128 research outputs found
Parametrisations of the D -> K l nu form factor and the determination of \hat{g}
The vector form factor f_+(t) of the semileptonic decay D -> K l nu, measured
recently with a high accuracy, can be used to determine the strong coupling
constant g_{D_s^* D K}. The latter is related to the normalised coupling
\hat{g} releveant in heavy-meson chiral perturbation theory. This determination
relies on the estimation of the residue of the form factor at the D_s^* pole
and thus on an extrapolation of the form factor in the unphysical region
(m_D-m_K)^2<t<(m_D+m_K)^2. We test this extrapolation for several
parametrisations of the form factors by determining the value of \hat{g}, whose
value can be compared to other (experimental and theoretical) estimates.
Several unsophisticated parametrisations, differing by the amount of physical
information that they embed, are shown to pass this test. An apparently more
elaborated parametrisation of form factors, the so-called z-expansion, is at
variance with the other models, and we point out some significant shortcomings
of this parametrisation for the problem under consideration.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures. A few references added. Accepted for publication
in JoP
Heavy Quark Spectroscopy -- Theory Overview
Some recent discoveries in the spectroscopy of hadrons containing heavy
quarks, and some of their theoretical interpretations, are reviewed.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures. Presented at Second Meeting of APS Topical Group
on Hadron Physics, Nashville, TN, 22-24. Proceedings to be published by
Journal of Physics (UK), Conference Series. Uses jpconf.cls, jpconf11.clo.
Some corrections; references update
Hadron Spectroscopy: Theory and Experiment
Many new results on hadron spectra have been appearing in the past few years
thanks to improved experimental techniques and searches in new channels. New
theoretical techniques including refined methods of lattice QCD have kept pace
with these developments. Much has been learned about states made of both light
(u, d, and s) and heavy (c, b) quarks. The present review treats light-quark
mesons, glueballs, hybrids, particles with a single c or b quark, charmonium,
and bottomonium states. Some prospects for further study are noted.Comment: 29 pages, 9 figures, to be published in Journal of Physics G. Further
updating of reference
Present and Future CP Measurements
We review theoretical and experimental results on CP violation summarizing
the discussions in the working group on CP violation at the UK phenomenology
workshop 2000 in Durham.Comment: 104 pages, Latex, to appear in Journal of Physics
Studies of the decays D^0 \rightarrow K_S^0K^-\pi^+ and D^0 \rightarrow K_S^0K^+\pi^-
The first measurements of the coherence factor R_{K_S^0K\pi} and the average
strong--phase difference \delta^{K_S^0K\pi} in D^0 \to K_S^0 K^\mp\pi^\pm
decays are reported. These parameters can be used to improve the determination
of the unitary triangle angle \gamma\ in B^- \rightarrow
decays, where is either a D^0 or a D^0-bar meson decaying to
the same final state, and also in studies of charm mixing. The measurements of
the coherence factor and strong-phase difference are made using
quantum-correlated, fully-reconstructed D^0D^0-bar pairs produced in e^+e^-
collisions at the \psi(3770) resonance. The measured values are R_{K_S^0K\pi} =
0.70 \pm 0.08 and \delta^{K_S^0K\pi} = (0.1 \pm 15.7) for an
unrestricted kinematic region and R_{K*K} = 0.94 \pm 0.12 and \delta^{K*K} =
(-16.6 \pm 18.4) for a region where the combined K_S^0 \pi^\pm
invariant mass is within 100 MeV/c^2 of the K^{*}(892)^\pm mass. These results
indicate a significant level of coherence in the decay. In addition, isobar
models are presented for the two decays, which show the dominance of the
K^*(892)^\pm resonance. The branching ratio {B}(D^0 \rightarrow
K_S^0K^+\pi^-)/{B}(D^0 \rightarrow K_S^0K^-\pi^+) is determined to be 0.592 \pm
0.044 (stat.) \pm 0.018 (syst.), which is more precise than previous
measurements.Comment: 38 pages. Version 3 updated to include the erratum information.
Errors corrected in Eqs (25), (26), 28). Fit results updated accordingly, and
external inputs updated to latest best known values. Typo corrected in Eq(3)-
no other consequence
Updated Measurement of the Strong Phase in D0 --> K+pi- Decay Using Quantum Correlations in e+e- --> D0 D0bar at CLEO
We analyze a sample of 3 million quantum-correlated D0 D0bar pairs from 818
pb^-1 of e+e- collision data collected with the CLEO-c detector at E_cm = 3.77
GeV, to give an updated measurement of \cos\delta and a first determination of
\sin\delta, where \delta is the relative strong phase between doubly
Cabibbo-suppressed D0 --> K+pi- and Cabibbo-favored D0bar --> K+pi- decay
amplitudes. With no inputs from other experiments, we find \cos\delta = 0.81
+0.22+0.07 -0.18-0.05, \sin\delta = -0.01 +- 0.41 +- 0.04, and |\delta| = 10
+28+13 -53-0 degrees. By including external measurements of mixing parameters,
we find alternative values of \cos\delta = 1.15 +0.19+0.00 -0.17-0.08,
\sin\delta = 0.56 +0.32+0.21 -0.31-0.20, and \delta = (18 +11-17) degrees. Our
results can be used to improve the world average uncertainty on the mixing
parameter y by approximately 10%.Comment: Minor revisions, version accepted by PR
Branching fractions for Y(3S) -> pi^0 h_b and psi(2S) -> pi^0 h_c
Using e^+e^- collision data corresponding to 5.88M Y(3S) [25.9M psi(2S)]
decays and acquired by the CLEO III [CLEO-c] detectors operating at CESR, we
study the single-pion transitions from Y(3S) [psi(2S)] to the respective
spin-singlet states h_{b[c]}. Utilizing only the momentum of suitably selected
transition-pi^0 candidates, we obtain the upper limit B(Y(3S) -> pi^0 h_b) <
1.2\times 10^{-3} at 90% confidence level, and measure B(psi(2S) -> pi^0 h_c) =
(9.0+-1.5+-1.3)\times 10^{-4}. Signal sensitivities are enhanced by excluding
very asymmetric pi^0 -> gamma gamma candidates.Comment: 12 pages 4 figures, version published in Physical Review
Search for rare and forbidden decays of charm and charmed-strange mesons to final states h^+- e^-+ e^+
We have searched for flavor-changing neutral current decays and
lepton-number-violating decays of D^+ and D^+_s mesons to final states of the
form h^+- e^-+ e^+, where h is either \pi or K. We use the complete samples of
CLEO-c open-charm data, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 818 pb^-1
at the center-of-mass energy E_CM = 3.774 GeV containing 2.4 x 10^6 D^+D^-
pairs and 602 pb^-1 at E_CM = 4.170 GeV containing 0.6 x 10^6 D^*+-_s D^-+_s
pairs. No signal is observed in any channel, and we obtain 90% confidence level
upper limits on branching fractions B(D^+ --> \pi^+ e^+ e^-) < 5.9 x 10^-6,
B(D^+ --> \pi^- e^+ e^+) K^+ e^+ e^-) < 3.0 x 10^-6,
B(D^+ --> K^- e^+ e^+) \pi^+ e^+ e^-) < 2.2 x 10^-5,
B(D^+_s --> \pi^- e^+ e^+) K^+ e^+ e^-) < 5.2 x
10^-5, and B(D^+_s --> K^- e^+ e^+) < 1.7 x 10^-5.Comment: 9 pages, available through http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS
Higher-order multipole amplitudes in charmonium radiative transitions
Using 24 million decays in CLEO-c, we have searched
for higher multipole admixtures in electric-dipole-dominated radiative
transitions in charmonia. We find good agreement between our data and
theoretical predictions for magnetic quadrupole (M2) amplitudes in the
transitions and ,
in striking contrast to some previous measurements. Let and
denote the normalized M2 amplitudes in the respective aforementioned decays,
where the superscript refers to the angular momentum of the . By
performing unbinned maximum likelihood fits to full five-parameter angular
distributions, we determine the ratios and , where
the theoretical predictions are independent of the charmed quark magnetic
moment and are and .Comment: 32 pages, 7 figures, acceptance updat
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