Search for D/sup *//sup 0/. -->. D/sup +/. pi. /sup -/

We report on a search for the decay mode D/sup *//sup 0/(2007) ..-->.. D/sup +/..pi../sup -/ using the High Resolution Spectrometer at PEP. Although this decay is kinematically forbidden for the central mass value, it can occur through the natural width of the D/sup *//sup 0/. The D/sup +/ was reconstructed in the K/sup -/..pi../sup +/..pi../sup +/ decay mode. The mass difference distribution (K/sup -/..pi../sup +/..pi../sup +/..pi../sup +/) - (K/sup -/..pi../sup +/..pi../sup -/), which shows no threshold enhancement, leads to a preliminary upper limit on the branching ratio of B/sub r/(D/sup *//sup 0/ ..-->.. D/sup +/..pi../sup -/) < 15% at 90% CL. This, in turn, corresponds to an upper limit on the D/sup *//sup 0/ width of 1.5 MeV/c/sup 2/ at 90% CL. 4 refs., 3 figs.