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Measurement of the Pseudoscalar Decay Constant fDs Using Charm-Tagged Events in e+e- Collisions at s=10.58GeV

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0607094

Abstract

Using 230.2 fb(-1) of e+e- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector at and near the peak of the Y(4S) resonance, 489 +/- 55 events containing the pure leptonic decay Ds+ --> mu+ numu have been isolated in charm-tagged events. The ratio of partial widths Gamma(Ds+ --> mu+ numu)/Gamma(Ds+ --> phi pi+) is measured to be 0.143 +/- 0.018 +/- 0.006 allowing a determination of the pseudoscalar decay constant fDs = (283 +/- 17 +/- 7 +/- 14) MeV. The errors are statistical, systematic, and from the Ds+ --> phi pi+ branching ratio, respectively.

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