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Decays of charmed mesons into two pseudoscalars are considered in the framework of weak interaction models with more than four quarks. Possible patterns of nonleptonic enhancement, and their experimental consequences are discussed.
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Quigg, C. Charmed meson decays and the structure of the charged weak current. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 4, 55–62 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01477308
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