Resonance Decomposition of the $D^*$0 (2420) Through a Decay Angular Analysis

The ARGUS collaboration Albrecht, H. ; Glaser, R. ; Harder, G. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 232 (1989) 398-404, 1989.
Inspire Record 280943 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.45198

Using data collected with the ARGUS detector, we have performed a decay angular analysis of the enhancement, previously known as the D ∗ (2420), seen in the final state D ∗ (2010) + π − . We thereby exhibit that the observed broad structure is actually due to two relatively narrow resonances, one of which is identified as the D ∗ (2459) 0 , while the massof the other is measured to be (2414±2±5) MeV/ c 2 . The results of the analysis are in good agreement with the interpretation of the two states as L =1 D mesons of spin-parities 2 + and 1 + respectively.

2 data tables

The cross sections times branching ratio.

It is assumed that decays D PION and D* PION saturate the total widths.