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A measurement of theD 0 lifetime

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

Abstract

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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  1. L. Labarga

    Present address: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  2. Y. Eisenberg, D. Revel & E. Ronat

    Present address: Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

  3. M. Althoff

    Present address: Siemens, D-8000, München, Federal Republic of Germany

  4. A. Eskreys

    Present address: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Cracow, Poland

  5. P. Mättig

    Present address: IPP Canada, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

  6. T. Tymieniecka & R. Walczak

    Present address: Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland

  7. H. L. Krasemann

    Present address: GKSS, D-2057, Geesthacht, Federal Republic of Germany

  8. J. Thomas

    Present address: CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

  9. W. A. T. Wan Abdullah

    Present address: Universiti Maylaya, Kuala Lumpur

  10. M. Cherney

    Present address: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA

  11. J. M. Izen

    Present address: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

  12. E. Wicklund

    Present address: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. I. Physikalisches Institut der RWTH Aachen, D-5100, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany

    M. Althoff, W. Braunschweig, R. Gerhards, F. J. Kirschfink, H. -U. Martyn, P. Rosskamp & W. Wallraff

  2. Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn, D-5300, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

    B. Bock, J. Eisenmann, H. M. Fischer, H. Hartmann, A. Jocksch, H. Kolanoski, V. Mertens & R. Wedemeyer

  3. H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    B. Foster

  4. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-2000, Hamburg 52, Federal Republic of Germany

    E. Bernardi, Y. Eisenberg, A. Eskreys, K. Gather, H. Hultschig, P. Joos, B. Klima, H. Kowalski, A. Ladage, B. Löhr, D. Lüke, P. Mättig, D. Notz, D. Revel, E. Ronat, W. Schütte, D. Trines, T. Tymieniecka, R. Walczak, G. Wolf & W. Zeuner

  5. II. Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universität Hamburg, D-2000, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    E. Hilger, T. Kracht, H. L. Krasemann, J. Krüger, E. Lohrmann, G. Poelz & K. -U. Pösnecker

  6. Department of Physics, Imperial College London, UK

    D. M. Binnie, P. J. Dornan, D. A. Garbutt, C. Jenkins, W. G. Jones, J. K. Sedgbeer, D. Su, J. Thomas & W. A. T. Wan Abdullah

  7. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    F. Barreiro & E. Ros

  8. Department of Nuclear Physics, Oxford University, UK

    M. G. Bowler, P. Bull, R. J. Cashmore, P. Dauncey, R. Devenish, G. Heath, D. J. Mellor, P. Ratoff & J. M. Yelton

  9. Department of Physics, Queen Mary College, London, UK

    S. L. Lloyd

  10. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, UK

    G. E. Forden, J. C. Hart, D. K. Hasell & D. H. Saxon

  11. Fachbereich Physik der Universität-Gesamthochschule Siegen, D-5900, Siegen, Federal Republic of Germany

    S. Brandt, M. Holder, L. Labarga & B. Neumann

  12. Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

    U. Karshon, G. Mikenberg, R. Mir, A. Montag, G. Yekutieli & A. Shapira

  13. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    G. Baranko, A. Caldwell, M. Cherney, D. DeMille, J. M. Izen, J. Messersmith, S. Ritz, D. Strom, M. Takashima, E. Wicklund, Sau Lan Wu & G. Zobernig

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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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