A measurement of the inclusive semileptonic decay fraction of charmed hadrons

H. Albrecht; H. Ehrlichmann; T. Hamacher; A. Krüger; A. Nau; A. Nippe; M. Reidenbach; M. Schäfer; H. Schröder; H. D. Schulz; F. Sefkow; R. Wurth; R. D. Appuhn; C. Hast; G. Herrera; H. Kolanoski; A. Lange; A. Lindner; R. Mankel; M. Schieber; T. Siegmund; B. Spaan; H. Thurn; D. Töpfer; A. Walther; D. Wegener; M. Paulini; K. Reim; U. Volland; H. Wegener; R. Mundt; T. Oest; W. Schmidt-Parzefall; W. Funk; J. Stiewe; S. Werner; S. Ball; J. C. Gabriel; C. Geyer; A. Hölscher; W. Hofmann; B. Holzer; S. Khan; K. T. Knöpfle; J. Spengler; D. I. Britton; C. E.K. Charlesworth; K. W. Edwards; H. Kapitza; P. Krieger; R. Kutschke; D. B. MacFarlane; R. S. Orr; P. M. Patel; J. D. Prentice; S. C. Seidel; G. Tsipolitis; K. Tzamariudaki; R. G. Van de Water; T. S. Yoon; D. Reßing; S. Schael; M. Schmidtler; M. Schneider; K. R. Schubert; K. Strahl; R. Waldi; S. Weseler; B. Boštjančič; G. Kernel; P. Križan; E. Križnič; T. Podobnik; T. Živko; H. I. Cronström; L. Jönsson; V. Balagura; M. Danilov; A. Droutskoy; B. Fominykh; A. Golutvin; I. Gorelov; F. Ratnikov; V. Lubimov; A. Rostovtsev; A. Semenov; S. Semenov; V. Shevchenko; V. Soloshenko; I. Tichomirov; Yu Zaitsev; R. Childers; C. W. Darden

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A measurement of the inclusive semileptonic decay fraction of charmed hadrons

H. Albrecht, H. Ehrlichmann, T. Hamacher, A. Krüger, A. Nau, A. Nippe, M. Reidenbach, M. Schäfer, H. Schröder, H. D. Schulz, F. Sefkow, R. Wurth, R. D. Appuhn, C. Hast, G. Herrera, H. Kolanoski, A. Lange, A. Lindner, R. Mankel, M. SchieberT. Siegmund, B. Spaan, H. Thurn, D. Töpfer, A. Walther, D. Wegener, M. Paulini, K. Reim, U. Volland, H. Wegener, R. Mundt, T. Oest, W. Schmidt-Parzefall, W. Funk, J. Stiewe, S. Werner, S. Ball, J. C. Gabriel, C. Geyer, A. Hölscher, W. Hofmann, B. Holzer, S. Khan, K. T. Knöpfle, J. Spengler, D. I. Britton, C. E.K. Charlesworth, K. W. Edwards, H. Kapitza, P. Krieger, R. Kutschke, D. B. MacFarlane, R. S. Orr, P. M. Patel, J. D. Prentice, S. C. Seidel, G. Tsipolitis, K. Tzamariudaki, R. G. Van de Water, T. S. Yoon, D. Reßing, S. Schael, M. Schmidtler, M. Schneider, K. R. Schubert, K. Strahl, R. Waldi, S. Weseler, B. Boštjančič, G. Kernel, P. Križan, E. Križnič, T. Podobnik, T. Živko, H. I. Cronström, L. Jönsson, V. Balagura, M. Danilov, A. Droutskoy, B. Fominykh, A. Golutvin, I. Gorelov, F. Ratnikov, V. Lubimov, A. Rostovtsev, A. Semenov, S. Semenov, V. Shevchenko, V. Soloshenko, I. Tichomirov, Yu Zaitsev, R. Childers, C. W. Darden

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Using the ARGUS detector at the DORIS-II storage ring at DESY, we have measured the inclusive semileptonic branching ratio of charmed hadrons produced in e⁺e^- annihilition at =10 GeV to be BR(c→ev_eX)=(9.8±0.9±_0.5^0.6)% and BR(c→μv_μX)=(8.6±1.7±_0.7 ^0.8)%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	202-208
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	278
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)90735-M
State	Published - 19 Mar 1992
Externally published	Yes

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Albrecht, H., Ehrlichmann, H., Hamacher, T., Krüger, A., Nau, A., Nippe, A., Reidenbach, M., Schäfer, M., Schröder, H., Schulz, H. D., Sefkow, F., Wurth, R., Appuhn, R. D., Hast, C., Herrera, G., Kolanoski, H., Lange, A., Lindner, A., Mankel, R., ... Darden, C. W. (1992). A measurement of the inclusive semileptonic decay fraction of charmed hadrons. Physics Letters B, 278(1-2), 202-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)90735-M

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T1 - A measurement of the inclusive semileptonic decay fraction of charmed hadrons

AU - Albrecht, H.

AU - Ehrlichmann, H.

AU - Hamacher, T.

AU - Krüger, A.

AU - Nau, A.

AU - Nippe, A.

AU - Reidenbach, M.

AU - Schäfer, M.

AU - Schröder, H.

AU - Schulz, H. D.

AU - Sefkow, F.

AU - Wurth, R.

AU - Appuhn, R. D.

AU - Hast, C.

AU - Herrera, G.

AU - Kolanoski, H.

AU - Lange, A.

AU - Lindner, A.

AU - Mankel, R.

AU - Schieber, M.

AU - Siegmund, T.

AU - Spaan, B.

AU - Thurn, H.

AU - Töpfer, D.

AU - Walther, A.

AU - Wegener, D.

AU - Paulini, M.

AU - Reim, K.

AU - Volland, U.

AU - Wegener, H.

AU - Mundt, R.

AU - Oest, T.

AU - Schmidt-Parzefall, W.

AU - Funk, W.

AU - Stiewe, J.

AU - Werner, S.

AU - Ball, S.

AU - Gabriel, J. C.

AU - Geyer, C.

AU - Hölscher, A.

AU - Hofmann, W.

AU - Holzer, B.

AU - Khan, S.

AU - Knöpfle, K. T.

AU - Spengler, J.

AU - Britton, D. I.

AU - Charlesworth, C. E.K.

AU - Edwards, K. W.

AU - Kapitza, H.

AU - Krieger, P.

AU - Kutschke, R.

AU - MacFarlane, D. B.

AU - Orr, R. S.

AU - Patel, P. M.

AU - Prentice, J. D.

AU - Seidel, S. C.

AU - Tsipolitis, G.

AU - Tzamariudaki, K.

AU - Van de Water, R. G.

AU - Yoon, T. S.

AU - Reßing, D.

AU - Schael, S.

AU - Schmidtler, M.

AU - Schneider, M.

AU - Schubert, K. R.

AU - Strahl, K.

AU - Waldi, R.

AU - Weseler, S.

AU - Boštjančič, B.

AU - Kernel, G.

AU - Križan, P.

AU - Križnič, E.

AU - Podobnik, T.

AU - Živko, T.

AU - Cronström, H. I.

AU - Jönsson, L.

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Danilov, M.

AU - Droutskoy, A.

AU - Fominykh, B.

AU - Golutvin, A.

AU - Gorelov, I.

AU - Ratnikov, F.

AU - Lubimov, V.

AU - Rostovtsev, A.

AU - Semenov, A.

AU - Semenov, S.

AU - Shevchenko, V.

AU - Soloshenko, V.

AU - Tichomirov, I.

AU - Zaitsev, Yu

AU - Childers, R.

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N1 - Funding Information: In many high energy reactions, jets from charmed quarks are identified by leptons produced in weak semileptonic decays. An important example is the second lepton in opposite-sign dilepton events from charged-current deep inelastic neutrino scattering ~1, from which a value for the CKM matrix element I V~d I is derived. Since there is a wide variation in the semi-leptonic branching ratio of charmed hadrons \[4 \], this tagging method requires a good knowledge of the average branching ratio for the particular mixture of charmed hadrons produced in the charmed quark fragmentation. However, if the energy of the original Supported by the German Bundesministerium f'tir Forschung und Technologie, under contract number 054DO51P. 2 Supported by the German Bundesministerium fdr Forschung und Technologie, under contract number 054ER 12P. 3 Supported by the German Bundesministerium f'dr Forschung und Technologie, under contract number 055HD21P. 4 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T8. 5 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7. 6 Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6. 7 Supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada. 8 Supported by the German Bundesministerium f'tir Forschung und Technologie, under contract number 054KA 17P. 9 Supported by the Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia and the Internationales Biiro KfA, Jiilich. ~o Supported by the Swedish Research Council. ~ Supported by the US Department of Energy, under contract DE-AS09-80ER 10690. ~l Ref. \[1\] with \[VcaI2"BR(c-~vX)=(4.1_+0.7)×10-3; ref. \[2\] with \[V cd\[2'BR(c--,~vX)= (4.3+ 1.4_+4:°) × 10-3; and ref. \[3\]w ith a CCFR result of \[V cd\[2.BR(c--*£vX=) (5.28+ 0.41 +0:340)× 10 -3.

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