First observation of the exclusive decays c+ + + - 0 and c+ + Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Using data collected by the CLEO III detector at CESR, we report on the first observation of the decays c+ + + - 0 and c+ +. The branching fractions are measured relative to the pK - + mode; we find B( c+ + + - 0)/B(Lambda; c+pK - +) = 0.360.09(stat) 0.09(syst) and B( c+ +)/B( c+pK - +) = 0.240.06(stat)0.06(syst). We also observe a small excess of events in c+ +, + - 0 from which we find B( c+ +)/B( c+pK - +) = 0.410.170. 10 with a corresponding limit of <0.65% at 90% confidence level. This rate is consistent with previous measurements of c+ +, - . We find that the combined branching fractions for c+Lambda; + and c+ + + - 0)B( c+ comprise (8713) of the total rate. We set an upper limit on B( c+ + + -0)/B c+pK - + for non- and non- modes of 0.13 at 90% confidence level. 2003 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • Physical Review D

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Cronin-Hennessy, D., Lyon, A. L., Park, C. S., Park, W., Thayer, J. B., Thorndike, E. H., ... Anderson, S.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Cronin-Hennessy, D||Lyon, AL||Park, CS||Park, W||Thayer, JB||Thorndike, EH||Coan, TE||Gao, YS||Liu, F||Maravin, Y||Stroynowski, R||Artuso, M||Boulahouache, C||Blusk, S||Bukin, K||Dambasuren, E||Mountain, R||Moneti, GC||Muramatsu, H||Nandakumar, R||Skwarnicki, T||Stone, S||Wang, JC||Mahmood, AH||Csoma, SE||Danko, I||Bonvicini, G||Cinabro, D||Dubrovin, M||McGee, S||Bornheim, A||Lipeles, E||Pappas, SP||Shapiro, A||Sun, WM||Weinstein, AJ||Briere, RA||Chen, GP||Ferguson, T||Tatishvili, G||Vogel, H||Adam, NE||Alexander, JP||Berkelman, K||Boisvert, V||Cassel, DG||Drell, PS||Duboscq, JE||Ecklund, KM||Ehrlich, R||Galik, RS||Gibbons, L||Gittelman, B||Gray, SW||Hartill, DL||Heltsley, BK||Hsu, L||Jones, CD||Kandaswamy, J||Kreinick, DL||Magerkurth, A||Mahlke-Krüger, H||Meyer, TO||Mistry, NB||Nordberg, E||Patterson, JR||Peterson, D||Pivarski, J||Richichi, SJ||Riley, D||Sadoff, AJ||Schwarthoff, H||Shepherd, MR||Thayer, JG||Urner, D||Wilksen, T||Warburton, A||Weinberger, M||Athar, SB||Avery, P||Breva-Newell, L||Potlia, V||Stoeck, H||Yelton, J||Benslama, K||Eisenstein, BI||Gollin, GD||Karliner, I||Lowrey, N||Plager, C||Sedlack, C||Selen, M||Thaler, JJ||Williams, J||Edwards, KW||Ammar, R||Besson, D||Zhao, X||Anderson, S

publication date

  • December 2003