Production cross section and topological decay branching fractions of theτ lepton
Author(s) -
S. Abachi,
M. Derrick,
P. Kooijman,
B. Musgrave,
L. E. Price,
J. Repond,
K. Sugano,
D. Blockus,
B. Brabson,
J.-M. Brom,
C. K. Jung,
H. Ogren,
D. R. Rust,
C. Akerlof,
J. Chapman,
D. Errede,
M. T. Ken,
D. I. Meyer,
H. A. Neal,
D. Nitz,
R. Thun,
R. Tschirhart,
P. Baringer,
Ben Bylsma,
R. DeBonte,
D. Koltick,
E. H. Low,
R. L. McIlwain,
D. H. Miller,
C. R. Ng,
E. I. Shibata
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.40.902
Subject(s) - physics , lepton , branching fraction , particle physics , branching (polymer chemistry) , nuclear physics , cross section (physics) , cutoff , quantum mechanics , materials science , composite material , electron
We report new measurements of the production cross section for the reaction /ital e//sup +/e/sup /minus///r arrow//tau//sup +//tau//sup /minus// at /radical//ital s/ =29 GeV, as well as the topological decay branching fractions of the /tau/ lepton. The data were taken with the High Resolution Spectrometer at the SLAC /ital e//sup +/e/sup /minus// colliding-beam facility PEP. The measured cross section yields /ital R//sub /tau//tau//=1.044/plus minus/0.014/plus minus/0.030 (where the first (second) error is statistical (systematic)), consistent with QED and corresponding to QED cutoff parameters of /Lambda//sub +//gt/129 GeV and /Lambda//sub /minus///gt/284 GeV at the 95% C.L. The fractions of /tau/ decays into one and three charged particles are /ital B//sub 1/=0.864/plus minus/0.003/plus minus/0.003 and /ital B//sub 3/=0.135/plus minus/0.003/plus minus/0.003.
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