Study of the Exclusive Initial-State Radiation Production of the D anti-D System

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Jul, 2006

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Abstract:
A study of exclusive production of the DDˉD \bar D system through initial-state r adiation is performed in a search for charmonium states, where D=D0D=D^0 or D+D^+. The D0D^0 mesons are reconstructed in the D0Kπ+D^0 \to K^- \pi^+, D0Kπ+π0D^0 \to K^- \pi^+ \pi^0, and D0Kπ+π+πD^0 \to K^- \pi^+ \pi^+ \pi^- decay modes. The D+D^+ is reconstructed through the D+Kπ+π+D^+ \to K^- \pi^+ \pi^+ decay mode. The analysis makes use of an integrated luminosity of 288.5 fb1^{-1} collected by the BaBar experiment. The DDˉD \bar D mass spectrum shows a clear ψ(3770)\psi(3770) signal. Further structures appear in the 3.9 and 4.1 GeV/c2c^2 regions. No evidence is found for Y(4260) decays to DDˉD \bar D, implying an up per limit \frac{\BR(Y(4260)\to D \bar D)}{\BR(Y(4260)\to J/\psi \pi^+ \pi^-)} < 7.6 (95 % confidence level).
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  • 15 pages, 5 postscript figues, submitted to ICHEP2006 Report-no: BABAR-CONF-06/33, SLAC-PUB-11983
  • 13.25.Ft
  • 14.40.Lb
  • 12.40.Yx