Published October 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

A measurement of the D0 lifetime

  • 1. Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany, F.R.). Lehrstuhl fuer Experimentalphysik 1A und 1. Physikalisches Inst.
  • 2. Bonn Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Physikalisches Inst.
  • 3. Bristol Univ. (UK). H.H. Wills Physics Lab.
  • 4. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany, F.R.)
  • 5. Hamburg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). 2. Inst. fuer Experimentalphysik
  • 6. Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology, London (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 7. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain)
  • 8. Oxford Univ. (UK). Dept. of Nuclear Physics
  • 9. Queen Mary Coll., London (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 10. Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford Appleton Lab.
  • 11. Siegen Univ. (Gesamthochschule) (Germany, F.R.). Fachbereich 7 - Physik
  • 12. Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovoth (Israel)
  • 13. Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

We have determined the D0 lifetime from reconstructed vertices of D0 mesons produced in e+e- annihilations at an average center of mass energy of 42.2 GeV. From fifteen events the D0 lifetime was determined to be (4.3+-1.7+-0.8)x10-13s. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Z. Phys., C
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
3
Series
Z. Phys., C.
Journal Page Range
343-348
ISSN
0170-9739
CODEN
ZPCFD

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-76ER00881; Grant INT-8313994
Collaborations
TASSO Collaboration.