We observe the decays D^*_{s1}(2710)^+ \to D^*KandD^*_{sJ}(2860)^+ \to D^*KandmeasuretheirbranchingfractionsrelativetotheD Kfinalstate.Wealsoobserve,intheD^*Kmassspectrum,anewbroadstructureatamassof(3044 \pm 8_{stat} (^{+30}_{-5})_{syst})MeV/c^2havingawidth\Gamma=(239 \pm 35_{stat} (^{+46}_{-42})_{syst})MeV.Toobtainthisresultweuse470{\rm fb}^{-1}ofdatarecordedbytheBaBardetectoratthePEPIIasymmetric−energye^+e^-$ storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center running at center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV.
@article{arxiv.0908.0806,
title = {Study of $D_{sJ}$ decays to $D^*K$ in inclusive $e^+e^-$ interactions},
author = {The BABAR Collaboration and B. Aubert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.0806},
year = {2010}
}
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15 pages, 9 postscript figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D