Studies of the decays D-0 -> (KSK-)-K-0 pi(+) and D-0 -> (KSK+)-K-0 pi(-)

P. Naik, J. Rademacker, J. Insler, H. Muramatsu, C. S. Park, L. J. Pearson, E. H. Thorndike, S. Ricciardi, C. Thomas, M. Artuso, S. Blusk, R. Mountain, T. Skwarnicki, S. Stone, J. C. Wang, L. M. Zhang, G. Bonvicini, D. Cinabro, M. J. Smith, P. ZhouT. Gershon, K. W. Edwards, K. Randrianarivony, R. A. Briere, H. Vogel, P. U. E. Onyisi, J. L. Rosner, J. P. Alexander, D. G. Cassel, S. Das, R. Ehrlich, L. Gibbons, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, D. L. Kreinick, V. E. Kuznetsov, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, D. Riley, A. Ryd, A. J. Sadoff, X. Shi, W. M. Sun, J. Yelton, P. Rubin, N. Lowrey, S. Mehrabyan, M. Selen, J. Wiss, J. Libby, CLEO Collaboration

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Abstract

The first measurements of the coherence factor R-KS pi(0) and the average strong-phase difference delta(K0K pi)(DS) in D-0 -> (KSK -/+)-K-0 pi(+/-) decays are reported. These parameters can be used to improve the determination of the unitary triangle angle gamma in B- -> (D) over tildeK(-) decays, where (D) over tilde is either a D-0 or a (D) over bar (0) meson decaying to the same final state, and also in studies of charm mixing. The measurements of the coherence factor and strong-phase difference are made using quantum-correlated, fully reconstructed D-0(D) over bar (0) pairs produced in e(+)e(-) collisions at the psi (3770) resonance. The measured values are R-KAK pi(0) = 0.73 +/- 0: 08 and delta(DSKK)-K-0 pi = (8.3 +/- 15.2)degrees for an unrestricted kinematic region and R-K*K = 1.00 +/- 0.16 and delta(K*K)(D) = (26.5 +/- 15.8)degrees for a region where the combined K-S(0) pi(-/+) invariant mass is within 100 MeV/c(2) of the K*(892)(-/+) mass. These results indicate a significant level of coherence in the decay. In addition, isobar models are presented for the two decays, which show the dominance of the K*(892)(+/-) resonance. The branching ratio B(D-0 -> (KSK+)-K-0)/B(D-0 -> K-S(0) K- pi(+)) is determined to be 0.592 +/- 0.044(stat) +/- 0.018(syst) which is more precise than previous measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092016
Pages (from-to)-
Number of pages25
JournalPhysical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume85
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 May 2012

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  • Consolidated Grant 2012-16

    Newbold, D. M. (Principal Investigator) & Rademacker, J. H. (Researcher)

    1/10/121/10/16

    Project: Research

  • Particle physics equipment grant.

    Newbold, D. M. (Principal Investigator)

    1/10/121/04/13

    Project: Research

  • Wakeham Rebate for Rolling Grant 2010-11

    Newbold, D. M. (Principal Investigator)

    20/02/1220/03/12

    Project: Research

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