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Direct measurement of the decays of charmed D mesons

Blaylock, Guy Thomas

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Title
Direct measurement of the decays of charmed D mesons
Author(s)
Blaylock, Guy Thomas
Issue Date
1986
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Eisenstein, Bob I.
Department of Study
Physics
Discipline
Physics
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • charmed D mesons
  • D branching fractions
  • decay modes
Language
en
Abstract
Charmed D mesons produced in the decay of the t/1(3770) are observed by the Mark III detector at SPEAR. A new technique is applied to these data to derive D branching fractions which do not rely on the measurement of D production cross sections. Measurements are presented for three decay modes of the D0 ( K-1pi+, K-1pi-1pi+ 1pi+ and K-1pi+ 1pi0 ) and four decay modes of the n+ ( K-1pi+ 1pi+, K-1pi+1pi+1pi0 , K-1pi+ and K-1pi+1pi0 ). The resulting branching fractions are significantly larger than previous measurements.
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1986 Guy Thomas Blaylock

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