Search for rare and forbidden dilepton decays of the D+, Ds+, and D0 charmed mesons

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; S. Devmal; 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; J. Magnin; 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

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00902-8

Search for rare and forbidden dilepton decays of the D⁺, D_s⁺, and D⁰ charmed mesons

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, S. Devmal, A. Fernandez, G. F. FoxP. 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, J. Magnin, 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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Abstract

We report the results of a search for flavor-changing neutral current, lepton-flavor violating, and lepton-number violating decays of D⁺, D_s⁺, and D⁰ mesons (and their antiparticles) into modes containing muons and electrons. Using data from Fermilab charm hadroproduction experiment E791, we examine the πℓℓ and Kℓℓ decay modes of D⁺ and D_S⁺ and the ℓ⁺ℓ^- decay modes of D⁰. No evidence for any of these decays is found. Therefore, we present branching-fraction upper limits at 90% confidence level for the 24 decay modes examined. Eight of these modes have no previously reported limits, and fourteen are reported with significant improvements over previously published results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	401-409
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	462
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00902-8
State	Published - 1999

Funding

Funders	Funder number
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı́fico e Tecnológico
National Science Foundation
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Universities Research Association, Inc.
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Keywords

Charm
Decay
Dilepton
Forbidden
Rare

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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., Devmal, S., Fernandez, A., ... Zhang, C. (1999). Search for rare and forbidden dilepton decays of the D⁺, D_s⁺, and D⁰ charmed mesons. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 462(3-4), 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00902-8

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AU - Amato, S.

AU - Anjos, J. C.

AU - Appel, J. A.

AU - Ashery, D.

AU - Banerjee, S.

AU - Bediaga, I.

AU - Blaylock, G.

AU - Bracker, S. B.

AU - Burchat, P. R.

AU - Burnstein, R. A.

AU - Carter, T.

AU - Carvalho, H. S.

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AU - Darling, C.

AU - Denisenko, K.

AU - Devmal, S.

AU - Fernandez, A.

AU - Fox, G. F.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gobel, C.

AU - Gounder, K.

AU - Halling, A. M.

AU - Herrera, G.

AU - Hurvits, G.

AU - James, C.

AU - Kasper, P. A.

AU - Kwan, S.

AU - Langs, D. C.

AU - Leslie, J.

AU - Lundberg, B.

AU - Magnin, J.

AU - MayTal-Beck, S.

AU - Meadows, B.

AU - De Mello Neto, J. R.T.

AU - Mihalcea, D.

AU - Milburn, R. H.

AU - De Miranda, J. M.

AU - Napier, A.

AU - Nguyen, A.

AU - D'Oliveira, A. B.

AU - O'Shaughnessy, K.

AU - Peng, K. C.

AU - Perera, L. P.

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 Tecnológico, CONACyT (Mexico), the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the US Department of Energy, the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, and the US National Science Foundation. Fermilab is operated by the Universities Research Association, Inc., under contract with the US Department of Energy.

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