Measurements of the inclusive semielectronic D0 branching fraction

Collaboration
Oct, 1995
33 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 54 (1996) 2994-3005
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CLNS-95-1363,
  • CLEO-95-18,
  • CLNS-95-1363-CLEO-95-18
Experiments:

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Abstract: (arXiv)
Using the angular correlation between the π+\pi^+ emitted in a D+D0π+D^{*+} \rightarrow D^0 \pi^+ decay and the e+e^+ emitted in the subsequent D0Xe+νD^0 \rightarrow Xe^+\nu decay, we have measured the branching fraction for the inclusive semi-electronic decay of the D0D^0 meson to be: {\cal B}(D^0 \rightarrow X e^+ \nu) = [6.64 \pm 0.18 (stat.) \pm 0.29 (syst.)] \%. The result is based on 1.7 fb1^{-1} of e+ee^+e^- collisions recorded by the CLEO II detector located at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR). Combining the analysis presented in this paper with previous CLEO results we find, \frac{{\cal B} (D^0 \rightarrow X e^+ \nu)} {{\cal B} (D^0 \rightarrow K^- \pi^+)} = 1.684 \pm 0.056 (stat.) \pm 0.093(syst.) and \frac{{\cal B}(D\rightarrow K^-e^+\nu)} {{\cal B}(D\rightarrow Xe^+\nu)} = 0.581 \pm 0.023 (stat.) \pm 0.028(syst.). The difference between the inclusive rate and the sum of the measured exclusive branching fractions (measured at CLEO and other experiments) is (3.3±7.2)%(3.3 \pm 7.2) \% of the inclusive rate.
Note:
  • Latex file, 33pages, 4 figures Submitted to PRD
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron positron
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • annihilation: electron positron
  • quark: charm
  • quark: pair production
  • pair production: quark
  • D*(2010): electroproduction
  • electroproduction: D*(2010)
  • D*(2010): hadronic decay