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Title: Observation of the Semileptonic Decay D 0 a 0 ( 980 ) e + ν e and Evidence for D + a 0 ( 980 ) 0 e + ν e

Abstract

Using an e+e- collision data sample of 2.93 fb-1 collected at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV by the BESIII detector at BEPCII, we report the observation of D0 → a0(980)-e+νe and evidence for D+ → a0(980)0e+νe with significances of 6.4σ and 2.9σ, respectively. The absolute branching fractions are determined to be B(D0 → a0(980)-e+νe) × B(a0(980)- → ηπ-) = [1.33$$\mathbb +0.33\atop{-0.29}$$ (stat)±0.09(syst)] × 10-4 and B(D+ → a0(980)0e+νe) × B(a0(980)0 → ηπ0) = [1.66$$\mathbb +0.81\atop{-0.66}$$(stat) ± 0.11(syst)] × 10-4. An upper limit of B(D+ → a0(980)0e+νe × B(a0(980)0 → ηπ0) < 3.0 × 10-4 is also determined at the 90% confidence level.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Contributing Org.:
BESIII Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1466432
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1502086; OSTI ID: 1504138
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-05ER41374; SC0010118; SC0010504; SC0012069
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 121 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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abstractNote = {Using an e+e- collision data sample of 2.93 fb-1 collected at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV by the BESIII detector at BEPCII, we report the observation of D0 → a0(980)-e+νe and evidence for D+ → a0(980)0e+νe with significances of 6.4σ and 2.9σ, respectively. The absolute branching fractions are determined to be B(D0 → a0(980)-e+νe) × B(a0(980)- → ηπ-) = [1.33$\mathbb +0.33\atop{-0.29}$ (stat)±0.09(syst)] × 10-4 and B(D+ → a0(980)0e+νe) × B(a0(980)0 → ηπ0) = [1.66$\mathbb +0.81\atop{-0.66}$(stat) ± 0.11(syst)] × 10-4. An upper limit of B(D+ → a0(980)0e+νe × B(a0(980)0 → ηπ0) < 3.0 × 10-4 is also determined at the 90% confidence level.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.081802},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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FIG. 1. FIG. 1. : Fits to the MBC distributions of the ST candidates. The first two rows show the 0 modes (a) K+more » $π$, (b) K+$π$$π$0, (c) K+$π$$π$+$π$, and the last three rows show the D modes (d) K+$π$$π$, (e) K+$π$$π$$π$0, (f) K$^0_S$$π$ , (g) K$^0_S$$π$ $π$0, (h) K$^0_S$$π$+$π$$π$, (i) K+K$π$. Points with error bars represent data, the (red) solid lines are the total fits, and the (blue) dashed lines represent the background contributions.« less

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