Title
Search for flavor-changing-neutral-current D meson decays
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-14-2008
Abstract
We study the flavor-changing-neutral-current process c→uμ+μ- using 1.3fb-1 of pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV recorded by the D0 detector operating at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We see clear indications of the charged-current mediated Ds+ and D+→ π+→μ+μ-π+ final states with significance greater than 4 standard deviations above background for the D+ state. We search for the continuum neutral-current decay of D+→π+μ+μ- in the dimuon invariant mass spectrum away from the resonance. We see no evidence of signal above background and set a limit of B(D+→π+μ+μ-)<3.9×10-6 at the 90% C.L. This limit places the most stringent constraint on new phenomena in the c→uμ+μ- transition. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
Recommended Citation
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; and Kryemadhi, Abaz, "Search for flavor-changing-neutral-current D meson decays" (2008). Educator Scholarship & Departmental Newsletters. 130.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/mps_ed/130
