Inclusive Hadron Yields from Ds+ Decays

TL;DR

This paper reports comprehensive measurements of inclusive decay yields of Ds+ mesons into various particles, providing a detailed overview of Ds+ decay modes based on data from the CLEO-c detector.

Contribution

The study offers the first extensive set of inclusive decay yields for Ds+ mesons, enhancing understanding of their decay patterns and contributing valuable data for particle physics research.

Findings

Measured inclusive yields for multiple decay channels of Ds+

Provided new data on Ds+ decays into kaons, pions, eta, eta', phi, omega, and f0(980)

Summarized decay modes to improve theoretical models of Ds+ decays

Abstract

We study the inclusive decays of Ds+ mesons, using data collected near the Ds*+ Ds- peak production energy E_cm=4170 MeV by the CLEO-c detector. We report the inclusive yields of Ds+ decays to K^+ X, K^- X, KS0 X, pi^+ X, pi^- X, pi^0 X, eta X, eta' X, phi X, omega X and f0(980) X, and also decays into pairs of kaons, Ds+ -> KK-bar X. Using these measurements, we obtain an overview of Ds+ decays.