Working Group 8

Tau, Charm, QCD and Two-photon Physics

Theorist Conveners: Fred Gilman, Roberto Peccei, Antonio Pich

Experimentalist Conveners: Pat Burchat, Abe Seiden

  • How can we search for "New Physics" with charm decays? (E.g., D mixing, CP violation, rare or forbidden decays)
  • How well can we measure properties of charm decays that will increase our understanding of B decays? (E.g., semileptonic decays and form factors; hadronic decay rates and studies of resonant substructure; leptonic decays)
  • Can we improve tau measurments? What can we learn from precision measurements? (E.g., lifetime, decay rates, rare decays, tau neutrino mass, CP violation, Lorentz structure, final states with kaons)
  • What can we learn in the area of QCD and two-photon physics? (E.g., meson spectroscopy, measurement of R)
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    For a Draft of the Working Group 8 Chapter of the Physics Workshop Report click here. The editting of this chapter is being done by Pat Burchat. If you want to contribute to the chapter, contact her at pat@slac.stanford.edu.

    For Outline of Working Group 8 Chapter of Physics Workshop Report click here. This outline contains assignments of authors and number of pages for each section. If you would like to contribute to any of the sections and your name is not listed, contact Pat Burchat at pat@slac.stanford.edu.

    Who's doing what (or has at least shown an interest):

    Experimental -

  • D mixing study - Ariane Frey, UCSC
  • CP violation study - Livio Lanceri et al., Trieste
  • D -> K pi absolute branching fraction - Tom Mattison, SLAC
  • resonant substructure in D decays - Antimo Palano, Bari
  • tau neutrino mass - Helmut Marsiske (?), SLAC
  • two-photon physics - M. Benayoun, Ph. Leruste, J.L. Narjoux, U. Paris; Benjamin Mayer, Saclay; Klaus Peters (?), Bochum
  • light-quark baryons - Sebong Chun, Charles Buchanan, UCLA
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    Theoretical -

  • rare and forbidden charm decays - Roberto Peccei, UCLA
  • semileptonic charm decays - Glenn Boyd, CMU
  • hadronic charm decays - M. Lusignoli, Rome
  • tau physics - Toni Pich, Valencia
  • QCD - Frank Close, Rutherford
    •  If you would like your name to appear in the above list, send email to pat@slac.stanford.edu.

    Agenda from Princeton Meeting, March 1997

  • Monday 2:00 Organization for the week; outline of report; QCD/two-photon physics - presentation by Benjamin Mayer
  • Monday 4:30 OPEN
  • Tuesday 9:00 Searches for New Physics with charm decays (mixing CP violation, rare decays) - presentations by Ariane Frey on D mixing study and Livio Lanceri on CP violation study
  • Tuesday 11:00 Joint WG 12a, 12b, 3 and 8; common theortical issues. Presentations - Dunietz, Atwood, Dighe, London
  • Tuesday 2:00 OPEN
  • Tuesday 4:30 OPEN
  • Wednesday 2:00 Joint WG 4, 8 and 9; what can we learn from charm semileptonic decays? (experimental issues) - presentations by Bean (CLEO), Burchat (fixed target); (theoretical issues) - presentations by Boyd (HQET), Ryd (simulation)
  • Wednesday 4:30 OPEN
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