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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2009

Abstract

The production of excited charm, D 1(2420)0 and D 2* (2460)0, and charm-strange, D s1(2536)±, mesons in ep collisions was measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 126 pb -1. Masses, widths and helicity parameters were determined. The measured yields were converted to the rates of c quarks hadronising as a given excited charm meson and to the ratios of the dominant D 2* (2460)0 and D s1(2536) ± branching fractions. A search for the radially excited charm meson, D *(2640)±, was also performed. The results are compared with those measured previously and with theoretical expectations. © 2009 Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica.

Journal Title

European Physical Journal C

Volume

60

Issue

1

First Page

25

Last Page

45

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0881-x

First Department

Physics

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