Abstract
We combine highly complementary information on branching fractions of charmed mesonsD 0,D + andD + s coming from two experiments both yielding doublecharm samples. The NA 32 experiment provided exclusive branching fractions for channels with at least two charged decay products while a recent Mark III paper provides results on inclusive charm decay properties. The knowledge of channels withK 0's in the former is used to recalculate the charged multiplicity distribution in the latter. We obtain 〈n ch〉=2.25±0.08 forD 0, 〈n ch〉=1.96±0.08 forD + and 〈n ch〉=2.41±0.38 forD + s . In turn the knowledge of the charged multiplicity improves the overall normalization of exclusive branching fractions. This reanalysis yields model-independent results for charmed mesons. In particular we obtain branching fractions for 16D + s decay channels including
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ACCMOR Collaboration., Barlag, S., Becker, H. et al. A reanalysis of branching fractions of charmed mesonsD 0,D + andD + s . Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 55, 383–390 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01565095
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