Search for the radiative decays $D^0\to {\hat{I}}^3{\bar{K}}_1(1270{)}^0$ and $D^{+}\to {\hat{I}}^3{K}_1(1270{)}^{+}$

Abstract

A search for the radiative decays $D^0\to {\hat{I}}^3{\bar{K}}_1(1270{)}^0$ and $D^{+}\to {\hat{I}}^3{K}_1(1270{)}^{+}$ is conducted using $20.3{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$ of $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ annihilation data collected at the center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=3.773$ GeV by the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider. No significant signals are observed, and upper limits on the branching fractions of $D^0\to {\hat{I}}^3{\bar{K}}_1(1270{)}^0$ and $D^{+}\to {\hat{I}}^3{K}_1(1270{)}^{+}$ at 90\% confidence level are determined to be $7.7\times 10^{-4}$ and $3.9\times 10^{-5}$, respectively. This represents the first test of the Vector Meson Dominance mechanism in the radiative decays of charmed mesons to axial-vector mesons.

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