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Title: Measurement of D-s(+) and D-s(*+) production in B meson decays and from continuum e(+)e(-) annihilation at √s=10.6 GeV
Authors: Aubert, B
Boutigny, D
Gaillard, JM
Hicheur, A
Karyotakis, Y
Lees, JP
Robbe, P
Tisserand, V
Palano, A
Pompili, A
Chen, GP
Turnbull, L
Telnov, AV
Wagoner, DE
Albert, J
Elmer, P
Laplace, S
Lu, C
McDonald, KT
Lockman, WS
Weatherall, JH
Sinev, NB
Breon, AB
Miftakov, V
Schaffner, SF
Smith, AJS
Tumanov, A
Varnes, EW
Wenzel, WA
Lepeltier, V
Cavoto, G
del Re, D
Strom, D
Yeche, C
Faccini, R
Ferrarotto, F
Schubert, KR
Pulliam, T
Ferroni, F
Lamanna, E
Leonardi, E
Mazzoni, MA
Lutz, AM
Colecchia, F
Morganti, S
Hamilton, R
Piredda, G
Bright-Thomas, PG
Tehrani, FS
Serra, M
Schwierz, R
Voena, C
Sadrozinski, H
Christ, S
Dal Corso, F
Waldi, R
Groysman, Y
Kral, JF
Adye, T
De Groot, N
Franek, B
Geddes, NI
Gopal, GP
Harrison, TJ
Spaan, B
Dorigo, A
Xella, SM
Copty, N
Schalk, T
Farbin, A
Plaszczynski, S
Purohit, MV
Singh, H
Yumiceva, FX
Adam, I
Anthony, PL
Dickopp, M
Aston, D
Baird, K
Wilden, L
Berger, N
Jawahery, A
Hawkes, CM
Schune, MH
Bloom, E
Rong, G
Boyarski, AM
Galeazzi, F
Bulos, F
Calderini, G
Convery, MR
Coupal, DP
Coward, DH
Lillard, V
Bernard, D
Dorfan, J
de Monchenault, GH
Dunwoodie, W
Margoni, M
Field, RC
Knowles, DJ
Schmitz, RE
Glanzman, T
Godfrey, GL
Gowdy, S
Olsen, J
Grosso, P
Haas, T
Bonneaud, GR
Pripstein, M
Dahmes, B
Himel, T
Hryn'ova, T
Huffer, ME
Innes, WR
Jessop, C
Schumm, BA
Roberts, DA
O'Neale, SW
Kelsey, MH
Rosenberg, EI
Kim, P
Kocian, ML
Trincaz-Duvoid, S
Brochard, F
Langenegger, U
Leith, DWGS
Luitz, S
Luth, V
Schieck, JR
Lynch, HL
Boyd, JT
Marsiske, H
Seiden, A
Menke, S
Penny, RC
Wormser, G
Messner, R
Cohen-Tanugi, J
Moffeit, KC
Mount, R
Richman, JD
Dorfan, DE
Muller, DR
O'Grady, CP
Ozcan, VE
Perl, M
Petrak, S
Turri, M
Bionta, RM
Quinn, H
Ratcliff, BN
Ferrag, S
Michelon, G
Blaylock, G
Watson, AT
Robertson, SH
Rochester, LS
Roodman, A
Schietinger, T
Schindler, RH
Schwiening, J
Brigljevic, V
Serbo, VV
Morandin, M
Walkowiak, W
Dallapiccola, C
Snyder, A
Chun, S
Soha, A
Spanier, SM
Watson, NK
Stelzer, J
Su, D
Sullivan, MK
Posocco, M
Lange, D
Tanaka, HA
Mallik, U
Va'vra, J
Wagner, SR
Williams, DC
Roussot, E
Weinstein, AJR
Wisniewski, WJ
Wright, DH
Rotondo, M
Young, CC
Deppermann, T
Mugge, M
Borgland, AW
Burchat, PR
Cheng, CH
Kirkby, D
Meyer, TI
Roat, C
Brown, DN
Simonetto, F
Wilson, MG
Henderson, R
Bugg, W
Cohn, H
Flood, K
van Bibber, K
Weidemann, AW
Izen, JM
Goetzen, K
Kitayama, I
Stroili, R
Lou, XC
Bianchi, F
T'Jampens, S
Bona, M
Chen, E
Hertzbach, SS
Gamba, D
Wright, DM
Smol, A
Bosisio, L
Dubitzky, RS
Della Ricca, G
Lanceri, L
Poropat, P
Koch, H
Vuagnin, G
Thiebaux, C
LeClerc, C
Panvini, RS
Brown, CM
Jacobsen, RG
Torassa, E
Dubois-Felsmann, GP
Jackson, PD
Kowalewski, R
Roney, JM
Band, HR
Charles, E
Dasu, S
Kofler, R
Di Lodovico, F
Vasileiadis, G
Voci, C
Kunze, M
Kozanecki, W
Eichenbaum, AM
Hu, H
Dvoretskii, A
Johnson, JR
Liu, R
Pan, Y
Koptchev, VG
Prepost, R
Forti, AC
Scott, IJ
Sekula, SJ
Verderi, M
Carroll, M
von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH
Wu, SL
Lewandowski, B
Yu, Z
Wang, P
Moore, TB
Campagnari, C
Kordich, TMB
Neal, H
BABAR Collaboration
Peters, K
Schmuecker, H
Chen, JC
Anjomshoaa, A
Steinke, M
Andress, JC
Barlow, NR
Benayoun, M
Staengle, H
Bhimji, W
Chevalier, N
Hitlin, DG
Clark, PJ
Cottingham, WN
Dyce, N
Fry, JR
Foster, B
Bernet, R
Briand, H
Mackay, C
Willocq, S
Wallom, D
Wilson, FF
Abe, K
Hearty, C
Mattison, TS
Metzler, S
McKenna, JA
Gabathuler, E
Eisner, AM
Thiessen, D
Jolly, S
Verkerke, W
Khan, A
McKemey, AK
Blinov, VE
Bukin, AD
Bukin, DA
Buzykaev, AR
Golubev, VB
Roe, NA
Ivanchenko, VN
Gamet, R
Oyang, J
Cochran, J
Korol, AA
Kravchenko, EA
Lavin, D
Onuchin, AP
Salnikov, AA
Serednyakov, SI
Chauveau, J
Skovpen, YI
Telnov, VI
Yushkov, AN
George, M
Brau, B
Best, D
Chao, M
Porter, FC
Lankford, AJ
MacFarlane, DB
David, P
Mandelkern, M
McMahon, S
Stoker, DP
Ryd, A
Samuel, A
Arisaka, K
Kay, M
Weaver, M
Yang, S
Zhu, RY
de la Vaissiere, C
Devmal, S
Zhu, YS
Muheim, F
Geld, TL
Jayatilleke, S
Mancinelli, G
Cowan, R
Meadows, BT
Payne, DJ
Sokoloff, MD
Del Buono, L
Barillari, T
Bloom, P
Dima, MO
Fahey, S
Ford, WT
Playfer, S
Eigen, G
Sciolla, G
Johnson, DR
Nauenberg, U
Hauke, A
Sloane, RJ
Olivas, A
Rankin, P
Roy, J
Sen, S
Smith, JG
van Hoek, WC
Wagner, DL
Taylor, F
Button-Shafer, J
Fullwood, J
Blouw, J
Stugu, B
Touramanis, C
Harton, JL
Krishnamurthy, M
Soffer, A
Toki, WH
Wilson, RJ
Zhang, J
Yamamoto, RK
Hamon, O
Aleksan, R
de Lesquen, A
Swain, JE
Emery, S
Langer, M
Gaidot, A
Abrams, GS
Ganzhur, SF
Tinslay, J
Falbo, M
Giraud, PF
Levi, ME
Borean, C
Bozzi, C
Dittongo, S
Piemontese, L
Prell, S
Aspinwall, ML
Treadwell, E
Anulli, F
Baldini-Ferroli, R
Le Diberder, F
Cahn, RN
Milek, M
Calcaterra, A
de Sangro, R
Falciai, D
Finocchiaro, G
Patteri, P
Peruzzi, IM
Kadel, RW
Rahatlou, S
Leruste, P
Piccolo, M
Xie, Y
Patel, PM
Zallo, A
Bagnasco, S
Clark, AR
Buzzo, A
Contri, R
Crosetti, G
Lo Vetere, M
Ocariz, J
Hart, PA
Macri, M
Raven, G
Palombo, F
Monge, MR
Passaggio, S
Pastore, FC
Patrignani, C
Pia, MG
Gill, MS
Roos, L
Robutti, E
Santroni, A
Bowerman, DA
Tosi, S
Crawley, HB
Morii, M
Sharma, V
Bartoldus, R
Dauncey, PD
Egede, U
Grillo, AA
Eschrich, I
Gunawardane, NJW
Nash, JA
Sanders, P
London, GW
Bauer, JM
Smith, D
Azzopardi, DE
Back, JJ
Kuznetsova, N
Stark, J
Kadyk, J
Dixon, P
Harrison, PF
Potter, RJL
Shorthouse, HW
Strother, P
Witherell, M
Mayer, B
Vidal, PB
Williams, MI
Romosan, A
Cowan, G
George, S
Levy, SL
Green, MG
Kerth, LT
Kurup, A
Marker, CE
Zito, M
McGrath, P
Serfass, B
Versille, S
McMahon, TR
Ricciardi, S
Salvatore, F
Scott, I
Vaitsas, G
Long, O
Brown, D
Davis, CL
Cremaldi, L
Kolomensky, YG
Jackson, F
Allison, J
Vasseur, G
Barlow, RJ
Eschenburg, V
Kroeger, R
Reidy, J
Sanders, DA
Summers, DJ
Lynch, G
Fischer, PA
Manfredi, PF
Martin, JP
Nief, JY
Seitz, R
Brandt, T
Yellin, S
Taras, P
Zacek, V
Nicholson, H
Sutton, CS
Cartaro, C
Maly, E
Gritsan, AV
Cavallo, N
De Nardo, G
Oddone, PJ
Fabozzi, F
Brose, J
Gatto, C
Beringer, J
Lista, L
Paolucci, P
Grosdidier, G
Piccolo, D
Lamsa, J
Sciacca, C
LoSecco, JM
Alsmiller, JRG
Gabriel, TA
Handler, T
Colberg, T
Perazzo, A
Brau, J
Re, V
Qi, ND
Frey, R
Meyer, WT
Iwasaki, M
Speziali, V
Frank, ED
Gladney, L
Guo, QH
Panetta, J
Grothe, M
Lafferty, GD
Angelini, C
Batignani, G
Ronan, MT
Hast, C
Muller-Pfefferkorn, R
Bettarini, S
Bondioli, M
Carpinelli, M
Forti, F
Giorgi, MA
Lu, A
Lusiani, A
Martinez-Vidal, F
Heusch, CA
Morganti, M
Hocker, A
Neri, N
Otto, S
Paoloni, E
Shelkov, VG
Rama, M
Savvas, N
Rizzo, G
Sandrelli, F
Simi, G
Triggiani, G
Walsh, J
Lacker, HM
Johnson, RP
Haire, M
Buchanan, C
Judd, D
Simopoulos, ET
Paick, K
Keywords: Science & Technology;Physical Sciences;Astronomy & Astrophysics;Physics, Particles & Fields;Physics
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: American Physical Society
Citation: Physical Review D, 65(9): Artn 091104, May 2002
Abstract: New measurements of Ds+ and Ds*+ meson production rates from B decays and from qq̅ continuum events near the Υ(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb-1 of data on the Υ(4S) resonance and 2.6 fb-1 off-resonance, we find the inclusive branching fractions B(B⃗Ds+X)=(10.93±0.19±0.58±2.73)% and B(B⃗Ds*+X)=(7.9±0.8±0.7±2.0)%, where the first error is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the Ds+→φπ+ branching fraction uncertainty. The production cross sections σ(e+e-→Ds+X)×B(Ds+→φπ+)=7.55±0.20±0.34pb and σ(e+e-→Ds*±X)×B(Ds+→φπ+)=5.8±0.7±0.5pb are measured at center-of-mass energies about 40 MeV below the Υ(4S) mass. The branching fractions ΣB(B⃗Ds(*)+D(*))=(5.07±0.14±0.30±1.27)% and ΣB(B⃗Ds*+D(*))=(4.1±0.2±0.4±1.0)% are determined from the Ds(*)+ momentum spectra. The mass difference m(Ds+)-m(D+)=98.4±0.1±0.3MeV/c2 is also measured.
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URI: http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v65/i9/e091104
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7532
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.091104
ISSN: 0556-2821
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