Review of Charm Lifetimes

dc.creatorCheung, Harry W. K.
dc.date1999-12-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:38:13Z
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dc.descriptionA review of the latest experimental results on charm particle lifetimes is presented. The most significant update is that the D_s^+ lifetime is conclusively larger than the D^0 lifetime and signifies that W-exchange/W-annihilation contributions are large. Using new high statistics data on $D^+\to K^+π^+π^-$ together with the D_s^+ lifetime and some assumptions, one can phenomenologically extract the strength of the W-exchange contribution in D^0 decays and of W-annihilation in D_s^+ decays. These are larger than or at the limit of theoretical expectations using QCD-based operator production expansion techniques.
dc.descriptionTalk presented at the 8th International Symposium on Heavy Flavour Physics, Southampton, U.K., 25--29 July 1999
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9912021
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9912021
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/38438
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleReview of Charm Lifetimes
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