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Measurements of the properties ofD-meson decays

Authors :
J. Strait
G. H. Trilling
J. A. Kadyk
Martin Breidenbach
G. Hanson
William Carithers
M. E. Nelson
R. R. Larsen
R. A. Vidal
A. M. Boyarski
A. J. Lankford
D. L. Burke
E. N. Vella
M. E. B. Franklin
C. A. Blocker
V. Luth
W. Chinowsky
G. S. Abrams
M. W. Coles
G. Gidal
J. Dorenbosch
G. J. Feldman
Rafe Schindler
P. Jenni
R. E. Millikan
M. S. Alam
J. L. Siegrist
R. J. Hollebeek
Burton Richter
T. Himel
G. Goldhaber
A. Blondel
Roy F Schwitters
J. F. Patrick
W. E. Dieterle
H. Zaccone
I. Videau
D. G. Hitlin
C. Y. Pang
J. M. Weiss
M. Tonutti
M. W. Eaton
D. L. Scharre
S. Cooper
J. A. Jaros
Kenneth G. Hayes
A. Roussarie
H. Taureg
J. Dorfan
J. B. Dillion
M. L. Perl
A. D. Johnson
Walter R. Innes
Source :
Physical Review D. 24:78-97
Publication Year :
1981
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 1981.

Abstract

We present a study of the decay properties of charmed D mesons produced near the peak of the {psi}" (3770) resonance in e{sup +}e{sup -} annihilation. Branching fractions for nine Cabibbo-favored and three Cabibbo-suppressed decay modes are presented along with upper limits on one additional Cabibbo-favored and four additional Cabibbo-suppressed decay modes. A study of K{pi}{pi} decay mode Dalitz plots reveals a large quasi-two-body pseudoscalar-vector component for the D{sup 0} decays and an apparent nonuniform population an the Dalitz plot for the D{sup +} decay into K{sup -}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup +}. Using tagged events, we measure the charged particle multiplicity and strange particle content of D decays. A measurement of the D{sup +} and D{sup 0} semileptonic decay fractions indicates that the D{sup +} has a significantly longer lifetime than the D{sup 0}.

Details

ISSN :
05562821
Volume :
24
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review D
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........33c3a3be917ecb7bf1d50f3cc26a8a1d