The D0 Spectrum From $B$ Meson Decay

The CLEO collaboration Green, J. ; Hicks, R.G. ; Sannes, F. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 51 (1983) 347, 1983.
Inspire Record 190327 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20493

The inclusive branching fraction for B-meson decay into D0 mesons and the momentum spectrum of the D0's have been measured. 0.8±0.2±0.2 D0 per B decay was found. The shape of the spectrum suggests an interesting picture of B-meson decay.

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NUMBER OF D0'S FROM UPSI(4S) REGION AFTER CORRECTION FOR THE CONTINUUM CONTRIBUTION.


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*.