Measurement of Γ(D0 → K-μ+ν)/Γ(D0→ μ+X using a D* tag

K. Kodama*, N. Ushida, A. Mokhtarani, V. S. Paolone, J. T. Volk, J. O. Wilcox, P. M. Yager, R. M. Edelstein, A. P. Freyberger, D. B. Gibaut, R. J. Lipton, W. R. Nichols, D. M. Potter, J. S. Russ, C. Zhang, Y. Zhang, H. I. Jang, J. Y. Kim, T. I. Kim, I. T. LimM. Y. Pac, B. R. Baller, R. J. Stefanski, K. Nakazawa, K. S. Chung, S. H. Chung, D. C. Kim, I. G. Park, M. S. Park, J. S. Song, C. S. Yoon, M. Aryal, N. W. Reay, R. A. Sidwell, N. R. Stanton, M. Chikawa, T. Abe, T. Fujii, G. Fujioka, K. Fujiwara, H. Fukushima, T. Hara, Y. Takahashi, K. Taruma, Y. Tsuzuki, C. Yokoyama, S. D. Chang, B. G. Cheon, J. H. Cho, J. S. Kang, C. O. Kim, K. Y. Kim, T. Y. Kim, J. C. Lee, S. B. Lee, G. Y. Lim, S. W. Nam, T. S. Shin, K. S. Sim, J. K. Woo, Y. Isokane, Y. Tsuneoka, S. Aoki, A. Gauthier, K. Hoshino, H. Kitamura, M. Kobayashi, M. Miyanishi, K. Nakamura, M. Nakamura, Y. Nakamura, S. Nakanishi, K. Niu, K. Niwa, M. Nomura, H. Tajima, S. Yoshida, J. M. Dunlea, S. G. Frederiksen, S. Kuramata, B. G. Lundberg, G. A. Oleynik, R. Reibel, K. Moriyama, H. Shibata, G. R. Kalbfleisch, P. Skubic, J. M. Snow, S. E. Willis, O. Kusumoto, K. Nakamura, T. Okusawa, M. Teranaka, T. Tominaga, T. Yoshida, H. Yuuki, H. Okabe, J. Yokota, M. Kazuno, T. Koya, E. Niu, S. Ogawa, H. Shibuya, S. Watanabe, N. Yasuda, M. Kamiya, Y. Sato, I. Tezuka, M. Yamaki, S. Y. Bahk, S. K. Kim

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Abstract

The relative branching fraction RK = Γ(D0 → K-μ+v)/Γ(D0 → μ-X) has been measured by Fermilab experiment E653, using D0 mesons produced by 600 GeV π-. The semimuonic decay sample of 232 events was identified by the decay chain D*+ → D0π+, D0 → μ+h-X, where h is a hadron. The Kμv component was extracted from the joint distribution of these events in the D0 decay variables Mmin and pTh. We find RK = 0.472 ± 0.051 (stat) ± 0.040 (sys), and use a world average of the D0 → Klv branching fraction to obtain the D0 inclusive semimuonic branching fraction B(D0 → μ+X) = (7.67 ± 1.13)%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)605-613
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume336
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994/09/29

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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