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hep-ex2007★ 138 cited

A first measurement of the interaction cross section of the tau neutrino

The DONuT Collaboration

The DONuT experiment collected data in 1997 and published first results in 2000 based on four observed charged-current (CC) interactions. The final analysis of the data colle…

hep-ex2005★ 90 cited

Model Independent Measurement of \swave systems using $\Dp\to Kππ$ Decays from Fermilab E791

E791 Collaboration, E. Aitala

A model-independent partial-wave analysis of the \swave component of the system from decays of mesons to the three-body $\Km\pip\pip$ final state is described. Data co…

hep-ex2002★ 12 cited

Differential cross sections, charge production asymmetry, and spin-density matrix elements for D*(2010) produced in 500 GeV/c pi^- nucleon interactions

Fermilab E791 Collaboration

We report differential cross sections for the production of D*(2010) produced in 500 GeV/c pi^- nucleon interactions from experiment E791 at Fermilab, as functions of Feynman-x (x_…

hep-ex2001★ 78 cited

A New Upper Limit for the Tau-Neutrino Magnetic Moment

DONUT Collaboration

Using a prompt neutrino beam in which a nu_tau component was identified for the first time, the nu_tau magnetic moment was measured based on a search for an anomalous increase in t…

hep-ex2000★ 531 cited

Observation of Tau Neutrino Interactions

DONUT Collaboration

The DONUT experiment has analyzed 203 neutrino interactions recorded in nuclear emulsion targets. A decay search has found evidence of four tau neutrino interactions with an estima…

hep-ex2000★ 36 cited

Search for Rare and Forbidden Charm Meson Decays D0--> V l+ l- and h h l l

Fermilab E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala

We report the results of a search for flavor-changing neutral current, lepton-flavor, and lepton-number violating decays of the 3 and 4-body decay modes of D0 (and its antiparticle…

hep-ex2000★ 100 cited

Observation of color-transparency in diffractive dissociation of pions

E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala

We have studied the diffractive dissociation into di-jets of 500 GeV/c pions scattering coherently from carbon and platinum targets. Extrapolating to asymptotically high energies (…

hep-ex2000★ 106 cited

Direct measurement of the pion valence quark momentum distribution, the pion light-cone wave function squared

E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala

We present the first direct measurements of the pion valence quark momentum distribution which is related to the square of the pion light-cone wave function. The measurements were…

hep-ex2000★ 315 cited

Experimental evidence for a light and broad scalar resonance in decay

E791 Collaboration

From a sample of decay, we find . Using a coherent amp…

hep-ex2000★ 4 cited

Observation of D-pi Production Correlations in 500 GeV pi- - N Interactions

FNAL E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala, K. Gounder

We study the charge correlations between charm mesons produced in 500 GeV pi- - N interactions and the charged pions produced closest to them in phase space. With 110,000 fully rec…

hep-ex1999★ 25 cited

Multidimensional Resonance Analysis of

E. M. Aitala

We present the results of a five-dimensional resonant amplitude analysis of the system based on reconstructed decays. These data were produced i…

hep-ex1999★ 38 cited

Search for Rare and Forbidden Dilepton Decays of the D+, Ds, and D0 Charmed Mesons

Fermilab Experiment E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala

We report the results of a search for flavor-changing neutral current, lepton-flavor violating, and lepton-number violating decays of D+, Ds, and D0 mesons (and their antiparticles…

hep-ex1999★ 11 cited

Total Forward and Differential Cross Sections of Neutral D Mesons Produced in 500 GeV/c -Nucleon Interactions

E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala

We measure the neutral D total forward cross section and the differential cross sections as function of Feynman-x () and transverse momentum squared for 500 GeV/c -nucleo…

hep-ex1998★ 10 cited

Measurement of the form-factor ratios for D_s^+ -> phi ell^+ nu_ell

Fermilab E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala, S. Amato

We have measured the form factor ratios r_V = V(0)/A_1(0) and r_2 = A_2(0)/A_1(0) for the decay D_s^+ -> phi ell^+ nu_ell, phi -> K^+ K^-, using data from charm hadroproduction exp…

hep-ex1998★ 10 cited

Measurement of the Ds Lifetime

Fermilab E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala

We report the results of a precise measurement of the Ds meson lifetime based on 1662 +/- 56 fully reconstructed Ds -> phi pi decays, from the charm hadroproduction experiment E791…

hep-ph1997★ 29 cited

Measurement of the form-factor ratios for D^+ -> \overline K^{*0}e^+ν_e

Fermilab E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala

We present a measurement of the form-factor ratios r_V=V(0)/A_1(0) and r_2=A_2(0)/A_1(0) for the decay D^+ -> \overline K^{*0} e^+ ν_e. The measurement is based on a signal of appr…

hep-ex1997★ 6 cited

The doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay

The Fermilab E791 Collaboration

We report the observation of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay in data from Fermilab charm hadroproduction experiment E791. With a signal of 59 \pm 13 events…

hep-ex1996★ 27 cited

Search for CP Violation in Charged D Meson Decays

Fermilab E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala et al

We report results of a search for CP violation in the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays D+ -> K- K+ pi+, phi pi+, K*(892)0 K+, and pi- pi+ pi+ based on data from the charm hadroprod…

hep-ex1996★ 25 cited

Measurement of the Branching Ratio B(D+ --> rho^0 l nu)/B(D+ --> K*0 l nu)

Fermilab E791 Collaboration, E. M. Aitala et al

We report a measurement of the branching ratio B(D+-->rho^0 l nu)/ B(D+-->K*0 l nu) from the Fermilab charm hadroproduction experiment E791. Based on signals of 49+-17 events in th…

hep-ex1996★ 25 cited

Measurement of B(D_s+ -> mu+ nu_mu)/B(D_s+ -> phi mu+ nu_mu) and Determination of the Decay Constant f_{D_s}

K. Kodama, S. Torikai, N. Ushida +71

We have observed purely-leptonic decays of from a sample of muonic one prong decay events detected in the emulsion target of Fermila…

hep-ex1996★ 52 cited

Search for D0 - D0_bar Mixing in Semileptonic Decay Modes

E. M. Aitala, E791 Collaboration

We report the result of a search for D0 - D0_bar mixing in the data from hadroproduction experiment E791 at Fermilab. We use the D* tag and semileptonic decay vertices of D0 to loo…

hep-ph1993★ 14 cited

Observation of D+ -> rho0(770) mu+ nu

Fermilab E653 Collaboration

We report the first observation of the Cabibbo disfavored semileptonic decay mode D+ -> rho0(770) mu+ nu, and measure its decay rate relative to the Cabibbo favored mode D+ -> K*0(…