Measurement of the Mass of the D0 Meson

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We report a measurement of the D0 meson mass using the decay chain D*(2010)+ -> D0 pi+ with D0 -> K- K- K+ pi+.

• The data were recorded with the BaBar detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the Y(4S) resonance, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 477 1/fb.
• We obtain m(D0) = (1864.841 +- 0.048 +- 0.063) MeV, where the quoted errors are statistical and systematic, respectively.
• The uncertainty of this measurement is half that of the best previous measurement.