Search for the rare decays D→h(h('))e+e-

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doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072015

Title: Search for the rare decays $D \to h (h^{(')}) e^{+} e^{-}$

Journal Article · 27 April 2018 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072015 · OSTI ID:1435003

Ablikim, M.; Achasov, M. N.; Ahmed, S.; Albrecht, M.; Alekseev, M.; Amoroso, A.; An, F. F.; An, Q.; Bai, J. Z.; Bai, Y.; Bakina, O.; Baldini Ferroli, R.; Ban, Y.; Begzsuren, K.; Bennett, D. W.; Bennett, J. V.; Berger, N.; Bertani, M.; Bettoni, D.; Bianchi, F. more »

We search for rare decays of D mesons to hadrons accompanied by an electron-positron pair (h(h^('))e⁺e^-), using an e⁺e^- collision sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.93 fb^-1 collected with the BESIII detector at √ s = 3.773 GeV . No significant signals are observed, and the corresponding upper limits on the branching fractions at the 90% confidence level are determined. The sensitivities of the results are at the level of 10^-5 –10^-6, providing a large improvement over previous searches.

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Research Organization:: George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE

Contributing Organization:: BESIII Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0016583; FG02-05ER41374; SC-0010118; E-SC-0010504; SC-0012069

OSTI ID:: 1435003

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1440839

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 97, Issue 7; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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