Lepton Spectrum in Semileptonic Charm Decay

Apr, 1979
11 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 155 (1979) 93-103
  • Published: 1979
Report number:
  • Print-79-0279 (ROME),
  • INFN-ROME-145

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Virtual and real gluon corrections to the charged lepton spectrum in the decay c→s ℓ + ν e are computed, for arbitrary masses of c and s quarks. A comparison with D semileptonic decay data is done, taking into account the Fermi motion of the charmed quark. Good agreement is found for M c =1.75 GeV, M s =0.5 GeV, and with a Fermi momentum of about 0.5 GeV. With the value of M c thus found, the prediction for the charmed particles lifetime is reduced, with respect to previous estimates, to τ c =5·10 −13 s.
  • CHARMED PARTICLE: SEMILEPTONIC DECAY
  • QUARK: MASS
  • MASS: QUARK
  • QUARK: CHARM
  • D: SEMILEPTONIC DECAY
  • CHARMED PARTICLE: LIFETIME
  • ENERGY SPECTRUM: (LEPTON)
  • GLUON: BREMSSTRAHLUNG
  • BREMSSTRAHLUNG: GLUON
  • ELECTRON POSITRON: ANNIHILATION