Precision measurement of the Ds*+-Ds+ mass difference Article

Brown, DN, Fast, J, McIlwain, RL et al. (1994). Precision measurement of the Ds*+-Ds+ mass difference . PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 50(3), 1884-1891. 10.1103/PhysRevD.50.1884

cited authors

  • Brown, DN; Fast, J; McIlwain, RL; Miao, T; Miller, DH; Modesitt, M; Payne, D; Shibata, EI; Shipsey, IPJ; Wang, PN; Battle, M; Ernst, J; Kwon, Y; Roberts, S; Thorndike, EH; Wang, CH; Dominick, J; Lambrecht, M; Sanghera, S; Shelkov, V; Skwarnicki, T; Stroynowski, R; Volobouev, I; Wei, G; Zadorozhny, P; Artuso, M; Goldberg, M; He, D; Horwitz, N; Kennett, R; Mountain, R; Moneti, GC; Muheim, F; Mukhin, Y; Playfer, S; Rozen, Y; Stone, S; Thulasidas, M; Vasseur, G; Zhu, G; Bartelt, J; Csorna, SE; Egyed, Z; Jain, V; Kinoshita, K; Edwards, KW; Ogg, M; Britton, DI; Hyatt, ERF; MacFarlane, DB; Patel, PM; Akerib, DS; Barish, B; Chadha, M; Chan, S; Cowen, DF; Eigen, G; Miller, JS; O'Grady, C; Urheim, J; Weinstein, AJ; Acosta, D; Athanas, M; Masek, G; Paar, HP; Gronberg, J; Kutschke, R; Menary, S; Morrison, RJ; Nakanishi, S; Nelson, HN; Nelson, TK; Qiao, C; Richman, JD; Ryd, A; Tajima, H; Sperka, D; Witherell, MS; Procario, M; Balest, R; Cho, K; Daoudi, M; Ford, WT; Johnson, DR; Lingel, K; Lohner, M; Rankin, P; Smith, JG; Alexander, JP; Bebek, C; Berkelman, K; Bloom, K; Browder, TE; Cassel, DG; Cho, HA; Coffman, DM; Drell, PS; Ehrlich, R; Gaiderev, P; Garcia-Sciveres, M

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abstract

  • We have measured the vector-pseudoscalar mass splitting M(Ds*+)-M(Ds+)=144.220.470.37 MeV significantly more precisely than the previous world average. We minimize the systematic errors by also measuring the vector-pseudoscalar mass difference M(D*0)-M(D0) using the radiative decay D*0D0, obtaining [M(Ds*+)-M(Ds+)]-[M(D*0)-M(D0)] =2.090.470.37 MeV. This is then combined with our previous high-precision measurement of M(D*0)-M(D0), which used the decay D*0D00. We also measure the mass difference M(Ds+)-M(D+)=99.50.60.3 MeV, using the + decay modes of the Ds+ and D+ mesons. © 1994 The American Physical Society.

publication date

  • January 1, 1994

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start page

  • 1884

end page

  • 1891

volume

  • 50

issue

  • 3