Measurement of the masses and lifetimes of the charmed mesons D neutral, D plus and D (sub s) plus
Abstract
Precise measurement of the lifetimes of the three charmed mesons D neutral, D plus and D (sub s) plus provides an interesting test ground for interplay between weak and strong interactions and for the various models that attempt to describe it. The final results of the NA-32 experiment on these meson masses and lifetimes are reported, using very clean samples of the mesons detected with the help of a high resolution vertex telescope, composed of silicon microship detectors and charge coupled devices. The experiment is described and an analysis of the data is given. Results and conclusions are presented.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- January 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990mmlc.book.....B
- Keywords:
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- Atomic Weights;
- Charm (Particle Physics);
- Mesons;
- Radiative Lifetime;
- Charge Coupled Devices;
- Data Processing;
- Mass;
- Microstrip Devices;
- Radioactive Decay;
- Telescopes;
- Atomic and Molecular Physics