Published March 10, 1986
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Journal article
Upper limits on the decay D0→μ+μ- and on D0-D-bar0 mixing
- 1. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
Description
As a by-product to the study of muon pairs produced by 255-GeV/c pions, data from Fermilab yield upper limits on the decay D0→μ+μ- and on D0-D-bar0 mixing. An unrestricted sample of 122 630 unlike-sign muon pairs allows a 90%-C.L. (confidence level) upper limit of 1.1 x 10-5 to be placed on the branching ratio of the charm-changing neutral-current decay D0→μ+μ-. From a sample of 3973 like-sign muon pairs, the ratio r = GAMMA(D-bar0→μ+X)/GAMMA(D0→μ -x) is determined to be r<5.6 x 10-3 at 90% C.L
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 56
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1027-1030
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17067132
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BRANCHING RATIO; CROSS SECTIONS; D MESONS; GEV RANGE 100-1000; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; LIMITING VALUES; MASS SPECTRA; MIXING RATIO; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; MUON PAIRS; NEUTRAL-CURRENT INTERACTIONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE DECAY; PION-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PIONS PLUS; QUARK-ANTIQUARK INTERACTIONS; TUNGSTEN
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; CHARM PARTICLES; DECAY; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; MESON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; MESONS; METALS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PIONS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPECTRA; TRANSITION ELEMENTS