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Search for rare charm meson decays at FNAL E791

Conference ·
OSTI ID:812843
We report the results of a blind search for flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC), lepton-flavor violating, and lepton-number violating decays of D{sup +}, D{sub s}{sup +}, and D{sup 0} mesons (and their antiparticles) into 2-, 3-, and 4-body states including a lepton pair. Such decays may involve Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents, Leptoquarks, Horizontal Gauge Bosons, or Majorana Neutrinos. No evidence for any of these decays is found. Therefore, we present 90% confidence level branching-fraction upper limits, typically at the 10{sup -4} level. A total of 51 decay channels have been examined; 26 have not been previously reported and 18 are significant improvements over previous results.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy; USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
812843
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-Conf-01/236-E
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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