Basics of D0-\bar D0 Mixing

Patricia Ball

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Basics of D0-\bar D0 Mixing

Patricia Ball

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Complementing the presentations, at this conference, of the first experimental evidence for $D$ mixing found at BaBar and Belle, I discuss the theoretical status of $D$ mixing.

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Patricia Ball. 2007-03-30. Basics of D0-\bar D0 Mixing. https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0703245

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