Precision measurement of the D∗0 decay branching fractions

  • M. Ablikim
  • , M. N. Achasov
  • , X. C. Ai
  • , O. Albayrak
  • , M. Albrecht
  • , D. J. Ambrose
  • , A. Amoroso
  • , F. F. An
  • , Q. An
  • , J. Z. Bai
  • , R. Baldini Ferroli
  • , Y. Ban
  • , D. W. Bennett
  • , J. V. Bennett
  • , M. Bertani
  • , D. Bettoni
  • , J. M. Bian
  • , F. Bianchi
  • , E. Boger
  • , O. Bondarenko
  • I. Boyko, R. A. Briere, H. Cai, X. Cai, O. Cakir, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, S. A. Cetin, J. F. Chang, G. Chelkov, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, H. Y. Chen, J. C. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. J. Chen, X. Chen, X. R. Chen, Y. B. Chen, H. P. Cheng, X. K. Chu, G. Cibinetto, D. Cronin-Hennessy, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, A. Dbeyssi, D. Dedovich, Z. Y. Deng, H. Muramatsu, R. Poling, BESIII Collaboration

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Abstract

Using 482 pb-1 of data taken at s=4.009 GeV, we measure the branching fractions of the decays of D∗0 into D0π0 and D0γ to be B(D∗0→D0π0)=(65.5±0.8±0.5)% and B(D∗0→D0γ)=(34.5±0.8±0.5)%, respectively, by assuming that the D∗0 decays only into these two modes. The ratio of the two branching fractions is B(D∗0→D0π0)/B(D∗0→D0γ)=1.90±0.07±0.05, which is independent of the assumption made above. The first uncertainties are statistical and the second ones systematic. The precision is improved by a factor of 3 compared to the present world average values.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number031101
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume91
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 6 2015

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