From a sample of 1172 +/- 61 D(+)-->pi(-)pi(+)pi(+) decays, we find gamma(D(+)-->pi(-)pi(+)pi(+))/gamma(D(+)-->K-pi(+)pi(+)) = 0.0311 +/- 0.0018(+0.0016)(-0.0026). Using a coherent amplitude analysis to fit the Dalitz plot of these decays, we find strong evidence that a scalar resonance of mass 478(+24)(-23) +/- 17 MeV/c(2) and width 324(+42)(-40) +/- 21 MeV/c(2) accounts for approximately half of all decays.
We report results of a search for flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC), lepton flavor, and lepton-number violating decays of the D0 (and its antiparticle) into three and four bodies. Using data from Fermilab charm hadroproduction experiment E791, we examine modes with two leptons (muons or electrons) and a rho(0), K( *0), or straight phi vector meson or a nonresonant pi(pi), Kpi, or KK pair of pseudoscalar mesons. No evidence for any of these decays is found. Therefore, we present branching-fraction upper limits at 90% confidence level for the 27 decay modes examined (18 new).
We present a study of D° mixing using events of the type D* + -* K + D°y with D°-+K + K~ and D°-» K + K~7t + 7t~. The decay time is used to separate mixing from doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays. We observe no evidence for mixing in either mode. Combining the results from the two decay modes, we find r M =0.0005 ± 0.0020 or r M < 0.0037 at the 90% confidence level, where r M is the ratio of wrongsign decays from mixing to right-sign decays. We also present limits on doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays and consider the effect of possible interference.
Using the Tagged Photon Spectrometer and a high-energy photon beam, we have searched for excited states of charm in Fermilab experiment E691. We have found evidence for a state of mass 2459 ± 3 (stat.) ±2 (syst.) MeV/c 2 and width 20 ± 10 ± 5 MeV/c 2 which decays to D + 7t~. The fraction of D + coming from Z)**°(2459) is 0.07 ± 0.02 ± 0.02. We also confirm the Z)**°(2420)-+ D* + K~ decay observed previously in e + e ~ experiments and present evidence for its charged counterpart. PACS numbers: 14.40.Jz, 13.25.+m While the S-wave charmed mesons, the D, Z)*(2010),
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