Production and Decay of the F Meson 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 153 (1985) 343, 1985.
Inspire Record 207949 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30425

Using the ARGUS detector at DORIS, we have observed the production of F ± mesons in e + e − annihilation at a centre of mass energy of 10 GeV through their subsequent decays into φπ ± and φπ + π − π ± . The values obtained for [ R (e + e − →FX). Branching Ratio] are (1.47 ± 0.32 ± 0.20)% and (1.63 ± 0.42 ± 0.41)% respectively. The observed mass is (1973.6 ± 2.6 ± 3.0) MeV c 2 . The F momentum spectrum is as expected for the fragmentation of c quarks into charmed mesons, but is somewhat softer than for fragmentation into D ∗ mesons. The relevant angular distributions are consistent with a spin-zero assignment of the F meson.

2 data tables

RESULTS OF FITS FOR SPECIFIED DECAY CHANNELS.

ACCEPTANCE CORRECTED FRAGMENTATION FUNCTION FOR THE TWO DECAY CHANNELS COMBINED. X IS PF/PMAX. DATA HAVE BEEN READ FROM THE GRAPH.