Published October 1, 2011
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Journal article
Searches for rare or forbidden semileptonic charm decays
Creators
- Lees, J. P.1
- Poireau, V.1
- Tisserand, V.1
- Garra Tico, J.2
- Grauges, E.2
- Martinelli, M.3, 4
- Palano, A.3, 4
- Pappagallo, M.3, 4
- Milanes, D. A.4
- Eigen, G.5
- Stugu, B.5
- Sun, L.5
- Brown, D. N.6
- Kerth, L. T.6
- Kolomensky, Yu. G.6
- Lynch, G.6
- Koch, H.7
- Schroeder, T.7
- Asgeirsson, D. J.8
- Hearty, C.8
- and others
- BABAR Collaboration
- 1. Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Universite de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux (France)
- 2. Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
- 3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Bari, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
- 4. INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
- 5. University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen (Norway)
- 6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
- 7. Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Institut fuer Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
- 8. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1 (Canada)
Description
We present searches for rare or forbidden charm decays of the form Xc+→h±l±l(')+, where Xc+ is a charm hadron (D+, Ds+, or Λc+), h± is a pion, kaon, or proton, and l(')± is an electron or muon. The analysis is based on 384 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected at or close to the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signal is observed for any of the 35 decay modes that are investigated. We establish 90% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fractions between 1x10-6 and 44x10-6 depending on the channel. In most cases, these results represent either the first limits or significant improvements on existing limits for the decay modes studied.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.072006;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1107.4465v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 84
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 072006-072006.13
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43086761
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; BRANCHING RATIO; D PLUS MESONS; D S MESONS; ELECTRONS; FERMILAB ACCELERATOR; KAONS; LAMBDA C PLUS BARYONS; MUONS; PIONS; POSITRONS; PROTONS; RESONANCE; SEMILEPTONIC DECAY; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BARYONS; BOSONS; CHARM PARTICLES; CHARMED BARYONS; CHARMED MESONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; D MESONS; DECAY; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; MESONS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; SYNCHROTRONS; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics
- Collaborations
- BABAR Collaboration