Measurement of the near-threshold e+e- --> D(*)+/-D(*)-/+ cross section using initial-state radiation

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Mar 2;98(9):092001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.092001. Epub 2007 Feb 27.

Abstract

We report a measurement of the exclusive e+e- -->D(*)+/-D*-/+ cross section as a function of center-of-mass energy near the D(*)+/-D*-/+ threshold with initial-state radiation. A partial reconstruction technique is used to increase the efficiency and to suppress background. The analysis is based on a data sample collected with the Belle detector with an integrated luminosity of 547.8 fb(-1).