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Title: Measurement of mass and width of the excited charmed meson states D{sub 1}{sup 0} and D{sub 2}*{sup 0} at CDF

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)
  2. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)

We report on precision measurements of the masses and widths of the narrow, orbitally excited states D{sub 1}{sup 0} and D{sub 2}*{sup 0} using the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. Both states (collectively called D**) are reconstructed in the decay channel D**{yields}D*{sup +}{pi}{sup -}. The D{sub 2}*{sup 0} is also reconstructed in the D**{yields}D{sup +}{pi}{sup -} channel. Using a data set with an integrated luminosity of 210 pb{sup -1}, the measured masses and widths for the D{sub 1}{sup 0} are 2421.7{+-}0.7{+-}0.6 MeV/c{sup 2} and 20.0{+-}1.7{+-}1.3 MeV/c{sup 2} respectively, while for the D{sub 2}*{sup 0} they are 2463.3{+-}0.6{+-}0.8 MeV/c{sup 2} and 49.2{+-}2.3{+-}1.2 MeV/c{sup 2}. These values are currently the single best measurements available.

OSTI ID:
20776820
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 73, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.051104; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English