D. Acosta et al., 1ST MEASUREMENT OF GAMMA(D(S)(-]MU+NU)())GAMMA(D(S)(+)-]PHI-PI+)/, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 49(11), 1994, pp. 5690-5700
We present a measurement of GAMMA(D(s)+ --> mu+nu)/GAMMA(D(s)+ --> phi
pi+) = 0.245 +/- 0.052 +/- 0.074. Using this ratio and B(D(s)+ --> phi
pi+)=(3.7 +/- 0.9)% we extract f(Ds)=344 +/- 37 +/- 52 +/-42 MeV, wher
e the last error is due to the uncertainty in the D(s)+ --> phipi+ abs
olute branching ratio. This result is larger than most theoretical pre
dictions.