Abstract

The relative branching fraction R K = Γ( D 0 → K − μ + v)/ Γ( D 0 → μ − X) has been measured by Fermilab experiment E653, using D 0 mesons produced by 600 GeV π −. The semimuonic decay sample of 232 events was identified by the decay chain D ∗+ → D 0π +, D 0 → μ +h −X , where h is a hadron. The Kμv component was extracted from the joint distribution of these events in the D 0 decay variables M min and p Th. We find R K = 0.472 ± 0.051 (stat) ± 0.040 (sys), and use a world average of the D 0 → Klv branching fraction to obtain the D 0 inclusive semimuonic branching fraction B( D 0 → μ + X) = (7.67 ± 1.13)%.

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