Observation of a Narrow Meson State Decaying to D s + π 0 at a Mass of 2.32     G e V / c 2

We have observed a narrow state near $2.32\text{ }\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}/{c}^{2}$ in the inclusive ${D}_{s}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ invariant mass distribution from ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ annihilation data at energies near 10.6 GeV. The observed width is consistent with the experimental resolution. The small intrinsic width and the quantum numbers of the final state indicate that the decay violates isospin conservation. The state has natural spin-parity and the low mass suggests a ${J}^{P}={0}^{+}$ assignment. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $91\text{ }{\mathrm{f}\mathrm{b}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ recorded by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• UD
  U.S. Department of Energy
• DF
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• BF
  Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• CN
  Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

  Award: CNRS-IN2P3
• NS
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• IO
  Institute of High Energy Physics
• IN
  Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
• SN
  SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory