Observation of the vector meson Cabibbo suppressed decay D+ → ρ0μ+ν

P. L. Frabetti, H. W.K. Cheung, J. P. Cumalat, C. Dallapiccola, J. F. Ginkel, W. E. Johns, M. S. Nehring, J. N. Butler, S. Cihangir, I. Gaines, P. H. Garbincius, L. Garren, S. A. Gourlay, D. J. Harding, P. Kasper, A. Kreymer, P. Lebrun, S. Shukla, M. Vittone, S. BiancoF. L. Fabbri, S. Sarwar, A. Zallo, R. Culbertson, R. W. Gardner, R. Greene, J. Wiss, G. Alimonti, G. Bellini, M. Boschini, D. Brambilla, B. Caccianiga, L. Cinquini, M. Di Corato, M. Giammarchi, P. Inzani, F. Leveraro, S. Malvezzi, D. Menasce, E. Meroni, L. Moroni, D. Pedrini, L. Perasso, F. Prelz, A. Sala, S. Sala, D. Torretta, D. Buchholz, D. Claes, B. Gobbi, B. O'Reilly, J. M. Bishop, N. M. Cason, C. J. Kennedy, G. N. Kim, T. F. Lin, D. L. Puseljic, R. C. Ruchti, W. D. Shephard, J. A. Swiatek, Z. Y. Wu, V. Arena, G. Boca, C. Castoldi, G. Gianini, S. P. Ratti, C. Riccardi, L. Viola, P. Vitulo, A. Lopez, G. P. Grim, V. S. Paolone, P. M. Yager, J. R. Wilson, P. D. Sheldon, F. Davenport, K. Danyo, T. Handler, B. G. Cheon, J. S. Kang, K. Y. Kim

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Abstract

We report on the first statistically significant observation of the vector meson Cabibbo suppressed semileptonic decay D+ → ρ0μ+ν. We measure the branching ratio of the decay mode D+ → ρ0μ+ν (plus possible unobserved γ from D+ → η′μ+ν, η′ → γρ0) with respect to the decay mode D+ → K̄*0μ+ν to be BR (D+ → ρ0μ+ν)/BR (D+ → K̄*0μ+ν) = 0.079 ± 0.019 (stat) ± 0.013 (syst). Data were collected by Fermilab photoproduction experiment E687.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)235-242
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume391
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 9 1997
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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