Measurement of Ds+ and Ds*+ production in B meson decays and from continuum e+e- annihilation at √s = 10.6 GeV

Measurement of Ds+ and Ds*+ production in B meson decays and from continuum e+e- annihilation at √s = 10.6 GeV

New measurements of Ds+ and Ds*+ meson production rates from B decays and from qq̄ continuum events near the Y(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb-1 of data on the Y(4S) resonance and 2.6 fb-1 off-resonance, we find the inclusive branching fractions B(B→Ds+ X)=(10.93±0.19±0.58±2.73)% and B(B→...

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Main Authors: Aubert, B, Boutigny, D, Gaillard, J, Hicheur, A, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Robbe, P, Tisserand, V, Palano, A, Pompili, A, Chen, G, Chen, J, Qi, N, Rong, G, Wang, P, Zhu, Y, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Abrams, G, Borgland, A, Breon, AB, Brown, D, Button-Shafer, J, Cahn, R, Clark, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Summary:New measurements of Ds+ and Ds*+ meson production rates from B decays and from qq̄ continuum events near the Y(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb-1 of data on the Y(4S) resonance and 2.6 fb-1 off-resonance, we find the inclusive branching fractions B(B→Ds+ X)=(10.93±0.19±0.58±2.73)% and B(B→Ds*+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 ±0.34 pb and σ(e+e-→Ds *±X) × B(Ds+→φπ+) = 5.8±0.7±0.5 pb are measured at center-of-mass energies about 40 MeV below the Y(4S) mass. The branching fractions ΣB(B→Ds(*)+ D̄(*))=(5.07±0.14±0.30±1.27)% and ∑B(B→Ds*+D̄(*)) =(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 ±0.3 MeV/c2 is also measured.

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