Published August 18, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Lifetimes of charmed mesons

  • 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.)

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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

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