Measurement of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $D^+\to K^+\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ with semileptonic tags

TL;DR

This paper measures the branching fraction of a rare doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay of the D+ meson using semileptonic tags, providing results consistent with previous measurements but larger than other similar decays.

Contribution

First measurement of the D+ to K+ pi+ pi- pi0 decay using semileptonic tags, with a detailed analysis of its branching ratio and comparison to theoretical expectations.

Findings

Branching fraction of (1.03 ± 0.12 ± 0.06)×10^{-3} for D+→K+π+π−π0.

Branching ratio relative to D+→K−π+π+π0 is (1.65 ± 0.21)%.

Results align with previous measurements but exceed other doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays.

Abstract

Using an $e^+e^-$ annihilation data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $2.93\,\rm fb^{-1}$ collected at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $D^+\to K^+\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ is studied with a semileptonic tag method. After removing the decays containing narrow intermediate resonances, $D^+\to K^+\eta$, $D^+\to K^+\omega$, and $D^+\to K^+\phi$, the branching fraction for the decay $D^+\to K^+\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ is determined to be $(1.03 \pm 0.12_{\rm stat} \pm 0.06_{\rm syst})\times 10^{-3}$. The ratio of the branching fraction for $D^+\to K^+\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ to its Cabibbo-favored counterpart $D^+\to K^-\pi^+\pi^+\pi^0$ is measured to be $ (1.65\pm0.21)\%$, corresponding to $(5.73\pm0.73)\tan^4\theta_C$, where $\theta_C$ is the Cabibbo mixing angle. These results are consistent with our previous measurement with hadronic tags but are significantly larger than other doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays in the charm sector.