Charmed meson decays to two pseudoscalars

Nov, 2009
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 81 (2010) 014026
e-Print:
Report number:
  • EFI-09-32

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Abstract: (arXiv)
A recent update of data on the decays of D0D^0, D+D^+, and Ds+D_s^+ to pairs of light pseudoscalars calls for a renewed analysis of key decay amplitudes and tests of flavor symmetry. The present data change our previous understanding of relative phases between amplitudes that describe Cabibbo-favored decays of the charmed mesons. The new data also seem to favor a smaller octet-singlet mixing angle for the η\eta and η\eta' mesons when singly-Cabibbo-suppressed processes are taken into account. We also discuss the effects of the new data on interference between Cabibbo-favored and doubly-Cabibbo-suppressed decays.
  • 13.25.Ft
  • 14.40.Lb
  • 11.30.Hv
  • charmed meson: hadronic decay
  • charmed meson: branching ratio
  • pseudoscalar meson: pair production
  • decay: amplitude analysis
  • symmetry: flavor
  • mixing angle: (eta(958) eta)
  • Cabibbo angle