Phys. Rev. D 44, 593 - 600 (1991)

Study of continuum D*+ spin alignment

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Y. Kubota et al. (CLEO Collaboration)
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Received 25 January 1991

The spin alignment of D*+ mesons produced in e+e- annihilation at sqrt[s]=10.5 GeV is obtained from a study of the angular distribution of the decay D*+D0π+. The alignment is studied as a function of momentum and compared to theoretical predictions. We find an average value of the spin alignment parameter η of 〈η〉=0.04±0.02±0.01. We obtain a model-dependent measurement of the probability of producing a vector particle 〈PV〉=0.77±0.02±0.01 for D mesons.


©1991 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.593
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.44.593

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