Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA;University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA;Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
Abstract:
We present final results of a sensitive search for new particles in π±K? effective mass spectra observed in proton-nucleus collisions at 400 GeV/c. We establish a limit for D0 (1.865) production Bπ+π? dσ/dy < 360 nb/nucleon at ycm≈ ?0.4. For D?0 → π?K+ the limit is 290 nb/nucleon.