Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of charm quark production in e+e- annihilations at lang; S〈 = 58.4 GeV

A. Okamoto, K. Abe, K. Amako, Y. Arai, Y. Asano, M. Chiba, Y. Chiba, M. Daigo, M. Fukawa, T. Fukui, Y. Fukushima, J. Haba, Y. Hemmi, M. Higuchi, F. Hinode, T. Hirose, Y. Hojo, Y. Homma, Y. Hoshi, N. IshiharaT. Kamitani, N. Kanematsu, N. Kanda, J. Kanzaki, R. Kikuchi, T. Kondo, T. T. Korhonen, T. Koseki, H. Kurashige, J. MacNaughton, T. Matsui, M. Minami, K. Miyake, S. Mori, Y. Nagashima, T. Nakamura, I. Nakano, Y. Narita, S. Odaka, K. Ogawa, T. Ohama, T. Ohsugi, A. Ono, T. Oyama, H. Sakamoto, M. Sakuda, N. Sasao, M. Sato, N. Sato, H. Shibuya, M. Shioden, J. Shirai, S. Shirakata, S. Sugimoto, T. Sumiyoshi, A. Suzuki, Y. Takada, H. Takaki, F. Takasaki, A. Taketani, M. Takita, N. Tamura, N. Terunuma, K. Tobimatsu, T. Tsuboyama, S. Uehara, Y. Unno, M. Utsumi, T. Watanabe, Y. Watase, F. Yabuki, Y. Yamada, Y. Yonezawa, H. Yoshida

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Abstract

The forward-backward asymmetry of charm quark production has been measured at an average of energy of 58.4 GeV with the VENUS detector at the TRISTAN e+e- collider. The charm quarks were identified through reconstruction of charged D* mesons using the mass difference between the D* and D0 mesons. The measured charge asymmetry, -0.49+.019-0.17±0.04, is consistent with the prediction of the standard theory. The corresponding axial-vector coupling constant is 1.03+0.40-0.35±0.07.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)393-398
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume278
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 26 1992
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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