Abstract
We extract a relatively precise value for the decay constant of the D+ meson by measuring B(D+->mu(+)nu)=(4.40 +/- 0.66(-0.12)(+0.09))x10(-4) using 281 pb(-1) of data taken on the psi(3770) resonance with the CLEO-c detector. We find f(D)(+)=(222.6 +/- 16.7(-3.4)(+2.8)) MeV, and compare with current theoretical calculations. We also set a 90% confidence upper limit on B(D+-> e(+)nu)< 2.4x10(-5) which constrains new physics models.
Published in:
Physical Review Letters 95,25 (2005) 251801;
Link to original published article:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.251801
Keywords
rich detector;; quark-model;; b-mesons;; search;; qcd
Date of Version
January 2005
Recommended Citation
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, J. C.; Zhang, K.; Csorna, S. E.; Bonvicini, G.; Cinabro, D.; Dubrovin, M.; Lincoln, A.; Briere, R. A.; Chen, G. P.; Chen, J.; Ferguson, T.; Tatishvili, G.; Vogel, H.; Watkins, M. E.; Rosner, J. L.; Adam, N. E.; Alexander, J. P.; Berkelman, K.; Cassel, D. G.; Crede, V.; Duboscq, J. E.; Ecklund, K. M.; Ehrlich, R.; Fields, L.; Gibbons, L.; Gittelman, B.; Gray, R.; Gray, S. W.; Hartill, D. L.; Heltsley, B. K.; Hertz, D.; Jones, C. D.; Kandaswamy, J.; Kreinick, D. L.; Kuznetsov, V. E.; Mahlke-Kruger, H.; Meyer, T. O.; Onyisi, P. U. E.; Patterson, J. R.; Peterson, D.; Phillips, E. A.; Pivarski, J.; Riley, D.; Ryd, A.; Sadoff, A. J.; Schwarthoff, H.; Shi, X.; Shepherd, M. R.; Stroiney, S.; Sun, W. M.; Urner, D.; Wilksen, T.; Weaver, K. M.; Weinberger, M.; Athar, S. B.; Avery, P.; Breva-Newell, L.; Patel, R.; Potlia, V.; Stoeck, H.; Yelton, J.; Rubin, P.; Cawlfield, C.; Eisenstein, B. I.; Gollin, G. D.; Karliner, I.; Kim, D.; Lowrey, N.; Naik, P.; Sedlack, C.; Selen, M.; White, E. J.; Williams, J.; Wiss, J.; Asner, D. M.; Edwards, K. W.; Besson, D.; Pedlar, T. K.; Cronin-Hennessy, D.; Gao, K. Y.; Gong, D. T.; Hietala, J.; Kubota, Y.; Klein, T.; Lang, B. W.; Li, S. Z.; Poling, R.; Scott, A. W.; Smith, A.; Dobbs, S.; Metreveli, Z.; Seth, K. K.; Tomaradze, A.; Zweber, P.; Ernst, J.; Severini, H.; Dytman, S. A.; Love, W.; Mehrabyan, S.; Mueller, J. A.; Savinov, V.; Li, Z.; Lopez, A.; Mendez, H.; Ramirez, J.; Huang, G. S.; Miller, D. H.; Pavlunin, V.; Sanghi, B.; Shipsey, I. P. J.; Adams, G. S.; Anderson, M.; Cummings, J. P.; Danko, I.; Napolitano, J.; He, Q.; Muramatsu, H.; Park, C. S.; Thorndike, E. H.; Coan, T. E.; Gao, Y. S.; and Liu, F., "Improved measurement of B(D+->mu(+)nu) and the pseudoscalar decay constant f(D)(+)" (2005). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. Paper 111.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/physics_articles/111