Lees, J. P. and Cheng, C. H. and Doll, D. A. and Echenard, B. and Flood, K. T. and Hitlin, D. G. and Ongmongkolkul, P. and Porter, F. C. and Rakitin, A. Y. (2011) Searches for rare or forbidden semileptonic charm decays. Physical Review D, 84 (7). Art. No. 072006. ISSN 0556-2821 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20111207-083139813
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We present searches for rare or forbidden charm decays of the form X_c^+→h^±ℓ^∓ℓ^((′)+), where X_c^+ is a charm hadron (D^+, D_s^+, or Λ_c^+), h^± is a pion, kaon, or proton, and ℓ^((′)±) is an electron or muon. The analysis is based on 384 fb^(-1) of e^+e^- annihilation data collected at or close to the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signal is observed for any of the 35 decay modes that are investigated. We establish 90% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fractions between 1×10^(-6) and 44×10^(-6) depending on the channel. In most cases, these results represent either the first limits or significant improvements on existing limits for the decay modes studied.
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| Additional Information: | © 2011 American Physical Society. Received 26 July 2011; published 28 October 2011. We are grateful for the extraordinary contributions of our PEP-II colleagues in achieving the excellent luminosity and machine conditions that have made this work possible. The success of this project also relies critically on the expertise and dedication of the computing organizations that support BABAR. The collaborating institutions wish to thank SLAC for its support and the kind hospitality extended to them. This work is supported by the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada), the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (France), the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and Deutsche Foschungsgemeinschaft (Germany), the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (The Netherlands), the Research Council of Norway, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaciόn (Spain), and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie IEF program (European Union), the A. P. Sloan Foundation (USA), and the Binational Science Foundation (USA-Israel). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Classification Code: | PACS: 11.30.Fs, 11.30.Hv, 13.20.Fc, 13.30.Ce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Searches for rare or forbidden semileptonic charm decays J. P. Lees et al. (BABAR Collaboration) Published 28 October 2011 (13 pages) 072006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 07 Dec 2011 16:55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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