Evidence for new interference phenomena in the decay D ⁺ → K ^-π ⁺μ ⁺ν

Authors

J. M. Link, University of California, DavisFollow
M. Reyes, University of California, DavisFollow
P. M. Yager, University of California, DavisFollow
J. C. Anjos, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasFollow
I. Bediaga, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasFollow
C. Göbel, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasFollow
J. Magnin, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasFollow
A. Massafferri, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasFollow
Abaz Kryemadhi, Messiah UniversityFollow
I. M. Pepe, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-23-2002

Abstract

Using a large sample of charm semileptonic decays collected by the FOCUS photoproduction experiment at Fermilab, we present evidence for a small, even spin K -π + amplitude that interferes with the dominant K* 0 component in the D + → K -π +μ +ν final state. Although this interference significantly distorts the D + → K -π +μ +ν decay angular distributions, the new amplitude creates only a very small distortion to the observed kaon pion mass distribution when integrated over the other kinematic variables describing the decay. Our data can be described by K* 0 interference with either a constant amplitude or broad spin zero resonance. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

Link, J. M.; Reyes, M.; Yager, P. M.; Anjos, J. C.; Bediaga, I.; Göbel, C.; Magnin, J.; Massafferri, A.; Kryemadhi, Abaz; and Pepe, I. M., "Evidence for new interference phenomena in the decay D ⁺ → K ^-π ⁺μ ⁺ν" (2002). Educator Scholarship & Departmental Newsletters. 218.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/mps_ed/218