Reanalysis of Charmed-D -Meson Branching Fractions
Author(s) -
J. Adler,
J. Becker,
G. T. Blaylock,
T. Bolton,
J. S. Brown,
K. O. Bunnell,
T. H. Burnett,
R. Cassell,
D. M. Coffman,
V. Cook,
D. Coward,
D. E. Dorfan,
G. P. Dubois,
A. L. Duncan,
G. Eigen,
K. Einsweiler,
B. I. Eisenstein,
T. Freese,
G. E. Gladding,
C. Grab,
F. Grancagnolo,
R. P. Hamilton,
J. Hauser,
C. A. Heusch,
D. G. Hitlin,
J. M. Izen,
L. Köpke,
A. Li,
W. S. Lockman,
U. Mallik,
C. G. Matthews,
R. Mir,
P. Mockett,
R. F. Mozley,
B. Nemati,
A. Odian,
L. Parrish,
R. Partridge,
J. Perrier,
D. Pitman,
S. A. Plaetzer,
J. D. Richman,
H. F-W. Sadrozinski,
M. Scarlatella,
T. Schalk,
R. H. Schindler,
A. Seiden,
C. Simopoulos,
A. L. Spadafora,
I. E. Stockdale,
W. Stockhausen,
J. J. Thaler,
W. H. Toki,
B. Tripsas,
F. Villa,
S. Wasserbaech,
A. Wattenberg,
A. J. Weinstein,
N. Wermes,
H. J. Willutzki,
D. Wisinski,
W. J. Wisniewski,
R. Xu,
Y. S. Zhu
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.60.89
Subject(s) - physics , meson , branching fraction , particle physics , charm (quantum number) , branching (polymer chemistry) , nuclear physics , chemistry , organic chemistry
We report a revised determination of charmed--D-meson absolute branching fractions based on complete reconstruction of DD-bar events at the psi(3770). Two backgrounds, Cabibbo-suppressed and multi-..pi../sup 0/D decays, are addressed in detail. The first measurement of the decay D/sup 0/..-->..K/sup -/..pi../sup +/..pi../sup 0/..pi../sup 0/ establishes the sensitivity to hitherto unobserved multi-..pi../sup 0/ modes. Removal of both backgrounds reduces the values of our previously reported branching fractions by (21--24)% leaving their ratios largely unchanged. The new values are unable to account fully for a reported deficit in charm production in B-meson decay.
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