Overview of Rare D⁰ Decays
(updated 21 June 2016)

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This page provides an overview of rare D⁰ decays. Shown are 90% C.L. limits as overview plots and listed in a table. The different regions combine lepton flavor violation decays (LF), lepton number violating decays (L), and baryon and lepton number violating decays (BL).

D⁰ limits at 90% C.L.



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Decay	Limit at 90% CL x106	Experiment	Reference
γγ	26.0	CLEO II	T.E. Coan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 101801
	3.8	BESIII	M. Ablikim et al., Phys. Rev. D91 (2015) 112015
	2.2	BaBar	J.P. Lees et al., Phys. Rev. D85 (2012) 091107
	0.85	Belle	N.K. Nisar et al., Phys. Rev. D93 (2016) 051102
e+e-	220.0	CLEO	P. Haas et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 (1988) 1614
	170.0	Argus	H. Albrecht et al., Phys. Lett. B209 (1988) 380
	130.0	Mark3	J. Adler et al., Phys. Rev. D37 (1988) 2023
	13.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	8.19	E789	D. Pripstein et al., Phys. Rev. D61 (2000) 032005
	6.2	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Lett. B462 (1999) 401
	1.2	BaBar	B. Aubert et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 191801
	0.079	Belle	M. Petric et al., Phys. Rev. D81 (2010) 091102R
μ+μ-	70.0	Argus	H. Albrecht et al., Phys. Lett. B209 (1988) 380
	44.0	E653	K. Kodama et al., Phys. Lett. B345 (1995) 85
	34.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	15.6	E789	D. Pripstein et al., Phys. Rev. D61 (2000) 032005
	5.2	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Lett. B462 (1999) 401
	2.0	HERAb	I. Abt et al., Phys. Lett. B596 (2004) 173
	1.3	BaBar	B. Aubert et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 191801
	0.21	CDF	T. Aaltonen et al., Phys. Rev. D82 (2010) 091105R
	0.14	Belle	M. Petric et al., Phys. Rev. D81 (2010) 091102R
	0.0062	LHCb	R. Aaij et al., Phys.Lett. B725 (2013) 15
π0e+e-	45.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
π0μ+μ-	540.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	180.0	E653	K. Kodama et al., Phys. Lett. B345 (1995) 85
ηe+e-	110.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
ημ+μ-	530.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
π+π-e+e-	370.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
ρ0e+e-	450.0	CLEO	P. Haas et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 (1988) 1614
	124.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
	100.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
π+π-μ+μ-	30.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
	0.55	LHCb	R. Aaij et al., Phys.Lett. B728 (2014) 234
ρ0μ+μ-	810.0	CLEO	P. Haas et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 (1988) 1614
	490.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	230.0	E653	K. Kodama et al., Phys. Lett. B345 (1995) 85
	22.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
ωe+e-	180.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
ωμ+μ-	830.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
K+K-e+e-	315.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
φe+e-	59.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
	52.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
K+K-μ+μ-	33.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
φμ+μ-	410.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	31.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K0e+e-	1700.0	Mark3	J. Adler et al., Phys. Rev. D40 (1989) 906
	110.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
K0μ+μ-	670.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	260.0	E653	K. Kodama et al., Phys. Lett. B345 (1995) 85
K-π+e+e-	385.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K*0(892)e+e-	140.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	47.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K-π+μ+μ-	360.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K*0(892)μ+μ-	1180.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	24.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
π+π-π0μ+μ-	810.0	E653	K. Kodama et al., Phys. Lett. B345 (1995) 85
μ±e∓	270.0	CLEO	P. Haas et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 (1988) 1614
	120.0	Mark3	J. Becker et al., Phys. Lett. B193 (1987) 147
	100.0	Argus	H. Albrecht et al., Phys. Lett. B209 (1988) 380
	19.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	17.2	E789	D. Pripstein et al., Phys. Rev. D61 (2000) 032005
	8.1	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Lett. B462 (1999) 401
	0.81	BaBar	B. Aubert et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 191801
	0.26	Belle	M. Petric et al., Phys. Rev. D81 (2010) 091102R
	0.016	LHCb	R. Aaij et al., Phys.Lett. B754 (2016) 167
π0e±μ∓	86.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
ηe±μ∓	100.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
π+π-e±μ∓	15.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
ρ0e±μ∓	66.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
	49.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
ωe±μ∓	120.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
K+K-e±μ∓	180.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
φe±μ∓	47.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
	34.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
K0e±μ∓	100.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
K-π+e±μ∓	550.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K*0(892)e±μ∓	100.0	CLEO II	A. Freyberger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 3065
	83.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
π∓π∓e±e±	112.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
π∓π∓μ±μ±	29.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K∓π∓e±e±	206.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K∓π∓μ±μ±	390.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K∓K∓e±e±	152.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K∓K∓μ±μ±	94.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
π∓π∓e±μ±	79.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K∓π∓e±μ±	218.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
K∓K∓e±μ±	57.0	E791	E.M. Aitala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3969
p\,e-	10.0	CLEO	P. Rubin et al., Phys. Rev. D79 (2009) 097101
pe+	11.0	CLEO	P. Rubin et al., Phys. Rev. D79 (2009) 097101