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A measurement of the production of D mesons on the Z0 resonance

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We have studied the production of D mesons in a sample of 1.25 million multihadronic decays of the Z0, in which 1969 candidates have been identified. We have determined the total multiplicity of charged D* mesons in multihadronic Z0 decays to be

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OPAL Collaboration., Akers, R., Alexander, G. et al. A measurement of the production of D mesons on the Z0 resonance. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 67, 27–44 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01564819

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