Improved measurement of B(D+ --> mu+nu) and the pseudoscalar decay constant fD+. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We extract a relatively precise value for the decay constant of the meson by measuring B(D+ --> mu+nu) = (4.40 +/-0.66(+0.09)(-0.12) x 10(-4) using 281 pb(-1) of data taken on phi(3770) the resonance with the CLEO-c detector. We find fD+ = (222.6 +/- 16.7(+2.8)(-3.4)) MeV, and compare with current theoretical calculations. We also set a 90% confidence upper limit on B(D+e+nu)< 2.4 x 10(-5) which constrains new physics models.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Artuso, M., Boulahouache, C., Blusk, S., Butt, J., Dorjkhaidav, O., Li, J., ... CLEO Collaboration.

citation count

  • 110

complete list of authors

  • Artuso, M||Boulahouache, C||Blusk, S||Butt, J||Dorjkhaidav, O||Li, J||Menaa, N||Mountain, R||Nandakumar, R||Randrianarivony, K||Redjimi, R||Sia, R||Skwarnicki, T||Stone, S||Wang, JC||Zhang, K||Csorna, SE||Bonvicini, G||Cinabro, D||Dubrovin, M||Lincoln, A||Briere, RA||Chen, GP||Chen, J||Ferguson, T||Tatishvili, G||Vogel, H||Watkins, ME||Rosner, JL||Adam, NE||Alexander, JP||Berkelman, K||Cassel, DG||Crede, V||Duboscq, JE||Ecklund, KM||Ehrlich, R||Fields, L||Gibbons, L||Gittelman, B||Gray, R||Gray, SW||Hartill, DL||Heltsley, BK||Hertz, D||Jones, CD||Kandaswamy, J||Kreinick, DL||Kuznetsov, VE||Mahlke-Krüger, H||Meyer, TO||Onyisi, PUE||Patterson, JR||Peterson, D||Phillips, EA||Pivarski, J||Riley, D||Ryd, A||Sadoff, AJ||Schwarthoff, H||Shi, X||Shepherd, MR||Stroiney, S||Sun, WM||Urner, D||Wilksen, T||Weaver, KM||Weinberger, M||Athar, SB||Avery, P||Breva-Newell, L||Patel, R||Potlia, V||Stoeck, H||Yelton, J||Rubin, P||Cawlfield, C||Eisenstein, BI||Gollin, GD||Karliner, I||Kim, D||Lowrey, N||Naik, P||Sedlack, C||Selen, M||White, EJ||Williams, J||Wiss, J||Asner, DM||Edwards, KW||Besson, D||Pedlar, TK||Cronin-Hennessy, D||Gao, KY||Gong, DT||Hietala, J||Kubota, Y||Klein, T||Lang, BW||Li, SZ||Poling, R||Scott, AW||Smith, A||Dobbs, S||Metreveli, Z||Seth, KK||Tomaradze, A||Zweber, P||Ernst, J||Severini, H||Dytman, SA||Love, W||Mehrabyan, S||Mueller, JA||Savinov, V||Li, Z||Lopez, A||Mendez, H||Ramirez, J||Huang, GS||Miller, DH||Pavlunin, V||Sanghi, B||Shipsey, IPJ||Adams, GS||Anderson, M||Cummings, JP||Danko, I||Napolitano, J||He, Q||Muramatsu, H||Park, CS||Thorndike, EH||Coan, TE||Gao, YS||Liu, F

publication date

  • December 2005