Observation of the Singly Cabibbo-Suppressed Decay $D^{+}\toÏÏ^{+}$ and Evidence for $D^{0}\toÏÏ^{0}$
arXiv:1512.06998 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.082001
Abstract
Based on 2.93 fb$^{-1}$ $e^+e^-$ collision data taken at center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV by the BESIII detector, we report searches for the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $D^{+}\toÏÏ^{+}$ and $D^{0}\toÏÏ^{0}$. A double tag technique is used to measure the absolute branching fractions $\mathcal{B}(D^{+}\toÏÏ^{+})=(2.79\pm0.57\pm0.16)\times 10^{-4}$ and $\mathcal{B}(D^{0}\toÏÏ^{0})=(1.17\pm0.34\pm0.07)\times 10^{-4}$, with statistical significances of $5.5Ï$ and $4.1Ï$, respectively. We also present measurements of the absolute branching fractions for the related $ηÏ$ decay modes. We find $\mathcal{B}(D^{+}\toηÏ^{+})=(3.07\pm0.22\pm0.13)\times10^{-3}$ and $\mathcal{B}(D^{0}\toηÏ^{0})=(0.65\pm0.09\pm0.04)\times10^{-3}$, which are consistent with the current world averages. The first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.