PP Wave Charmed Mesons in e+ee^+ e^- Annihilation

Collaboration
Aug, 1989
19 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 41 (1990) 774
Report number:
  • CLNS-89/939,
  • CLEO-89-11
Experiments:

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Abstract: (APS)
Using the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have found evidence for L=1 charmed mesons in e+e− annihilations. We observe a D**0 state at mass 2461±3±1 MeV/c2 and width 20−12−10+9+9 MeV/c2 decaying to D+π−. We also see an enhancement in the m(D*+π−)−m(D*+) mass-difference spectrum and by examining D*+ decay-angle dependence, we see structure consistent with two states decaying to D*+π−. We observe a lower-mass state, at mass (2428±3±2) MeV/c2 and width (23−6−4+8+10) MeV/c2, assuming that the higher-mass component is from the decay D**0(2461)→D*+π−. We present arguments for the spin-parity assignments of these states. We also report observation of candidate L=1 cs¯ state decaying to D*+Ks0.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron positron
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • annihilation: electron positron
  • charmed meson: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: charmed meson
  • angular momentum: 1
  • spin: parity
  • parity: spin
  • charmed meson: mass