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We have determined theD 0 lifetime from reconstructed vertices ofD 0 mesons produced ine + e − annihilations at an average center of mass energy of 42.2 GeV. From fifteen events theD 0 lifetime was determined to be (4.3 +2.0−1.4 ±0.8)×10−13s.
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Supported by the US Department of Energy contract DEAC02-76ER00881 and the US National Science foundation grant number INT-8313994 for travel
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The TASSO Collaboration., Althoff, M., Braunschweig, W. et al. A measurement of theD 0 lifetime. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 32, 343–348 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01551829
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