Abstract
We address tests of nonspectator diagrams in charmed-meson decays. In particular, we explore the consequences of a model in which such diagrams are enhanced by the emission of a single gluon. For a lifetime ratio tau(D/sup +/)/tau(D/sup 0/)=5, we predict (i) tau(F/sup +/)/tau(D/sup +/) approx. = 0.6, (ii) an enhanced ..delta..S=0 rate for D/sup +/, (iii) a substantial multipion branching fraction for the F/sup +/, (iv) an F/sup +/ ..-->.. tau/sup +/..nu.. branching fraction of order 10 --20%, and (v) restrictive bounds on the D/sup 0/ ..-->.. K-bar/sup 0/..pi../sup 0/ mode.
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