Determination of the Wrong Sign Decay Rate D0 -> K+pi- and the Sensitivity to D0-D0bar Mixing.
Author(s) -
U. Egede
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/798911
Subject(s) - physics , mixing (physics) , sign (mathematics) , bar (unit) , particle physics , meson , sensitivity (control systems) , pi , nuclear physics , particle decay , state (computer science) , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , quantum mechanics , mathematics , chromatography , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , algorithm , electronic engineering , meteorology , engineering
The D{sup 0} meson can decay to the wrong sign K{sup +} {pi}{sup -} state either through a doubly Cabibbo suppressed decay or via mixing to the {bar D}{sup 0} state followed by the Cabibbo favoured decay {bar D}{sup 0} {yields} K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}. We measure the rate of wrong sign decays relative to the Cabibbo favoured decay to (0.383 {+-} 0.044 {+-} 0.022)% and give our sensitivity to a mixing signal.
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