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Measurement of the decay constant f(Ds+) using D(s+)-->l+ nu.

Authors :
Artuso M
Blusk S
Butt J
Khalil S
Li J
Menaa N
Mountain R
Nisar S
Randrianarivony K
Sia R
Skwarnicki T
Stone S
Wang JC
Bonvicini G
Cinabro D
Dubrovin M
Lincoln A
Asner DM
Edwards KW
Naik P
Briere RA
Ferguson T
Tatishvili G
Vogel H
Watkins ME
Rosner JL
Adam NE
Alexander JP
Cassel DG
Duboscq JE
Ehrlich R
Fields L
Gibbons L
Gray R
Gray SW
Hartill DL
Heltsley BK
Hertz D
Jones CD
Kandaswamy J
Kreinick DL
Kuznetsov VE
Mahlke-Krüger H
Mohapatra D
Onyisi PU
Patterson JR
Peterson D
Pivarski J
Riley D
Ryd A
Sadoff AJ
Schwarthoff H
Shi X
Stroiney S
Sun WM
Wilksen T
Athar SB
Patel R
Yelton J
Rubin P
Cawlfield C
Eisenstein BI
Karliner I
Kim D
Lowrey N
Selen M
White EJ
Wiss J
Mitchell RE
Shepherd MR
Besson D
Pedlar TK
Cronin-Hennessy D
Gao KY
Hietala J
Kubota Y
Klein T
Lang BW
Poling R
Scott AW
Smith A
Zweber P
Dobbs S
Metreveli Z
Seth KK
Tomaradze A
Ernst J
Ecklund KM
Severini H
Love W
Savinov V
Aquines O
Lopez A
Mehrabyan S
Mendez H
Ramirez J
Huang GS
Miller DH
Pavlunin V
Sanghi B
Shipsey IP
Xin B
Adams GS
Anderson M
Cummings JP
Danko I
Hu D
Moziak B
Napolitano J
He Q
Insler J
Muramatsu H
Park CS
Thorndike EH
Yang F
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2007 Aug 17; Vol. 99 (7), pp. 071802. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Aug 17.
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

We measure the decay constant f(Ds+) using the D(s+)-->l+ nu channel, where the l+ designates either a mu+ or a tau+, when the tau+ -->pi+ nu. Using both measurements we find f(Ds+)=274+/-13+/-7 MeV. Combining with our previous determination of f(D+), we compute the ratio f(Ds+)/f(D+)=1.23+/-0.11+/-0.04. We compare with theoretical estimates.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
99
Issue :
7
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
17930886
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.071802