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Some electromagnetic properties of charmed mesons

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
We calculate the D/sup +/-D/sup 0/ electromagnetic mass difference assuming pole dominance of the form factors. The tadpole, Born-term, and first-intermediate-state contributions, when treated within SU(4) symmetry, imply that m/sub D/ - m/sub D/ = 12.2 MeV. Since, in exact SU(4), the calculated charmed-meson production cross section in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation saturates the observed total cross section, contrary to experiment, a simple SU(4) -symmetry-breaking scheme has been introduced. Using this scheme it is estimated that in the c.m. energy range 4.2--4.6 GeV, the total charmed-meson production cross section (DD-bar, DD-bar* + D-barD*, D*D-bar*, FF-bar, FF-bar* + F-barF*, F*F-bar*) rises from 3.8 to 6.9 nb. Also, the estimates of the D/sup +/-D/sup 0/ mass difference is lowered to 5.8 MeV.
Research Organization:
Theoretical Physics Institute, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
OSTI ID:
5297480
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 16:5; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English