Rate measurement of D0 ---> K+ pi- pi0 and constraints on D0 - anti-D0 mixing

Collaboration
May, 2001
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 87 (2001) 071802
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CLNS-01-1731,
  • CLEO-01-07
Experiments:

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present an observation and rate measurement of the decay D0 -> K+pi-pi0 produced in 9/fb of e+e- collisions near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. The signal is inconsistent with an upward fluctuation of the background by 4.9 standard deviations. We measured the rate of D0 -> K+pi-pi0 normalized to the rate of D0bar -> K+pi-pi0 to be 0.0043 +0.0011 -0.0010 (stat) +/- 0.0007 (syst). This decay can be produced by doubly-Cabibbo-suppressed decays or by the D0 evolving into a D0bar through mixing, followed by a Cabibbo-favored decay to K+pi-pi0. We also found the CP asymmetry A=(8 +25 -22)% to be consistent with zero.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • D*(2010): electroproduction
  • D*(2010): hadronic decay
  • D0: hadronic decay
  • D0: branching ratio
  • particle identification: flavor
  • time dependence
  • D0 anti-D0: mixing
  • CP: violation