Measurement of the Ds lifetime

E. M. Aitala; S. Amato; J. C. Anjos; J. A. Appel; D. Ashery; S. Banerjee; I. Bediaga; G. Blaylock; S. B. Bracker; P. R. Burchat; R. A. Burnstein; T. Carter; H. S. Carvalho; N. K. Copty; L. M. Cremaldi; C. Darling; K. Denisenko; A. Fernandez; G. F. Fox; P. Gagnon; C. Gobel; K. Gounder; A. M. Halling; G. Herrera; G. Hurvits; C. James; P. A. Kasper; S. Kwan; D. C. Langs; J. Leslie; B. Lundberg; S. MayTal-Beck; B. Meadows; J. R.T. De Mello Neto; D. Mihalcea; R. H. Milburn; J. M. De Miranda; A. Napier; A. Nguyen; A. B. D'Oliveira; K. O'Shaughnessy; K. C. Peng; L. P. Perera; M. V. Purohit; B. Quinn; S. Radeztsky; A. Rafatian; N. W. Reay; J. J. Reidy; A. C. Dos Reis; H. A. Rubin; D. A. Sanders; A. K.S. Santha; A. F.S. Santoro; A. J. Schwartz; M. Sheaff; R. A. Sidwell; A. J. Slaughter; M. D. Sokoloff; J. Solano; N. R. Stanton; R. J. Stefanski; K. Stenson; D. J. Summers; S. Takach; K. Thorne; A. K. Tripathi; S. Watanabe; R. Weiss-Babai; J. Wiener; N. Witchey; E. Wolin; S. M. Yang; D. Yi; S. Yoshida; R. Zaliznyak; C. Zhang

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Measurement of the D_s lifetime

E. M. Aitala^*, S. Amato, J. C. Anjos, J. A. Appel, D. Ashery, S. Banerjee, I. Bediaga, G. Blaylock, S. B. Bracker, P. R. Burchat, R. A. Burnstein, T. Carter, H. S. Carvalho, N. K. Copty, L. M. Cremaldi, C. Darling, K. Denisenko, A. Fernandez, G. F. Fox, P. GagnonC. Gobel, K. Gounder, A. M. Halling, G. Herrera, G. Hurvits, C. James, P. A. Kasper, S. Kwan, D. C. Langs, J. Leslie, B. Lundberg, S. MayTal-Beck, B. Meadows, J. R.T. De Mello Neto, D. Mihalcea, R. H. Milburn, J. M. De Miranda, A. Napier, A. Nguyen, A. B. D'Oliveira, K. O'Shaughnessy, K. C. Peng, L. P. Perera, M. V. Purohit, B. Quinn, S. Radeztsky, A. Rafatian, N. W. Reay, J. J. Reidy, A. C. Dos Reis, H. A. Rubin, D. A. Sanders, A. K.S. Santha, A. F.S. Santoro, A. J. Schwartz, M. Sheaff, R. A. Sidwell, A. J. Slaughter, M. D. Sokoloff, J. Solano, N. R. Stanton, R. J. Stefanski, K. Stenson, D. J. Summers, S. Takach, K. Thorne, A. K. Tripathi, S. Watanabe, R. Weiss-Babai, J. Wiener, N. Witchey, E. Wolin, S. M. Yang, D. Yi, S. Yoshida, R. Zaliznyak, C. Zhang

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We report the results of a precise measurement of the D_s meson lifetime based on 1662 ± 56 fully reconstructed D_s → φπ decays, from the charm hadroproduction experiment E791 at Fermilab. Using an unbinned maximum likelihood fit, we measure the D_s lifetime to be 0.518 ± 0.014 ± 0.007 ps. The ratio of the measured D_s lifetime to the world average D⁰ lifetime [1] is 1.25 ± 0.04. This result differs from unity by six standard deviations, indicating significantly different lifetimes for the D_s and the D⁰.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	449-454
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	445
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01476-2
State	Published - 7 Jan 1999

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Aitala, E. M., Amato, S., Anjos, J. C., Appel, J. A., Ashery, D., Banerjee, S., Bediaga, I., Blaylock, G., Bracker, S. B., Burchat, P. R., Burnstein, R. A., Carter, T., Carvalho, H. S., Copty, N. K., Cremaldi, L. M., Darling, C., Denisenko, K., Fernandez, A., Fox, G. F., ... Zhang, C. (1999). Measurement of the D_s lifetime. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 445(3-4), 449-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01476-2

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AU - Anjos, J. C.

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AU - Bediaga, I.

AU - Blaylock, G.

AU - Bracker, S. B.

AU - Burchat, P. R.

AU - Burnstein, R. A.

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AU - Cremaldi, L. M.

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AU - Purohit, M. V.

AU - Quinn, B.

AU - Radeztsky, S.

AU - Rafatian, A.

AU - Reay, N. W.

AU - Reidy, J. J.

AU - Dos Reis, A. C.

AU - Rubin, H. A.

AU - Sanders, D. A.

AU - Santha, A. K.S.

AU - Santoro, A. F.S.

AU - Schwartz, A. J.

AU - Sheaff, M.

AU - Sidwell, R. A.

AU - Slaughter, A. J.

AU - Sokoloff, M. D.

AU - Solano, J.

AU - Stanton, N. R.

AU - Stefanski, R. J.

AU - Stenson, K.

AU - Summers, D. J.

AU - Takach, S.

AU - Thorne, K.

AU - Tripathi, A. K.

AU - Watanabe, S.

AU - Weiss-Babai, R.

AU - Wiener, J.

AU - Witchey, N.

AU - Wolin, E.

AU - Yang, S. M.

AU - Yi, D.

AU - Yoshida, S.

AU - Zaliznyak, R.

AU - Zhang, C.

N1 - Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the staffs of Fermilab and of all the participating institutions. This research was supported by the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı́fico e Technológio, CONACyT (Mexico), the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Fermilab is operated by the Universities Research Association, Inc., under contract with the United States Department of Energy.

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