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 		INSPIRE   JSON PDGID:
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${{\mathit D}^{\pm}}$

$I(J^P)$ = $1/2(0^{-})$ 
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Multibody Charm Analyses
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${{\mathit D}^{\pm}}$ MASS $1869.5$ $\pm0.4$ MeV 
 
${{\mathit D}^{\pm}}$ MEAN LIFE ($1.033$ $\pm0.005$) $ \times 10^{-12}$ s 
 
▸  ${{\mathit c}}$-quark decays
▸  ${{\mathit D}^{\pm}}$ $\mathit CP$-VIOLATING DECAY-RATE ASYMMETRIES
▸  ${{\mathit D}^{\pm}}{{\mathit \chi}^{2}}$ TESTS OF $\mathit CP$-VIOLATION ($\mathit CPV$)
▸  $\mathit CP$ VIOLATING ASYMMETRIES OF $\mathit P$-ODD ($\mathit T$-ODD) MOMENTS
▸  SEMILEPTONIC FORM FACTORS
▸  Amplitude analyses
Most decay modes (other than the semileptonic modes) that involve a neutral ${{\mathit K}}$ meson are now given as ${{\mathit K}_S^0}$ modes, not as ${{\overline{\mathit K}}^{0}}$ modes. Nearly always it is a ${{\mathit K}_S^0}$ that is measured, and interference between Cabibbo-allowed and doubly Cabibbo-suppressed modes can invalidate the assumption that 2$~\Gamma ({{\mathit K}_S^0}$ ) = $\Gamma ({{\overline{\mathit K}}^{0}}$).
Mode  
Fraction ($\Gamma_i$ / $\Gamma$) Scale Factor/
Conf. Level		 P(MeV/c)  
▸  Inclusive modes
▸  Leptonic and semileptonic modes
▸  Hadronic modes with a ${{\overline{\mathit K}}}$ or ${{\overline{\mathit K}}}{{\mathit K}}{{\overline{\mathit K}}}$
▸  Pionic modes
▸  Hadronic modes with a ${{\mathit K}}{{\overline{\mathit K}}}$ pair
▸  A few poorly measured branching fractions:
▸  Radiative modes
▸  Doubly Cabibbo-suppressed modes
▸  $\Delta \mathit C$ = 1 weak neutral current ($\mathit C1$) modes, or Lepton Family number ($\mathit LF$) , or Lepton number ($\mathit L$), or Baryon number (B) violating modes
[1] This result applies to ${{\mathit Z}^{0}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit c}}{{\overline{\mathit c}}}$ decays only. Here ${{\mathit \ell}^{+}}$ is an average (not a sum) of ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ and ${{\mathit \mu}^{+}}$ decays.
[2] See the Particle Listings for the (complicated) definition of this quantity.
[3] The branching fraction for this mode may differ from the sum of the submodes that contribute to it, due to interference effects. See the relevant papers.
[4] These subfractions of the ${{\mathit K}^{-}}$2 ${{\mathit \pi}^{+}}$ mode are uncertain: see the Particle Listings.
[5] See the listings under "${{\mathit D}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit K}}{{\mathit \pi}}{{\mathit \pi}}{{\mathit \pi}}$ partial wave analyses" and our 2008 Review (Physics Letters B667 1 (2008)) for measurements of submodes of this mode.
[6] The unseen decay modes of the resonances are included.
[7] This is $\mathit not$ a test for the $\Delta \mathit C$=1 weak neutral current, but leads to the ${{\mathit \pi}^{+}}{{\mathit \ell}^{+}}{{\mathit \ell}^{-}}$ final state.
[8] This mode is not a useful test for a $\Delta \mathit C$=1 weak neutral current because both quarks must change flavor in this decay.
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