학술논문

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays $D^{0}\rightarrow X^{0}e^{\pm}\mu^{\mp}$
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
BaBar CollaborationLees, J. P.Poireau, V.Tisserand, V.Grauges, E.Palano, A.Eigen, G.Brown, D. N.Kolomensky, Yu. G.Fritsch, M.Koch, H.Schroeder, T.Cheaib, R.Hearty, C.Mattison, T. S.McKenna, J. A.So, R. Y.Blinov, V. E.Buzykaev, A. R.Druzhinin, V. P.Golubev, V. B.Kozyrev, E. A.Kravchenko, E. A.Onuchin, A. P.Serednyakov, S. I.Skovpen, Yu. I.Solodov, E. P.Todyshev, K. Yu.Lankford, A. J.Dey, B.Gary, J. W.Long, O.Eisner, A. M.Lockman, W. S.Panduro, W.Chao, D. S.Cheng, C. H.Echenard, B.Flood, K. T.Hitlin, D. G.Kim, J.Li, Y.Lin, D. X.Miyashita, T. S.Ongmongkolkul, P.Oyang, J.Porter, F. C.R, M.Huard, Z.Meadows, B. T.Pushpawela, B. G.Sokoloff, M. D.Sun, L.Smith, J. G.Wagner, S. R.Bernard, D.Verderi, M.Bettoni, D.Bozzi, C.Calabrese, R.Cibinetto, G.Fioravanti, E.Garzia, I.Luppi, E.Santoro, V.Calcaterra, A.de Sangro, R.Finocchiaro, G.Martellotti, S.Patteri, P.Peruzzi, I. M.Piccolo, M.Rotondo, M.Zallo, A.Passaggio, S.Patrignani, C.Shuve, B. J.Lacker, H. M.Bhuyan, B.Mallik, U.Chen, C.Cochran, J.Prell, S.Gritsan, A. V.Arnaud, N.Davier, M.Diberder, F. LeLutz, A. M.Wormser, G.Lange, D. J.Wright, D. M.Coleman, J. P.Gabathuler, E.Hutchcroft, D. E.Payne, D. J.Touramanis, C.Bevan, A. J.Di Lodovico, F.Sacco, R.Cowan, G.Banerjee, Sw.Davis, C. L.Denig, A. G.Gradl, W.Griessinger, K.Hafner, A.Schubert, K. R.Barlow, R. J.Lafferty, G. D.Cenci, R.Jawahery, A.Roberts, D. A.Cowan, R.Robertson, S. H.Seddon, R. M.Neri, N.Palombo, F.Cremaldi, L.Godang, R.Summers, D. J.Taras, P.De, G.Sciacca, C.Raven, G.Jessop, C. P.LoSecco, J. M.Honscheid, K.Kass, R.Gaz, A.Margoni, M.Posocco, M.Simi, G.Simonetto, F.Stroili, R.Akar, S.Ben, E.Bomben, M.Bonneaud, G. R.Calderini, G.Chauveau, J.Marchiori, G.Ocariz, J.Biasini, M.Manoni, E.Rossi, A.Batignani, G.Bettarini, S.Carpinelli, M.Casarosa, G.Chrzaszcz, M.Forti, F.Giorgi, M. A.Lusiani, A.Oberhof, B.Paoloni, E.Rama, M.Rizzo, G.Walsh, J. J.Zani, L.Smith, A. J. S.Anulli, F.Faccini, R.Ferrarotto, F.Ferroni, F.Pilloni, A.Piredda, G.B, C.Dittrich, S.Gr, O.He, M.Leddig, T.Vo, C.Waldi, R.Adye, T.Wilson, F. F.Emery, S.Vasseur, G.Aston, D.Cartaro, C.Convery, M. R.Dorfan, J.Dunwoodie, W.Ebert, M.Field, R. C.Fulsom, B. G.Graham, M. T.Hast, C.Innes, W. R.Kim, P.Leith, D. W. G. S.Luitz, S.MacFarlane, D. B.Muller, D. R.Neal, H.Ratcliff, B. N.Roodman, A.Sullivan, M. K.Va, J.Wisniewski, W. J.Purohit, M. V.Wilson, J. R.Randle, A.Sekula, S. J.Ahmed, H.Bellis, M.Burchat, P. R.Puccio, E. M. T.Alam, M. S.Ernst, J. A.Gorodeisky, R.Guttman, N.Peimer, D. R.Soffer, A.Spanier, S. M.Ritchie, J. L.Schwitters, R. F.Izen, J. M.Lou, X. C.Bianchi, F.De, F.Filippi, A.Gamba, D.Lanceri, L.Vitale, L.Martinez, F.Oyanguren, A.Albert, J.Beaulieu, A.Bernlochner, F. U.King, G. J.Kowalewski, R.Lueck, T.Nugent, I. M.Roney, J. M.Sobie, R. J.Tasneem, N.Gershon, T. J.Harrison, P. F.Latham, T. E.Prepost, R.Wu, S. L.
Source
Phys. Rev. D 101, 112003 (2020)
Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Language
Abstract
We present a search for seven lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type $D^{0}\rightarrow X^{0} e^{\pm} \mu^{\mp}$, where $X^{0}$ represents a $\pi^{0}$, $K^{0}_{\rm S}$, $\bar{K^{*0}}$, $\rho^{0}$, $\phi$, $\omega$, or $\eta$ meson. The analysis is based on $468$ fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected at or close to the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the BaBar detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signals are observed, and we establish 90\% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions in the range $(5.0 - 22.5)\times 10^{-7}$. The limits are between one and two orders of magnitude more stringent than previous measurements.
Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, to be submitted to Physical Review D. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1905.00608