Search for the decay D0 → γγ and measurement of the branching fraction for D0 → π0π0
We search for the rare decay of the D 0 meson to two photons, D 0 → γ γ , and present a measurement of the branching fraction for a D 0 meson decaying to two neutral pions, B ( D 0 → π 0 π 0 ) . The data sample analyzed corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 470.5 fb − 1 collected by the BAB...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/130863 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/130863 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Física de partícules Experiments Mesons (Física nuclear) Particle physics Mesons (Nuclear physics) |
| Sumario: | We search for the rare decay of the D 0 meson to two photons, D 0 → γ γ , and present a measurement of the branching fraction for a D 0 meson decaying to two neutral pions, B ( D 0 → π 0 π 0 ) . The data sample analyzed corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 470.5 fb − 1 collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e + e − collider at SLAC. We place an upper limit on the branching fraction, B ( D 0 → γ γ ) < 2.2 × 10 − 6 , at 90% confidence level. This limit improves on the existing limit by an order of magnitude. We also find B ( D 0 → π 0 π 0 ) = ( 8.4 ± 0.1 ± 0.4 ± 0.3 ) × 10 − 4 . |
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