The CLEO-c Research Program

TL;DR

The CLEO-c research program investigates charm decays, exotic matter, and physics beyond the Standard Model using modified accelerator and detector setups at energies between 3 and 5 GeV, starting with data collection at the 700 resonance.

Contribution

This paper introduces the CLEO-c program, detailing its experimental setup and initial data collection at the 700 resonance for charm physics exploration.

Findings

Data collected at 700 resonance in September 2003.

Modified CESR and CLEO-c detector for energies 3-5 GeV.

Initiation of new charm sector research era.

Abstract

The CLEO-c research program will include studies of leptonic, semileptonic and hadronic charm decays, searches for exotic and gluonic matter, and test for physics beyond the Standard Model. The experiment and the CESR accelerator were modified to efficiently operate at center-of-mass energies between 3 and 5 GeV. Data at the \psi(3770) resonance were recorded with the CLEO-c detector in September 2003 beginning a new era in the exploration of the charm sector.