Search for D-0(D)over-bar(0) mixing in semileptonic decay modes

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作者
Aitala, EM
Amato, S
Anjos, JC
Appel, JA
Ashery, D
Banerjee, S
Bediaga, I
Blaylock, G
Bracker, SB
Burchat, PR
Burnstein, RA
Carter, T
Carvalho, HS
Copty, NK
Costa, I
Cremaldi, LM
Darling, C
Denisenko, K
Fernandez, A
Gagnon, P
Gerzon, S
Gobel, C
Gounder, K
Halling, AM
Herrera, G
Hurvits, G
James, C
Kasper, PA
Kwan, S
Langs, DC
Leslie, J
Lundberg, B
MayTalBeck, S
Meadows, B
Neto, JRTD
Milburn, RH
deMiranda, JM
Napier, A
Nguyen, A
dOliveira, AB
OShaughnessy, K
Peng, KC
Perera, LP
Purohit, MV
Quinn, B
Radeztsky, S
Rafatian, A
Reay, NW
Reidy, JJ
dosReis, AC
机构
[1] CTR BRASILEIRO PESQUISAS FIS,RIO JANEIRO,BRAZIL
[2] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ,SANTA CRUZ,CA 95064
[3] UNIV CINCINNATI,CINCINNATI,OH 45221
[4] CINVESTAV IPN,MEXICO CITY 14000,DF,MEXICO
[5] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[6] IIT,CHICAGO,IL 60616
[7] KANSAS STATE UNIV,MANHATTAN,KS 66506
[8] OHIO STATE UNIV,COLUMBUS,OH 43210
[9] PRINCETON UNIV,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
[10] UNIV AUTONOMA PUEBLA,PUEBLA 72570,MEXICO
[11] UNIV S CAROLINA,COLUMBIA,SC 29208
[12] STANFORD UNIV,STANFORD,CA 94305
[13] TEL AVIV UNIV,IL-69978 TEL AVIV,ISRAEL
[14] TUFTS UNIV,MEDFORD,MA 02155
[15] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
[16] YALE UNIV,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2384
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
We report the result of a search for D-0 (D) over bar(0) mixing in the data from hadroproduction experiment E791 at Fermilab. We use the charge of the pion from the strong decay D-*+ --> D-0 pi(+) (and charge conjugate) to identify the charm quantum number of the neutral D at production, and the charge of the lepton and the kaon in the semileptonic decays D-0 --> Ke nu and K mu nu to identify the charm at the time of decay. No evidence of mixing is seen. We set a 90% confidence level upper limit on mixing of r < 0.50%, where r = Gamma(D-0 --> (D) over bar(0) --> K(+)l(-)<(nu)over bar>(l))/(D-0 --> K(-)l(+)nu(l)).
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页码:2384 / 2387
页数:4
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