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Observation of D+→KS0π0μ+νμ, Test of Lepton Flavor Universality, and First Angular Analysis of D+→K¯*(892)0ℓ+νℓ

M. Ablikim1, M. N. Achasov4,c, P. Adlarson77, X. C. Ai82, R. Aliberti36, A. Amoroso76a,76c, Q. An73,59,a, Y. Bai58, O. Bakina37 et al. (BESIII Collaboration)

O. Bakina37, Y. Ban47,h, H.-R. Bao65, V. Batozskaya1,45, K. Begzsuren33, N. Berger36, M. Berlowski45, M. Bertani29a, D. Bettoni30a, F. Bianchi76a,76c, E. Bianco76a,76c, A. Bortone76a,76c, I. Boyko37, R. A. Briere5, A. Brueggemann70, H. Cai78, M. H. Cai39,k,l, X. Cai1,59, A. Calcaterra29a, G. F. Cao1,65, N. Cao1,65, S. A. Cetin63a, X. Y. Chai47,h, J. F. Chang1,59, G. R. Che44, Y. Z. Che1,59,65, C. H. Chen9, Chao Chen56, G. Chen1, H. S. Chen1,65, H. Y. Chen21, M. L. Chen1,59,65, S. J. Chen43, S. L. Chen46, S. M. Chen62, T. Chen1,65, X. R. Chen32,65, X. T. Chen1,65, X. Y. Chen12,g, Y. B. Chen1,59, Y. Q. Chen35, Y. Q. Chen16, Z. J. Chen26,i, Z. K. Chen60, S. K. Choi10, X. Chu12,g, G. Cibinetto30a, F. Cossio76c, J. Cottee-Meldrum64, J. J. Cui51, H. L. Dai1,59, J. P. Dai80, A. Dbeyssi19, R. E. de Boer3, D. Dedovich37, C. Q. Deng74, Z. Y. Deng1, A. Denig36, I. Denysenko37, M. Destefanis76a,76c, F. De Mori76a,76c, B. Ding68,1, X. X. Ding47,h, Y. Ding35, Y. Ding41, Y. X. Ding31, J. 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Li21, D. M. Li82, F. Li1,59, G. Li1, H. B. Li1,65, H. J. Li20, H. N. Li57,j, Hui Li44, J. R. Li62, J. S. Li60, K. Li1, K. L. Li20, K. L. Li39,k,l, L. J. Li1,65, Lei Li49, M. H. Li44, M. R. Li1,65, P. L. Li65, P. R. Li39,k,l, Q. M. Li1,65, Q. X. Li51, R. Li18,32, S. X. Li12, T. Li51, T. Y. Li44, W. D. Li1,65, W. G. Li1,a, X. Li1,65, X. H. Li73,59, X. L. Li51, X. Y. Li1,8, X. Z. Li60, Y. Li20, Y. G. Li47,h, Y. P. Li35, Z. J. Li60, Z. Y. Li80, H. Liang73,59, Y. F. Liang55, Y. T. Liang32,65, G. R. Liao14, L. B. Liao60, M. H. Liao60, Y. P. Liao1,65, J. Libby27, A. Limphirat61, C. C. Lin56, D. X. Lin32,65, L. Q. Lin40, T. Lin1, B. J. Liu1, B. X. Liu78, C. Liu35, C. X. Liu1, F. Liu1, F. H. Liu54, Feng Liu6, G. M. Liu57,j, H. Liu39,k,l, H. B. Liu15, H. H. Liu1, H. M. Liu1,65, Huihui Liu22, J. B. Liu73,59, J. J. Liu21, K. Liu39,k,l, K. Liu74, K. Y. Liu41, Ke Liu23, L. C. Liu44, Lu Liu44, M. H. Liu12,g, P. L. Liu1, Q. Liu65, S. B. Liu73,59, T. Liu12,g, W. K. Liu44, W. M. Liu73,59, W. T. 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Niu12,g, C. Normand64, S. L. Olsen10,65, Q. Ouyang1,59,65, S. Pacetti29b,29c, X. Pan56, Y. Pan58, A. Pathak10, Y. P. Pei73,59, M. Pelizaeus3, H. P. Peng73,59, X. J. Peng39,k,l, Y. Y. Peng39,k,l, K. Peters13,e, K. Petridis64, J. L. Ping42, R. G. Ping1,65, S. Plura36, V. Prasad35, F. Z. Qi1, H. R. Qi62, M. Qi43, S. Qian1,59, W. B. Qian65, C. F. Qiao65, J. H. Qiao20, J. J. Qin74, J. L. Qin56, L. Q. Qin14, L. Y. Qin73,59, P. B. Qin74, X. P. Qin12,g, X. S. Qin51, Z. H. Qin1,59, J. F. Qiu1, Z. H. Qu74, J. Rademacker64, C. F. Redmer36, A. Rivetti76c, M. Rolo76c, G. Rong1,65, S. S. Rong1,65, F. Rosini29b,29c, Ch. Rosner19, M. Q. Ruan1,59, N. Salone45, A. Sarantsev37,d, Y. Schelhaas36, K. Schoenning77, M. Scodeggio30a, K. Y. Shan12,g, W. Shan25, X. Y. Shan73,59, Z. J. Shang39,k,l, J. F. Shangguan17, L. G. Shao1,65, M. Shao73,59, C. P. Shen12,g, H. F. Shen1,8, W. H. Shen65, X. Y. Shen1,65, B. A. Shi65, H. Shi73,59, J. L. Shi12,g, J. Y. Shi1, S. Y. Shi74, X. Shi1,59, H. L. Song73,59, J. J. 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Yang44, Y. H. Yang43, Y. Q. Yang9, Y. X. Yang1,65, Y. Z. Yang20, M. Ye1,59, M. H. Ye8,a, Z. J. Ye57,j, Junhao Yin44, Z. Y. You60, B. X. Yu1,59,65, C. X. Yu44, G. Yu13, J. S. Yu26,i, L. Q. Yu12,g, M. C. Yu41, T. Yu74, X. D. Yu47,h, Y. C. Yu82, C. Z. Yuan1,65, H. Yuan1,65, J. Yuan35, J. Yuan46, L. Yuan2, S. C. Yuan1,65, X. Q. Yuan1, Y. Yuan1,65, Z. Y. Yuan60, C. X. Yue40, Ying Yue20, A. A. Zafar75, S. H. Zeng64, X. Zeng12,g, Y. Zeng26,i, Y. J. Zeng60, Y. J. Zeng1,65, X. Y. Zhai35, Y. H. Zhan60, A. Q. Zhang1,65, B. L. Zhang1,65, B. X. Zhang1, D. H. Zhang44, G. Y. Zhang1,65, G. Y. Zhang20, H. Zhang73,59, H. Zhang82, H. C. Zhang1,59,65, H. H. Zhang60, H. Q. Zhang1,59,65, H. R. Zhang73,59, H. Y. Zhang1,59, J. Zhang60, J. Zhang82, J. J. Zhang53, J. L. Zhang21, J. Q. Zhang42, J. S. Zhang12,g, J. W. Zhang1,59,65, J. X. Zhang39,k,l, J. Y. Zhang1, J. Z. Zhang1,65, Jianyu Zhang65, L. M. Zhang62, Lei Zhang43, N. Zhang82, P. Zhang1,8, Q. Zhang20, Q. Y. Zhang35, R. Y. Zhang39,k,l, S. H. Zhang1,65, Shulei Zhang26,i, X. M. Zhang1, X. Y. Zhang41, X. Y. Zhang51, Y. Zhang74, Y. Zhang1, Y. T. Zhang82, Y. H. Zhang1,59, Y. M. Zhang40, Y. P. Zhang73,59, Z. D. Zhang1, Z. H. Zhang1, Z. L. Zhang35, Z. L. Zhang56, Z. X. Zhang20, Z. Y. Zhang78, Z. Y. Zhang44, Z. Z. Zhang46, Zh. Zh. Zhang20, G. Zhao1, J. Y. Zhao1,65, J. Z. Zhao1,59, L. Zhao73,59, L. Zhao1, M. G. Zhao44, N. Zhao80, R. P. Zhao65, S. J. Zhao82, Y. B. Zhao1,59, Y. L. Zhao56, Y. X. Zhao32,65, Z. G. Zhao73,59, A. Zhemchugov37,b, B. Zheng74, B. M. Zheng35, J. P. Zheng1,59, W. J. Zheng1,65, X. R. Zheng20, Y. H. Zheng65,p, B. Zhong42, C. Zhong20, H. Zhou36,51,o, J. Q. Zhou35, J. Y. Zhou35, S. Zhou6, X. Zhou78, X. K. Zhou6, X. R. Zhou73,59, X. Y. Zhou40, Y. X. Zhou79, Y. Z. Zhou12,g, A. N. Zhu65, J. Zhu44, K. Zhu1, K. J. Zhu1,59,65, K. S. Zhu12,g, L. Zhu35, L. X. Zhu65, S. H. Zhu72, T. J. Zhu12,g, W. D. Zhu12,g, W. D. Zhu42, W. J. Zhu1, W. Z. Zhu20, Y. C. Zhu73,59, Z. A. Zhu1,65, X. Y. Zhuang44, J. H. Zou1, and J. Zu73,59 (BESIII Collaboration)

  • 1Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Bochum Ruhr-University, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
  • 4Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS (BINP), Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
  • 5Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
  • 6Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
  • 7Central South University, Changsha 410083, People’s Republic of China
  • 8China Center of Advanced Science and Technology, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
  • 9China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
  • 10Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea
  • 11COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road, 54000 Lahore, Pakistan
  • 12Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
  • 13GSI Helmholtzcentre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
  • 14Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, People’s Republic of China
  • 15Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, People’s Republic of China
  • 16Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou 545006, People’s Republic of China
  • 17Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, People’s Republic of China
  • 18Hebei University, Baoding 071002, People’s Republic of China
  • 19Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Staudinger Weg 18, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
  • 20Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, People’s Republic of China
  • 21Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People’s Republic of China
  • 22Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, People’s Republic of China
  • 23Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China
  • 24Huangshan College, Huangshan 245000, People’s Republic of China
  • 25Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People’s Republic of China
  • 26Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
  • 27Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
  • 28Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
  • 29aINFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044, Frascati, Italy
  • 29bINFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06100, Perugia, Italy
  • 29cUniversity of Perugia, I-06100, Perugia, Italy
  • 30aINFN Sezione di Ferrara, INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122, Ferrara, Italy
  • 30bUniversity of Ferrara, I-44122, Ferrara, Italy
  • 31Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, People’s Republic of China
  • 32Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou 730000, People’s Republic of China
  • 33Institute of Physics and Technology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Peace Avenue 54B, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia
  • 34Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 7D, Arica 1000000, Chile
  • 35Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People’s Republic of China
  • 36Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
  • 37Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
  • 38Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen, II. Physikalisches Institut, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
  • 39Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People’s Republic of China
  • 40Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, People’s Republic of China
  • 41Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, People’s Republic of China
  • 42Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
  • 43Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China
  • 44Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
  • 45National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
  • 46North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, People’s Republic of China
  • 47Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
  • 48Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, People’s Republic of China
  • 49Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, People’s Republic of China
  • 50Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
  • 51Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
  • 52Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
  • 53Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People’s Republic of China
  • 54Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People’s Republic of China
  • 55Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People’s Republic of China
  • 56Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, People’s Republic of China
  • 57South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
  • 58Southeast University, Nanjing 211100, People’s Republic of China
  • 59State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Beijing 100049, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
  • 60Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
  • 61Suranaree University of Technology, University Avenue 111, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
  • 62Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
  • 63aTurkish Accelerator Center Particle Factory Group, Istinye University, 34010, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 63bNear East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 99138, Mersin 10, Turkey
  • 64University of Bristol, H H Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
  • 65University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
  • 66University of Groningen, NL-9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
  • 67University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
  • 68University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, People’s Republic of China
  • 69University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
  • 70University of Muenster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 9, 48149 Muenster, Germany
  • 71University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX13RH, United Kingdom
  • 72University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, People’s Republic of China
  • 73University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
  • 74University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People’s Republic of China
  • 75University of the Punjab, Lahore-54590, Pakistan
  • 76aUniversity of Turin and INFN, University of Turin, I-10125, Turin, Italy
  • 76bUniversity of Eastern Piedmont, I-15121, Alessandria, Italy
  • 76cINFN, I-10125, Turin, Italy
  • 77Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
  • 78Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People’s Republic of China
  • 79Yantai University, Yantai 264005, People’s Republic of China
  • 80Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, People’s Republic of China
  • 81Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
  • 82Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China

  • *Full author list given at the end of the Letter.
  • aDeceased.
  • bAlso at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow 141700, Russia.
  • cAlso at the Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
  • dAlso at the NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, PNPI, 188300, Gatchina, Russia.
  • eAlso at Goethe University Frankfurt, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • fAlso at Key Laboratory for Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Ministry of Education; Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology; Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China.
  • gAlso at Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443, People’s Republic of China.
  • hAlso at State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China.
  • iAlso at School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
  • jAlso at Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
  • kAlso at MOE Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People’s Republic of China.
  • lAlso at Lanzhou Center for Theoretical Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People’s Republic of China.
  • mAlso at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, IBA, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
  • nAlso at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • oAlso at Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Staudinger Weg 18, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
  • pAlso at Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 171801 – Published 21 October, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/w9vz-4fq9

Abstract

We report a study of the semileptonic decays D+→KS0π0ℓ+νℓ (ℓ=e, μ) based on 20.3  fb−1 of e+e− collision data collected at the center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector. The D+→KS0π0μ+νμ decay is observed for the first time, with a branching fraction of (0.896±0.017stat±0.008syst)%, and the branching fraction of D+→KS0π0e+νe is determined with the improved precision as (0.943±0.012stat±0.010syst)%. From the analysis of the dynamics, we observe that the dominant K¯*(892)0 component is accompanied by an S-wave contribution, which accounts for (7.10±0.68stat±0.41syst)% of the total decay rate of the μ+ channel and (6.39±0.17stat±0.14syst)% of the e+ channel. Assuming a single-pole dominance parametrization, the hadronic form factor ratios are extracted to be rV=V(0)/A1(0)=1.42±0.03stat±0.02syst and r2=A2(0)/A1(0)=0.75±0.03stat±0.01syst. Based on the first comprehensive angular and the decay-rate CP asymmetry analysis, the full set of averaged angular and CP asymmetry observables are measured as a function of the momentum-transfer squared; they are consistent with expectations from the standard model. No evidence for violation of μ−e lepton-flavor universality is observed in either the full range or the five chosen bins of momentum-transfer squared.

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