Observation of the D*0 (2459) in e+ e- Annihilation

The ARGUS collaboration Albrecht, H. ; Bockmann, P. ; Glaser, R. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 221 (1989) 422-426, 1989.
Inspire Record 268577 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.29827

Using the ARGUS detector at the DORIS II storage ring at DESY, we have observed a charmed meson of mass (2455±3±5) MeV/c2, decaying to D + π − . The natural width of this state is determined to be (15 +13+5 −10−10 ) MeV c 2 . The fragmentation function is hard, as expected for a leading charmed particle from nonresonant e + e − annihilation. Analysis of the decay angular distribution supports the hypothesis that the observed state is an L =1 excited charmed meson with spin-parity 2 + .

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Corrected to zero momentum using fragmentation function of Peterson et al., PR D29 (83) 105.

Data read from graph.


Production and Decay of the Charged D* Mesons in e+ e- Annihilation at 10-GeV Center-Of-Mass Energy

The ARGUS collaboration Albrecht, H. ; Binder, U. ; Drews, G. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 150 (1985) 235-241, 1985.
Inspire Record 204851 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30448

Using the ARGUS detector at DORIS we have observed the prediction of the charged D ∗ meson in e + e − annihilation at a center of mass energy of 10 GeV. The D ∗ fragmentation function has been measured using the decay channels D ∗+ → D 0 π + and D 0 → K − π + and K − π + π + π − .

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RESULTS EXTRAPOLATED TO X>O. SYSTEMATIC ERRORS INCLUDED.

ERRORS ARE STATISTICAL ONLY.


Observation of F Meson Production in High-energy $e^+ e^-$ Annihilation

The TASSO collaboration Althoff, M. ; Braunschweig, W. ; Kirschfink, F.J. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 136 (1984) 130-134, 1984.
Inspire Record 194774 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30586

Production of the F meson by e + e − annihilation at high energies has been obsrved in the ϕπ final state with a mass of 1.975 ± 0.009 ± 0.010 GeV and a width consistent with the mass resolution. The yield of F production times branching ratio relative to μ pair production is R F ( x ⩾ 0.3) B (F ± → ϕπ ± ) = 0.061 ± 0.012 ± 0.018.

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No description provided.

CROSS BETWEEN X BRANCHING RATIO DETERMINATION. EXTRAPOLATION BELOW X=0.3 IS USED.


D*+- Production by e+ e- Annihilation Near 34.4-GeV Center-Of-Mass Energy

The TASSO collaboration Althoff, M. ; Braunschweig, W. ; Gather, K. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 126 (1983) 493-498, 1983.
Inspire Record 196842 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30721

D ∗± production via e + e − →D ∗± X has been measured at an average CM energy of 34.4 GeV. The D ∗± energy spectrum is hard, with a maximum near χ = 0.6. The size of the D ∗ cross section, R D ∗ = σ( e + e − → D ∗ X ) σ μμ = 2.50 ± 0.64 ± 0.88 (assuming R D ∗0 = R D ∗+ ) indicates that a large fraction of charm quark production yields D ∗ mesons. The D ∗± angular distribution exhibits a forward—backward asymmetry, A = −0.28 ± 0.13. This is consistent with that expected in the standard theory for weak neutral currents and leads to | g A c | = 0.89 ± 0.44 for the axial vector coupling of the charm quark.

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ASSUMES EQUAL RATES FOR CHARGED AND NEUTRAL D*'S. ONLY CHARGED ARE DETECTED.

DATA PEAKS AT X=0.6 TO 0.8.

ASYMMETRY MEASUREMENT. THETA IS THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE E- AND THE D*.


Charged $D^*$ Production in $e^+ e^-$ Annihilation at 29-{GeV} and a Limit on D0 - Anti-d0 Mixing

Yamamoto, H. ; Atwood, W.B. ; Baillon, P. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 54 (1985) 522-525, 1985.
Inspire Record 205132 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20325

We have studied inclusive D*± production using the DELCO detector at PEP. Our technique involved kaon identification in the momentum range above 3.2 GeV/c using a threshold gas Čerenkov counter. This leads to a model-independent upper limit on D0−D¯0 mixing of 8.1% (90% confidence level). We also have measured the charm fragmentation function, which peaks at x≡PD*(Ebeam2−MD*2)12 of 0.56±0.06(stat.), and the total cross section for D* production, σ(D*±)=0.140±0.021(stat.)±0.032(syst.) nb (x>0.3, with radiative correction).

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No description provided.

SYSTEMATIC ERROR DOES NOT INCLUDE THE UNCERTAINTY ON THE BRANCHING RATIOS USED.