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Title: Observation of the Leptonic Decay D + τ + ν τ

Abstract

We report the first observation of D+ → τ+ντ with a significance of 5.1σ. We measure B(D+ → τ+ντ ) = (1.20 ± 0.24stat ± 0.12syst) × 10–3. Taking the world average B(D+ → μ+ντ ) = (3.74 ± 0.17) × 10–4, we obtain Rτ/μ = Γ(D+ → τ+ντ )/Γ(D+ → μ+ντ) = 3.21 ± 0.64stat ± 0.43syst, which is consistent with the Standard Model expectation of lepton flavor universality. Using external inputs, our results give values for the D+ decay constant fD+ and the CKM matrix element |Vcd| that are consistent with, but less precise than, other determinations.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
BESIII Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1575306
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1755649
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-05ER41374; SC0010118; SC0012069
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 123 Journal Issue: 21; 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; Form factors; Particle interactions

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Ablikim, M., Achasov, M. N., Adlarson, P., Ahmed, S., Albrecht, M., Alekseev, M., Amoroso, A., An, F. F., An, Q., Bai, Y., Bakina, O., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Balossino, I., Ban, Y., Begzsuren, K., Bennett, J. V., Berger, N., Bertani, M., Bettoni, D., Bianchi, F., Biernat, J., Bloms, J., Boyko, I., Briere, R. A., Cai, H., Cai, X., Calcaterra, A., Cao, G. F., Cao, N., Cetin, S. A., Chai, J., Chang, J. F., Chang, W. L., Chelkov, G., Chen, D. Y., Chen, G., Chen, H. S., Chen, J. C., Chen, M. L., Chen, S. J., Chen, Y. B., Cheng, W., Cibinetto, G., Cossio, F., Cui, X. F., Dai, H. L., Dai, J. P., Dai, X. C., Dbeyssi, A., Dedovich, D., Deng, Z. Y., Denig, A., Denysenko, I., Destefanis, M., De Mori, F., Ding, Y., Dong, C., Dong, J., Dong, L. Y., Dong, M. Y., Dou, Z. L., Du, S. X., Fan, J. Z., Fang, J., Fang, S. S., Fang, Y., Farinelli, R., Fava, L., Feldbauer, F., Felici, G., Feng, C. Q., Fritsch, M., Fu, C. D., Fu, Y., Gao, Q., Gao, X. L., Gao, Y., Gao, Y., Gao, Y. 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A., Zhuang, J., Zou, B. S., Zou, J. H., and BESIII Collaboration. Observation of the Leptonic Decay D + → τ + ν τ. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.211802.
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A., Zhuang, J., Zou, B. S., Zou, J. H., & BESIII Collaboration. Observation of the Leptonic Decay D + → τ + ν τ. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.211802
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abstractNote = {We report the first observation of D+ → τ+ντ with a significance of 5.1σ. We measure B(D+ → τ+ντ ) = (1.20 ± 0.24stat ± 0.12syst) × 10–3. Taking the world average B(D+ → μ+ντ ) = (3.74 ± 0.17) × 10–4, we obtain Rτ/μ = Γ(D+ → τ+ντ )/Γ(D+ → μ+ντ) = 3.21 ± 0.64stat ± 0.43syst, which is consistent with the Standard Model expectation of lepton flavor universality. Using external inputs, our results give values for the D+ decay constant fD+ and the CKM matrix element |Vcd| that are consistent with, but less precise than, other determinations.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.211802},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 21,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
}

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