Journal article
Measurement of the Ds± lifetime
Physics letters. B, Vol.523(2-Jan), pp.22-28
12/20/2001
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01320-X
Abstract
We report a precise measurement of the D±s meson lifetime. The data were taken by the SELEX experiment (E781) spectrometer using 600 GeV/cΣ−, π− and p beams. The measurement has been done using 918 reconstructed D±s. The lifetime of the D±s is measured to be 472.5±17.2±6.6 fs, using K∗(892)0K± and φπ± decay modes. The lifetime ratio of Ds± to D0 is 1.145±0.049.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Measurement of the Ds± lifetime
- Creators
- M Iori - Sapienza University of RomeG Alkhazov - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteA.G Atamantchouk - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteM.Y Balatz - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaN.F Bondar - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteP.S Cooper - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryL.J Dauwe - University of Michigan–FlintG.V Davidenko - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaU Dersch - Max Planck SocietyA.G Dolgolenko - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaG.B Dzyubenko - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaR Edelstein - Carnegie Mellon UniversityL Emediato - Universidade de São PauloA.M.F Endler - Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fı́sicas, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJ Engelfried - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryI Eschrich - Max Planck SocietyC.O Escobar - Universidade de São PauloA.V Evdokimov - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaI.S Filimonov - Moscow State UniversityF.G Garcia - Universidade de São PauloM Gaspero - Sapienza University of RomeI Giller - Tel Aviv UniversityV.L Golovtsov - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteP Gouffon - Universidade de São PauloE Gülmez - Boğaziçi UniversityHe Kangling - Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, PR ChinaS.Y Jun - Carnegie Mellon UniversityM Kaya - University of IowaJ Kilmer - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryV.T Kim - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteL.M Kochenda - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteI Konorov - Max Planck SocietyA.P Kozhevnikov - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaA.G Krivshich - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteH Krüger - Max Planck SocietyM.A Kubantsev - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaV.P Kubarovsky - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaA.I Kulyavtsev - Carnegie Mellon UniversityN.P Kuropatkin - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteV.F Kurshetsov - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaA Kushnirenko - Carnegie Mellon UniversityS Kwan - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryJ Lach - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryA Lamberto - University of TriesteL.G Landsberg - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaI Larin - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaE.M Leikin - Moscow State UniversityM Luksys - Universidade Federal da ParaíbaY Li - Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, PR ChinaT Lungov - Universidade de São PauloV.P Maleev - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteD Mao - Carnegie Mellon UniversityC Mao - Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, PR ChinaZ Mao - Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, PR ChinaP Mathew - Carnegie Mellon UniversityM Mattson - Carnegie Mellon UniversityV Matveev - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaE McCliment - University of IowaM.A Moinester - Tel Aviv UniversityV.V Molchanov - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaA Morelos - Universidad Autónoma de San Luis PotosíK.D Nelson - University of IowaA.V Nemitkin - Moscow State UniversityP.V Neoustroev - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteC Newsom - University of IowaA.P Nilov - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaS.B Nurushev - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaA Ocherashvili - Tel Aviv UniversityY Onel - University of IowaE Ozel - University of IowaS Ozkorucuklu - University of IowaA Penzo - University of TriesteS.V Petrenko - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaP Pogodin - University of IowaM Procario - Carnegie Mellon UniversityV.A Prutskoi - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaE Ramberg - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryG.F Rappazzo - University of TriesteB.V Razmyslovich - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteV.I Rud - Moscow State UniversityJ Russ - Carnegie Mellon UniversityP Schiavon - University of TriesteJ Simon - Max Planck SocietyA.I Sitnikov - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaD Skow - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryV.J Smith - University of BristolM Srivastava - Universidade de São PauloV Steiner - Tel Aviv UniversityV Stepanov - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteL Stutte - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryM Svoiski - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteN.K Terentyev - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteG.P Thomas - Ball State UniversityL.N Uvarov - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteA.N Vasiliev - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaD.V Vavilov - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaV.S Verebryusov - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaV.A Victorov - Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, RussiaV.E Vishnyakov - Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, RussiaA.A Vorobyov - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteK Vorwalter - Max Planck SocietyJ You - Carnegie Mellon UniversityW Zhaog - Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, PR ChinaS Zheng - Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, PR ChinaR Zukanovich-Funchal - Universidade de São PauloSELEX Collaboration
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physics letters. B, Vol.523(2-Jan), pp.22-28
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01320-X
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- eISSN
- 1873-2445
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/20/2001
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199807202771
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