Título: | AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS OF THE DECAY D+ K (PI)-(PI)+(PI)+ IN FOCUS EXPERIMENT | |||||||
Autor: |
JUAN MARTIN OTALORA GOICOCHEA |
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Colaborador(es): |
CARLA GOBEL BURLAMAQUI DE MELLO - Orientador |
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Catalogação: | 26/FEV/2008 | Língua(s): | PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL |
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Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | THESIS | |||||
Notas: |
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Referência(s): |
[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=11377&idi=1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=11377&idi=2 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.11377 | |||||||
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This thesis is devoted to the study of the decay D+ KS(pi)−
(pi)+(pi)+ with
data collected from the FOCUS experiment, at Fermilab. The
final state
composed of 4 pseudo-scalars can be produced through a
number of resonant
sub-structures. The purpose of this analysis is to find
the contributing
intermediate states by measuring their relative strenghts
and phases. For
that, the Amplitude Analysis formalism is used, with the
so-called Isobar
Model. The decay dynamics is described through a function
which has the
features of the contributing channels (functional forms of
the resonances,
angular distribution, etc) and which domain is a phase
space determined by
5 invariants (due to the kinematical constraints of a 4-
body spinless decay).
The data sample is thus fitted to this function.
Our results show a dominant contribution of the axial-
vector meson a1(1260)
(52%), followed by the K1(1400) axial-vector (34%).
Moreover, the model
presents a contribution from the sigma meson (about 8% as
a1(sigmapi)KS and
sigmaKSpi) and a significant contribution from the scalar
k−. The k state has
been reported in its neutral mode in other charm decays
but not is its
charged mode. We find no significant contribution from the
direct 4-body
decay (non-resonant). This work adds to the effort in the
understanding of
the strong-interaction dynamics at low energies, which in
recent years have
been receiving an important contribution from charm meson
physics.
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