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Measurement of the branching fraction and search for and decays at Belle
Phys. Rev. D 112, L071101 – Published 30 October, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/mkx8-cl23
Abstract
We present a study of the rare charm meson decays , , and using a dataset collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy collider. We identify candidates via the charge of the pion from decays and normalize the branching fractions to decays. The branching fraction for decay is measured to be , with the dielectron mass in the mass region . We also search for (, ) decays with the dielectron mass near the and resonances, and away from these resonances for the and modes. For these modes, we find no significant signals and set 90% confidence level upper limits on their branching fractions at the level.
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The inclusion of the charge-conjugate decay mode is implemented throughout the letter unless otherwise stated.
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