Searches for rare or forbidden semileptonic charm decays
We present searches for rare or forbidden charm decays of the form X + c → h ± ℓ ∓ ℓ ( ' ) + , where X + c is a charm hadron ( D + , D + s , or Λ + c ), 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 dat...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/131758 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/131758 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Física de partícules Experiments Particle physics |
| Summary: | We present searches for rare or forbidden charm decays of the form X + c → h ± ℓ ∓ ℓ ( ' ) + , where X + c is a charm hadron ( D + , D + s , or Λ + c ), 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 ( 4 S ) 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 1 × 10 − 6 and 44 × 10 − 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. |
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