Precise Measurements of the Leptonic Branching Ratios of the Tau Lepton
Author(s) -
W. W. Ash,
H. R. Band,
H. T. Blume,
T. Camporesi,
G. B. Chadwick,
R. W. Coombes,
M. Delfino,
E. Fernández,
W. T. Ford,
M. Gettner,
G. P. Goderre,
D. E. Groom,
B. K. Heltsley,
R. B. Hurst,
J. R. Johnson,
K. Lau,
T. L. Lavine,
R. E. Leedy,
I. Lippi,
T. Maruyama,
R. L. Messner,
J. Moromisato,
L. Moss,
F. Müller,
H. N. Nelson,
I. M. Peruzzi,
M. Piccolo,
R. Prepost,
N. D. Qi,
A. L. Read,
D. M. Ritson,
L. J. Rosenberg,
W. D. Shambroom,
J. C. Sleeman,
J. G. Smith,
J. P. Venuti,
E. von Goeler,
Piero Giorgio Verdini,
H. B. Wald,
R. Weinstein,
D. E. Wiser,
R. W. Zdarko
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.55.2118
Subject(s) - lepton , physics , storage ring , branching fraction , nuclear physics , particle physics , universality (dynamical systems) , branching (polymer chemistry) , detector , electron , beam (structure) , quantum mechanics , optics , chemistry , organic chemistry
Precise measurements are reported for the leptonic branching ratios of the T lepton from the reaction e+e+ T+Tobserved with the MAC detector operating at PEP. Results from samples in which one T decays into three charged particles and the other to e or /,L are B, = 0.180 f 0.009 f 0.006 and B, = 0.183f0.009f0.005. A sample of ep events gives Be-B, = 0.0288f0.0017f0.0019. With the assumption of e-p universality these results are combined to give B, = 0.178 f 0.005 which implies a T lifetime of (2.85 f 0.09) x lo-l3 sec. PACS numbers: 14.6O.Jj, 13.35.+s
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