Study of High-multiplicity 3-prong and 5-prong Tau Decays at BaBar
Author(s) -
J.-P. Lees
Publication year - 2012
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1042688
Subject(s) - physics , branching fraction , particle physics , particle decay , lepton , nuclear physics , multiplicity (mathematics) , electron–positron annihilation , isospin , dalitz plot , branching (polymer chemistry) , meson , hadron , electron , chemistry , mathematics , mathematical analysis , organic chemistry
We present measurements of the branching fractions of 3-prong and 5-prong {tau} decay modes using a sample of 430 million {tau} lepton pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 468 fb{sup -1}, collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy e{sup +}e{sup -} storage rings. The {tau}{sup -} {yields} (3{pi}){sup -} {eta}{nu}{sub {tau}}, {tau}{sup -} {yields} (3{pi}){sup -} {yields} {omega}{nu}{sub {tau}} and {tau}{sup -} {yields} {pi}{sup -} f{sub 1}(1285){nu}{sub {tau}} branching fractions are presented as well as a new limit on the branching fraction of the isospin-forbidden, second-class current {tau}{sup -} {yields} {pi}{sup -} {eta}{prime}(958){nu}{sub {tau}} decay. We find no evidence for charged kaons in these decay modes and place the first upper limits on their branching fractions
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