Published August 18, 1988
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Journal article
Lifetimes of charmed mesons
Creators
- Albrecht, H.1
- Boeckmann, P.1
- Glaeser, R.1
- Harder, G.1
- Krueger, A.1
- Nippe, A.1
- Schaefer, M.1
- Schmidt-Parzefall, W.1
- Schroeder, H.1
- Schulz, H.D.1
- Sefkow, F.1
- Spengler, J.1
- Wurth, R.1
- Yagil, A.1
- Appuhn, R.D.2
- Drescher, A.2
- Kamp, D.2
- Kolanoski, H.2
- Matthiesen, U.2
- Scheck, H.2
- Schweda, G.2
- Spaan, B.2
- Walther, A.2
- Wegener, D.2
- Gabriel, J.C.3
- Ruf, T.3
- Schubert, K.R.3
- Stiewe, J.3
- Strahl, K.3
- Waldi, R.3
- Werner, S.3
- Edwards, K.W.4
- Kapitza, H.4
- Frisken, W.R.5
- Gilkinson, D.J.6
- Gingrich, D.M.6
- Kutschke, R.6
- Orr, R.S.6
- Parsons, J.A.6
- Prentice, J.D.6
- Seidel, S.C.6
- Seywerd, H.C.J.6
- Swain, J.D.6
- Yoon, T.S.6
- MacFarlane, D.B.7
- McLean, K.W.7
- Nilsson, A.W.7
- Patel, P.M.7
- Tsipolitis, G.7
- Ammar, R.8
- Ball, S.8
- Coppage, D.8
- Davis, R.8
- Kanekal, S.8
- Kwak, N.8
- Bostjancic, B.9
- Kernel, G.9
- Krizan, P.9
- Joensson, L.10
- Babaev, A.11
- Danilov, M.11
- Fominykh, B.11
- Golutvin, A.11
- Gorelov, I.11
- Lubimov, V.11
- Matveev, V.11
- Semenov, A.11
- Semenov, S.11
- Shevchenko, V.11
- Soloshenko, V.11
- Tchistilin, V.11
- Tichomirov, I.11
- Zaitsev, Yu.11
- Childers, R.12
- Darden, C.W.12
- Fernholz, R.C.12
- ARGUS Collaboration
- 1. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany, F.R.)
- 2. Dortmund Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Physik
- 3. Heidelberg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Hochenergiephysik
- 4. Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
- 5. York Univ., Downsview, Ontario (Canada)
- 6. Toronto Univ., Ontario (Canada)
- 7. McGill Univ., Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
- 8. Kansas Univ., Lawrence (USA)
- 9. Institut Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana (Yugoslavia)
- 10. Lund Univ. (Sweden). Inst. of Physics
- 11. Institut Teoreticheskoj i Ehksperimental'noj Fiziki, Moscow (USSR)
- 12. South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA)
Description
Using the ARGUS detector at the e+e- storage ring DORIS II at DESY, we have measured the lifetimes of the D0, D+ and Ds+ mesons. We find τsub(D0) = (4.8±0.4±0.3)x10-13 s, τsub(D+) = (10.5±0.8±0.7)x10-13 s and τsub(Ds+) = (5.6-1.2+1.3±0.8)x10.13s. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 210
- Journal Issue
- 1/2
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 267-272
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 19097918
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; CHARMED MESONS; D NEUTRAL MESONS; D PLUS MESONS; D S MESONS; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEV RANGE 01-10; GEV RANGE 10-100; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; KAONS MINUS; KAONS PLUS; LIFETIME; MASS SPECTRA; PAIR PRODUCTION; PHI-1020 MESONS; PIONS MINUS; PIONS PLUS; WEAK HADRONIC DECAY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; CHARM PARTICLES; D MESONS; DATA; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; HADRONS; INFORMATION; INTERACTIONS; KAONS; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; MASS; MESONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUARKONIUM; SPECTRA; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; STRANGEONIUM; VECTOR MESONS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract BMFT 054DO51P; BMFT 04HD24P; DE-AS09-80ER10690
- Collaborations
- ARGUS Collaboration.