Title
Determination of P(c → D*) and BR(c → l) at LEP 1++
Date Issued
01 January 2000
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abreu P.
Adam W.
Adye T.
Adzic P.
Ajinenko I.
Albrecht Z.
Alderweireld T.
Alekseev G.D.
Alemany R.
Allmendinger T.
Allport P.P.
Almehed S.
Amaldi U.
Amapane N.
Amato S.
Anassontzis E.G.
Andersson P.
Andreazza A.
Andringa S.
Antilogus P.
Apel W.D.
Arnoud Y.
Åsman B.
Augustin J.E.
Augustinus A.
Baillon P.
Bambade P.
Barao F.
Barbiellini G.
Barbier R.
Bardin D.Y.
Barker G.
Baroncelli A.
Battaglia M.
Baubillier M.
Becks K.H.
Begalli M.
Behrmann A.
Beilliere P.
Belokopytov Y.
Benekos N.C.
Benvenuti A.C.
Berat C.
Berggren M.
Bertini D.
Bertrand D.
Besancon M.
Bigi M.
Bilenky M.S.
Bizouard M.A.
Bloch D.
Blom H.M.
Bonesini M.
Bonivento W.
Boonekamp M.
Booth P.S.L.
Borgland A.W.
Borisov G.
Bosio C.
Botner O.
Boudinov E.
Bouquet B.
Bourdarios C.
Bowcock T.J.V.
Boyko I.
Bozovic I.
Bozzo M.
Branchini P.
Brenke T.
Brenner R.A.
Bruckman P.
Brunet J.M.
Bugge L.
Buran T.
Burgsmueller T.
Buschbeck B.
Buschmann P.
Cabrera S.
Caccia M.
Calvi M.
Camporesi T.
Canale V.
Carena F.
Carroll L.
Caso C.
Castillo Gimenez M.V.
Cattai A.
Cavallo F.R.
Chabaud V.
Charpentier P.
Chaussard L.
Checchia P.
Chelkov G.A.
Chierici R.
Chliapnikov P.
Chochula P.
Chorowicz V.
Chudoba J.
Cieslik K.
Collins P.
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
The probability P(c → D*+) that a charm quark fragments into a D*+ meson and the c → l+ semileptonic branching fraction were measured in Z0 decay into cc̄ events. From the analysis of 3.5 Million Z0 events collected from 1992 to 1995, a sample of charm meson decays with 81% cc̄ purity was selected. The product of the c → D*+ fragmentation probability times the D*+ → D0π+ branching fraction was measured to be: P(c → D*+) · BR(D*+ → D0π+) = 0.174 ± 0.010(stat) ± 0.004(syst). Using the world averaged value for BR(D*+ → D0π+), the fragmentation probability is inferred: P(c → D*+) = 0.255 ± 0.015(stat) ± 0.006(syst) ± 0.005(syst.BR). From the same sample, 1828 ± 51 identified leptons in the opposite hemisphere were selected. From this sample, the charm semileptonic branching fraction was measured to be: BR(c → l+) = 0.0958 ± 0.0042(stat) ± 0.0028(syst).
Start page
209
End page
224
Volume
12
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0000965332
Source
European Physical Journal C
ISSN of the container
14346044
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