decay, Particle physics, Annihilation, Luminosity (scattering theory), Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, General Physics and Astronomy, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Elementary particle, Cornell Electron Storage Ring, Lepton
Abstract

The tau lepton electron branching fraction has been measured with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring as [ital B][sub [ital e]]=0.1749[plus minus]0.0014[plus minus]0.0022, with the first error statistical and the second systematic. The measurement involves counting electron-positron annihilation events in which both taus decay to electrons, and normalizing to the number of tau-pair decays expected from the measured luminosity. Detected photons in these events constitute a definitive observation of tau decay radiation.

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1992
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150. Measurement of τ decays involving η mesons

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Sheldon Stone, Paul Avery, John E. Bartelt, C. R. Sun, W. T. Ford, R. D. Kass, Daniela Bortoletto, N. Hancock, E. I. Shibata, M. Garcia-Sciveres, Vipul Jain, D. M. Coffman, M. Sapper, J. Whitmore, Jungil Lee, H. Tajima, M. Worris, B. K. Heltsley, Ryszard Stroynowski, D. N. Brown, R. Stephens, S. Schrenk, P. Rankin, C. O'Grady, S. E. Csorna, D. R. Johnson, N. Kwak, E. H. Thorndike, D. L. Kreinick, F. Butler, T. Liu, M. Modesitt, H. N. Nelson, C. Bebek, R. Davis, Z. Egyed, T. E. Browder, A. P. Freyberger, K. Kinoshita, J. Dominick, D. Coppage, R. Malchow, George R. Kalbfleisch, R. L. McIlwain, J. P. Alexander, K. Lingel, M. Sivertz, V. Savinov, Shengfeng Yang, A. V. Barnes, J. L. Rodriguez, Robert Wilson, J. Snow, Frank Würthwein, H. Worden, D. F. Cowen, D. H. Miller, H. Kagan, J. G. Smith, R. Ammar, T. Miao, S. Patton, R. S. Galik, N. B. Mistry, Franz Muheim, S. Roberts, K. Sparks, P. L. Wang, M. S. Alam, J. Gronberg, M. Kelly, J. Mevissen, H. P. Paar, R. Fulton, J. Kandaswamy, S. Playfer, David Sperka, B. Ong, J. A. Ernst, E. Nordberg, D. Peterson, S. Menary, J. Masui, G. S. Ludwig, Marina Artuso, S. W. Gray, S. Sanghera, Pu Wang, Darin Acosta, R. Ehrlich, Christopher G. White, D. Perticone, W. R. Ross, M. Lambrecht, R. J. Morrison, B. Geiser, Mats A Selen, I. P. J. Shipsey, Janice Nelson, C. D. Jones, A. J. Sadoff, J. S. Miller, D. G. Cassel, Ha Lam, J. D. Richman, M. Thulasidas, D. L. Hartill, Daniel Schmidt, M. Lattery, B. C. Barish, M. Lohner, N. Copty, Yoram Rozen, D. Z. Besson, R. Poling, M. Daoudi, Philip Baringer, Glen D. Crawford, S. Ball, Cong Wang, J. J. O'Neill, John Yelton, D. Cinabro, R. Kennett, W. M. Yao, B. Gittelman, V. Romero, Shawn W. Henderson, I. J. Kim, X. Fu, P. S. Drell, C. R. Ng, P. Skubic, M. Saulnier, P. Wilson, Michael S. Witherell, M.K. Sung, G. Zhu, K. K. Gan, T. Skwarnicki, P. C. Kim, K. Honscheid, M. Goldberg, G. C. Moneti, S.F. Schaffner, G. Masek, P. Rubin, Juliet Ritchie Patterson, F. Morrow, M. Procario, Horst Severini, N. Horwitz, M. Chadha, Hubert Kroha, Robert K. Kutschke, Karl Berkelman, H. Yamamoto, R. Wang, J. Urheim, B. Nemati, M. Battle, A. J.R. Weinstein, Alice Bean, N. Katayama, D. S. Akerib, G. Eigen, M. M. Zoeller, D. Riley, Paul Sheldon, and Yuichi Kubota

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Pion, Meson, Branching fraction, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Electron–positron annihilation, Eta meson, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Elementary particle, Cornell Electron Storage Ring
Abstract

The decay [tau][sup [minus]][r arrow][nu][sub [tau]][pi][sup [minus]][pi][sup 0][eta] has been observed for the first time using the CLEO-II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. The measured branching ratio (0.17[plus minus]0.02[plus minus]0.02)%, agrees with the CVC (conserved vector current) prediction based on [ital e][sup +][ital e[minus]][r arrow][pi][sup +][pi][sup [minus]][eta] data. Upper limits on the branching ratios for other [tau] decays to final states including [eta] mesons are improved by an order of magnitude compared to previous measurements.

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1992
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