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Charmed meson production and decay

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5329843
Charmed meson production through two body processes in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation is discussed. Evidence for states of charm excitation beyond the D* is obtained through an analysis of the recoil spectrum against D's produced at Ecm = 4.415 GeV. Direct observation of the reaction D*/sup +/ ..-->.. ..pi../sup +/D/sup 0/ in SPEAR data taken at Ecm exceeding 5 GeV is discussed. This reaction provides an extremely accurate determination of the D*/sup +/, D/sup 0/ mass difference (M/sub D*/sup +// -- M/sub D/sup 0// = 145.3 +- 0.5 MeV/c/sup 2/) and a new upper limit on D/sup 0/ -- anti D/sup 0/ mixing effects. The results of fits to the D/sup 0/, D/sup +/ recoil spectrum are discussed. These fits provide considerable information on the masses, production mechanisms, and decays of charmed mesons. This is followed by a brief presentation of the known cross sections for charmed meson production and decay and an analysis of possible resonant structure in the decay products of the D/sup 0/ and D/sup +/. Lastly, a bubble chamber D/sup 0/ candidate submitted by Hagopian et al., of Florida State University is discussed.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5329843
Report Number(s):
LBL-6723; CONF-770406-3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English