The CLEO-c Research Program

TL;DR

The CLEO-c research program marks a new phase in charm physics by utilizing the modified CLEO detector at CESR to study charm decays, exotic matter, and test the Standard Model at energies between 3 and 5 GeV.

Contribution

This paper introduces the CLEO-c experimental setup and research agenda focusing on charm physics at lower energies, expanding the scope of the previous B physics program.

Findings

First data collected at psi(3770) resonance

Plans for studying charm decays and exotic matter

Searches for physics beyond the Standard Model

Abstract

In spring 2003, the B physics era ended for the CLEO experiment with a final run at the Y(5S) resonance. Over the summer the experiment and the CESR accelerator were modified to operate at lower center-of-mass energies between 3 and 5 GeV. In September 2003 the CLEO-c detector has begun to take its first data at the psi(3770) resonance, with which a new era for the exploration of the charmonium sector begins. The CLEO-c research program presented here will include studies of leptonic, semileptonic and hadronic charm decays, searches for exotic, gluonic matter and test for new physics beyond the Standard Model.