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CHARMED MESONS ($\mathit C$ = $\pm1$) ${{\mathit D}^{+}}$ = ${\mathit {\mathit c}}$ ${\mathit {\overline{\mathit d}}}$, ${{\mathit D}^{0}}$ = ${\mathit {\mathit c}}$ ${\mathit {\overline{\mathit u}}}$, ${{\overline{\mathit D}}^{0}}$ = ${\mathit {\overline{\mathit c}}}$ ${\mathit {\mathit u}}$, ${{\mathit D}^{-}}$ = ${\mathit {\overline{\mathit c}}}$ ${\mathit {\mathit d}}$, similarly for ${{\mathit D}^{*}}$'s

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${{\boldsymbol D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}}$ $I(J^P)$ = $1/2(2^{+})$

$\mathit J{}^{P} = 2{}^{+}$ assignment strongly favored (ALBRECHT 1989B, ALBRECHT 1989H), natural parity confirmed by the helicity analysis (DEL-AMO-SANCHEZ 2010P). AAIJ 2013CC confirms $\mathit J{}^{P} = 2{}^{+}$ and natural parity.

${{\mathit D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}}$ MASS   $2461.1 {}^{+0.7}_{-0.8}$ MeV (S = 6.2)

${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}^{0}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\mathit D}^{+}}}$   $591.5 {}^{+0.7}_{-0.8}$ MeV (S = 5.9)

${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}^{0}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\mathit D}^{*+}}}$   $450.9 {}^{+0.7}_{-0.8}$ MeV (S = 5.9)

${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}^{\pm}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\mathit D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}^{0}}}$   $2.4 \pm1.7$ MeV

${{\mathit D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}}$ WIDTH   $47.3 \pm0.8$ MeV (S = 1.5)

${{\mathit D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}}$ POLARIZATION AMPLITUDE A$_{{{\mathit D}_{{2}}}}$

${{\boldsymbol D}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}}$ Decay Modes
${{\overline{\mathit D}}_{{2}}^{*}{(2460)}}$ modes are charge conjugates of modes below.
Mode   Fraction ($\Gamma_i$ / $\Gamma$) Scale Factor/ Conf. Level P(MeV/c) $\Gamma_{1}$ ${{\mathit D}}{{\mathit \pi}^{-}}$   seen 509   $\Gamma_{2}$ ${{\mathit D}^{*}{(2010)}}{{\mathit \pi}^{-}}$   seen 389   $\Gamma_{3}$ ${{\mathit D}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}{{\mathit \pi}^{-}}$   462   $\Gamma_{4}$ ${{\mathit D}^{*}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}{{\mathit \pi}^{-}}$   321
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