Spin Analysis of Charmed Mesons Produced in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Annihilation

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1 August 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 39 (5) , 262-265
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.39.262

Abstract

We have studied the threshold production and decay angular distribution of neutral charmed mesons produced in

e^{+} e^{-}

annihilation. We find consistency with the expected spin values of 0 and 1 for the ground and excited states

D

and

D^{*}

, respectively. We rule out the alternative spin assignment of 1 for the

D

and 0 for the

D^{*}

.

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