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衰变$D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-$的观察

Observation of the decay $D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-$

BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

摘要:

我们报告了罕见的魅力衰变$D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-$的观察,基于$468$ FB $^{-1}$的$e^+e^-$湮灭数据收集或接近的$Y(4S)$共振与BaBar探测器在SLAC国家加速器实验室的质心能量。我们发现分支分数的电子-正电子对的不变质量范围$0.675< m(e^+e^-) < 0.875 GeV/c^2$是${\cal B}(D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-) = (4.0\pm0.5\pm0.2\pm0.1) \times 10^{-6}$,其中第一个不确定性是统计的,第二个系统的,和第三个由于不确定性的分支分数的衰变$D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+π^+π^-$用作归一化模式。观察结果的显著性相当于9.7个标准差,包括系统不确定性。该结果与最近报道的在相同不变质量范围内测量的$D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+μ^+μ^-$分支分数一致,并且与标准模型中的预期值一致。在一组区域的$m(e^+e^-)$长距离的影响是潜在的小,我们确定了一个90%的置信水平上的分支分数${\cal B}(D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-) < 3.1 \times 10^{-6}$的上限。

英文摘要:

We report the observation of the rare charm decay $D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-$, based on $468$ fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected at or close to the center-of-mass energy of the $Y(4S)$ resonance with the BaBar detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find the branching fraction in the invariant mass range $0.675< m(e^+e^-) < 0.875 GeV/c^2$ of the electron-positron pair to be ${\cal B}(D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-) = (4.0\pm0.5\pm0.2\pm0.1) \times 10^{-6}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third due to the uncertainty in the branching fraction of the decay $D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+π^+π^-$ used as a normalization mode. The significance of the observation corresponds to 9.7 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. This result is consistent with the recently reported $D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+μ^+μ^-$ branching fraction, measured in the same invariant mass range, and with the value expected in the Standard Model. In a set of regions of $m(e^+e^-)$ where long-distance effects are potentially small, we determine a 90% confidence level upper limit on the branching fraction ${\cal B}(D^0\rightarrow K^-π^+e^+e^-) < 3.1 \times 10^{-6}$.

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