Measurement of the Total Charm Cross Section by Electron-Positron Annihilation at Energies Between 3.97-4.26 GeV

Abstract

Using the CLEO-c detector, we have measured the charm hadronic cross sections for $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ annihilations at a total of thirteen center-of-mass energies between 3.97 and 4.26 GeV. Observed cross sections for the production of $D\bar{D}$, $D^{\ast }\bar{D}$, $D^{\ast }{\bar{D}}^{\ast }$, $D_s{\bar{D}}_s$, $D_s^{\ast }{\bar{D}}_s$, and $D_s^{\ast }{\bar{D}}_s^{\ast }$, in addition to the total charm cross section are presented. Observed cross sections were radiatively corrected to obtain tree-level cross sections and R.

319 pages, 137 figures, Ph.D. dissertation