Absolute branching fractions of Cabibbo-suppressed D→KK̄ decays
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 77:9 (2008)
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Using 281pb-1 of data collected with the CLEO-c detector at the ψ(3770) resonance, we have studied Cabibbo-suppressed decays of D mesons to final states with two kaons. We present results for the absolute branching fractions of the modes D0→K+K-, D0→KS0KS0, and D+→K+KS0. We measure B(D0→K+K-)=(4.08±0.08±0.09)×10-3, B(D0→KS0KS0)=(1. 46±0.32±0.09)×10-4, and B(D+→K+KS0)=(3.14±0. 09±0.08)×10-3. We also determine the ratio B(D0→K+K-)/ B(D0→π+π-)=2.89±0.05±0.06. For each measurement, the first uncertainty is statistical and the second uncertainty is systematic. © 2008 The American Physical Society.Measurement of the tt̄ production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV
Physical Review Letters 100:19 (2008)
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We measure the tt̄ production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV in the lepton+jets channel. Two complementary methods discriminate between signal and background: b tagging and a kinematic likelihood discriminant. Based on 0.9fb-1 of data collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, we measure σtt̄=7.62±0.85pb, assuming the current world average mt=172.6GeV. We compare our cross section measurement with theory predictions to determine a value for the top-quark mass of 170±7GeV. © 2008 The American Physical Society.First observation of the decay Ds+→pn̄
Physical Review Letters 100:18 (2008)
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Using e+e-→Ds*-Ds+ data collected near the peak Ds production energy, Ecm=4170MeV, with the CLEO-c detector, we present the first observation of the decay Ds+→pn̄. We measure a branching fraction B(Ds+→pn̄)=(1.30±0.36-0.16+0.12)×10-3. This is the first observation of a charmed meson decaying into a baryon-antibaryon final state. © 2008 The American Physical Society.Absolute measurement of hadronic branching fractions of the Ds+ meson
Physical Review Letters 100:16 (2008)
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The branching fractions of Ds± meson decays serve to normalize many measurements of processes involving charm quarks. Using 298pb-1 of e+e- collisions recorded at a center of mass energy of 4.17 GeV, we determine absolute branching fractions for eight Ds± decays with a double tag technique. In particular we determine the branching fraction B(Ds+→K-K+π+)=(5.50±0.23±0.16)%, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. We also provide partial branching fractions for kinematic subsets of the K-K+π+ decay mode. © 2008 The American Physical Society.Measurement of the absolute branching fraction of Ds+→τ+ντ decay
Physical Review Letters 100:16 (2008)