research article
Search for leptonic decays of D^{0} mesons
We search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays D-0 -> mu(+)mu(-) and D-0 -> e(+)e(-), and for the lepton-flavor violating decays D-0 -> e(+/-)mu(-/+) using 660 fb(-1) of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. We find no evidence for any of these decays. We obtain significantly improved upper limits on the branching fractions: B(D-0 -> mu(+)mu(-)) < 1.4 x 10(-7), B(D-0 -> e(+)e(-)) < 7.9 x 10(-8), and B(D-0 -> e(+)mu(-)) + B(D-0 -> mu(+)e(-)) < 2.6 x 10(-7) at 90% confidence level.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000278145100002
Author(s)
Petrič, M.
Starič, M.
Adachi, I.
Aihara, H.
Arinstein, K.
Aushev, T.
Bakich, A. M.
Balagura, V.
Barberio, E.
Belous, K.
Date Issued
2010
Publisher
Published in
Volume
81
Issue
9
Article Number
091102(R)
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
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Available on Infoscience
November 5, 2010
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