We analyze 230.4 fb(-1) of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) collider at SLAC to search for evidence of D0-anti-D0mixing using regions of phase space in the decay D0 -> K+pi-pi0. We measure the time-integrated mixing rate R-M=(0.023(-0.014)(+0.018)(stat.)+/- 0.004(syst.))%, and R-M < 0.054% at the 95% confidence level, assuming CP invariance. The data are consistent with no mixing at the 4.5% confidence level. We also measure the branching ratio for D0 -> K+pi-pi0 relative to D0 -> K-pi+pi0 to be (0.214 +/- 0.008(stat.)+/- 0.008(syst.))%.

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Search for D0-anti-D0 mixing and branching-ratio measurement in the decay D0 -> K+pi-pi0

A. Lazzaro;V. Lombardo;F. Palombo;N. Neri;
2006

Abstract

We analyze 230.4 fb(-1) of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) collider at SLAC to search for evidence of D0-anti-D0mixing using regions of phase space in the decay D0 -> K+pi-pi0. We measure the time-integrated mixing rate R-M=(0.023(-0.014)(+0.018)(stat.)+/- 0.004(syst.))%, and R-M < 0.054% at the 95% confidence level, assuming CP invariance. The data are consistent with no mixing at the 4.5% confidence level. We also measure the branching ratio for D0 -> K+pi-pi0 relative to D0 -> K-pi+pi0 to be (0.214 +/- 0.008(stat.)+/- 0.008(syst.))%.
CP invariance ; D mesons ; meson hadronic decay
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
2006
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