Measurement of the inclusive semielectronicD0branching fraction

Abstract
Using the angular correlation between the π+ emitted in a D*+D0π+ decay and the e+ emitted in the subsequent D0Xe+ν decay, we have measured the branching fraction for the inclusive semielectronic decay of the D0 meson to be B(D0Xe+ν)=[6.64±0.18(stat)±0.29(syst)]%. The measurement uses 1.7 fb1 of e+e collisions recorded by the CLEO II detector located at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR). Combining this result with previous CLEO results we find B(D0Xe+ν)B(D0Kπ+)=1.684±0.056(stat)±0.093(syst) and B(D0Ke+ν)B(D0Xe+ν)=0.581±0.023(stat)±0.028(syst). The difference between this inclusive rate and the sum of the measured exclusive branching fractions (measured at CLEO and other experiments) is also presented.
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