Absolute measurement of hadronic branching fractions of the Ds+ meson

J. P. Alexander; K. Berkelman; D. G. Cassel; J. E. Duboscq; R. Ehrlich; L. Fields; L. Gibbons; R. Gray; S. W. Gray; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; D. Hertz; C. D. Jones; J. Kandaswamy; D. L. Kreinick; V. E. Kuznetsov; H. Mahlke-Krüger; D. Mohapatra; P. U.E. Onyisi; J. R. Patterson; D. Peterson; D. Riley; A. Ryd; A. J. Sadoff; X. Shi; S. Stroiney; W. M. Sun; T. Wilksen; S. B. Athar; R. Patel; J. Yelton; P. Rubin; B. I. Eisenstein; I. Karliner; S. Mehrabyan; N. Lowrey; M. Selen; E. J. White; J. Wiss; R. E. Mitchell; M. R. Shepherd; D. Besson; T. K. Pedlar; D. Cronin-Hennessy; K. Y. Gao; J. Hietala; Y. Kubota; T. Klein; B. W. Lang; R. Poling; A. W. Scott; P. Zweber; S. Dobbs; Z. Metreveli; K. K. Seth; A. Tomaradze; J. Libby; A. Powell; G. Wilkinson; K. M. Ecklund; W. Love; V. Savinov; A. Lopez; H. Mendez; J. Ramirez; J. Y. Ge; D. H. Miller; B. Sanghi; I. P.J. Shipsey; B. Xin; G. S. Adams; M. Anderson; J. P. Cummings; I. Danko; D. Hu; B. Moziak; J. Napolitano; Q. He; J. Insler; H. Muramatsu; C. S. Park; E. H. Thorndike; F. Yang; M. Artuso; S. Blusk; S. Khalil; J. Li; R. Mountain; S. Nisar; K. Randrianarivony; N. Sultana; T. Skwarnicki; S. Stone; J. C. Wang; L. M. Zhang; G. Bonvicini; D. Cinabro; M. Dubrovin; A. Lincoln; J. Rademacker; D. M. Asner; K. W. Edwards; P. Naik; R. A. Briere; T. Ferguson; G. Tatishvili; H. Vogel; M. E. Watkins; J. L. Rosner

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.161804

Absolute measurement of hadronic branching fractions of the Ds+ meson

J. P. Alexander, K. Berkelman, D. G. Cassel, J. E. Duboscq, R. Ehrlich, L. Fields, L. Gibbons, R. Gray, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, D. Hertz, C. D. Jones, J. Kandaswamy, D. L. Kreinick, V. E. Kuznetsov, H. Mahlke-Krüger, D. Mohapatra, P. U.E. Onyisi, J. R. PattersonD. Peterson, D. Riley, A. Ryd, A. J. Sadoff, X. Shi, S. Stroiney, W. M. Sun, T. Wilksen, S. B. Athar, R. Patel, J. Yelton, P. Rubin, B. I. Eisenstein, I. Karliner, S. Mehrabyan, N. Lowrey, M. Selen, E. J. White, J. Wiss, R. E. Mitchell, M. R. Shepherd, D. Besson, T. K. Pedlar, D. Cronin-Hennessy, K. Y. Gao, J. Hietala, Y. Kubota, T. Klein, B. W. Lang, R. Poling, A. W. Scott, P. Zweber, S. Dobbs, Z. Metreveli, K. K. Seth, A. Tomaradze, J. Libby, A. Powell, G. Wilkinson, K. M. Ecklund, W. Love, V. Savinov, A. Lopez, H. Mendez, J. Ramirez, J. Y. Ge, D. H. Miller, B. Sanghi, I. P.J. Shipsey, B. Xin, G. S. Adams, M. Anderson, J. P. Cummings, I. Danko, D. Hu, B. Moziak, J. Napolitano, Q. He, J. Insler, H. Muramatsu, C. S. Park, E. H. Thorndike, F. Yang, M. Artuso, S. Blusk, S. Khalil, J. Li, R. Mountain, S. Nisar, K. Randrianarivony, N. Sultana, T. Skwarnicki, S. Stone, J. C. Wang, L. M. Zhang, G. Bonvicini, D. Cinabro, M. Dubrovin, A. Lincoln, J. Rademacker, D. M. Asner, K. W. Edwards, P. Naik, R. A. Briere, T. Ferguson, G. Tatishvili, H. Vogel, M. E. Watkins, J. L. Rosner

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The branching fractions of Ds± meson decays serve to normalize many measurements of processes involving charm quarks. Using 298pb-1 of e+e- collisions recorded at a center of mass energy of 4.17 GeV, we determine absolute branching fractions for eight Ds± decays with a double tag technique. In particular we determine the branching fraction B(Ds+→K-K+π+)=(5.50±0.23±0.16)%, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. We also provide partial branching fractions for kinematic subsets of the K-K+π+ decay mode.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	161804
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	100
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.161804
State	Published - Apr 23 2008

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Alexander, J. P., Berkelman, K., Cassel, D. G., Duboscq, J. E., Ehrlich, R., Fields, L., Gibbons, L., 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-Krüger, H., Mohapatra, D., Onyisi, P. U. E., ... Rosner, J. L. (2008). Absolute measurement of hadronic branching fractions of the Ds+ meson. Physical Review Letters, 100(16), Article 161804. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.161804

Alexander, JP, Berkelman, K, Cassel, DG, Duboscq, JE, Ehrlich, R, Fields, L, Gibbons, L, Gray, R, Gray, SW, Hartill, DL, Heltsley, BK, Hertz, D, Jones, CD, Kandaswamy, J, Kreinick, DL, Kuznetsov, VE, Mahlke-Krüger, H, Mohapatra, D, Onyisi, PUE, Patterson, JR, Peterson, D, Riley, D, Ryd, A, Sadoff, AJ, Shi, X, Stroiney, S, Sun, WM, Wilksen, T, Athar, SB, Patel, R, Yelton, J, Rubin, P, Eisenstein, BI, Karliner, I, Mehrabyan, S, Lowrey, N, Selen, M, White, EJ, Wiss, J, Mitchell, RE, Shepherd, MR, Besson, D, Pedlar, TK, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Gao, KY, Hietala, J, Kubota, Y, Klein, T, Lang, BW, Poling, R, Scott, AW, Zweber, P, Dobbs, S, Metreveli, Z, Seth, KK, Tomaradze, A, Libby, J, Powell, A, Wilkinson, G, Ecklund, KM, Love, W, Savinov, V, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Ramirez, J, Ge, JY, Miller, DH, Sanghi, B, Shipsey, IPJ, Xin, B, Adams, GS, Anderson, M, Cummings, JP, Danko, I, Hu, D, Moziak, B, Napolitano, J, He, Q, Insler, J, Muramatsu, H, Park, CS, Thorndike, EH, Yang, F, Artuso, M , Blusk, S, Khalil, S, Li, J, Mountain, R, Nisar, S, Randrianarivony, K, Sultana, N, Skwarnicki, T, Stone, S, Wang, JC, Zhang, LM, Bonvicini, G, Cinabro, D, Dubrovin, M, Lincoln, A, Rademacker, J, Asner, DM, Edwards, KW, Naik, P, Briere, RA, Ferguson, T, Tatishvili, G, Vogel, H, Watkins, ME & Rosner, JL 2008, 'Absolute measurement of hadronic branching fractions of the Ds+ meson', Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, no. 16, 161804. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.161804

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