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The production of excited charm, D 1(2420)0 and D *2 (2460)0, and charm-strange, D s1(2536)±, mesons in ep collisions was measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 126 pb−1. Masses, widths and helicity parameters were determined. The measured yields were converted to the rates of c quarks hadronising as a given excited charm meson and to the ratios of the dominant D *2 (2460)0 and D s1(2536)± branching fractions. A search for the radially excited charm meson, D *′(2640)±, was also performed. The results are compared with those measured previously and with theoretical expectations.
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Dedicated to the memory of our colleague Pavel Ermolov.
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ZEUS Collaboration., Chekanov, S., Derrick, M. et al. Production of excited charm and charm-strange mesons at HERA. Eur. Phys. J. C 60, 25–45 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0881-x
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