Download or read book Decays of the Tau Lepton written by Patricia Burchat and published by Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International. This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Decays of the Tau Lepton written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous measurements of the branching fractions of the tau lepton result in a discrepancy between the inclusive branching fraction and the sum of the exclusive branching fractions to final states containing one charged particle. The sum of the exclusive branching fractions is significantly smaller than the inclusive branching fraction. In this analysis, the branching fractions for all the major decay modes are measured simultaneously with the sum of the branching fractions constrained to be one. The branching fractions are measured using an unbiased sample of tau decays, with little background, selected from 207 pb−1 of data accumulated with the Mark II detector at the PEP ee− storage ring. The sample is selected using the decay products of one member of the .gamma.gamma.− pair produced in e+e− annihilation to identify the event and then including the opposite member of the pair in the sample. The sample is divided into subgroups according to charged and neutral particle multiplicity, and charged particle identification. The branching fractions are simultaneously measured using an unfold technique and a maximum likelihood fit. The results of this analysis indicate that the discrepancy found in previous experiments is possibly due to two sources. First, the leptonic branching fractions measured in this analysis are about one standard deviation higher than the world average. The measured leptonic branching fractions correspond to a tau lifetime of (3.0 +- 0.2) x 10−13 s. Secondly, the total branching fraction to one charged hadron plus at least one neutral particle is measured to be (7 +- 3)% higher than the branching fraction expected from a combination of previous measurements and theoretical predictions. It is shown that decay modes involving the eta are not expected to contribute more than 3% to this excess.
Download or read book Kaon Content of Three prong Decays of the Tau Lepton written by James Jackson Eastman and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strange Decays of the Tau Lepton written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measurements of hadronic [tau] decays to states containing at least one strange meson are reviewed. New results are presented from a self-consistent analysis of one-prong decays including kaons and from a study of the kaon content in three-prong decays. First observations of the resonance contribution to the strange axial-vector channel are reported. The findings are compared to model predictions of K[sub 1] mixing and interference in [tau] decay.
Download or read book Precision Measurements of Tau Lepton Decays Using Inclusive Spectra written by Sterling Gray Watson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of Tau Lepton Decays written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measurements of the [tau] decay modes are reviewed and compared with the predictions of the Standard Model. While the agreement is generally good, the status of the 1-prong puzzle'' remains controversial and a discrepancy between the measured leptonic branching fractions and the [tau] lifetime persists. Prospects for precision measurements at a Tau-Charm Factory are also reviewed. 20 refs., 2 tabs.
Download or read book Tau Lepton Physics Proceedings Of The Second Workshop written by K K Gan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1993-04-08 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The II International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics was held in Ohio, USA in September 1992. Its purpose is to gather the experts on tau lepton physics to examine the current understanding of the tau lepton physics and to assess future prospects. A particular emphasis of the Workshop was a detailed examination of the '1-prong problem': the discrepancy between the inclusive measurement of one-charged-particle decay branching ratio and the sum of the exclusive decays. The Workshop also stimulated new ideas on tests of the Standard Model using the third generation lepton and assessed the future prospects of the lepton physics.
Download or read book Study of Tau Lepton Decays to Three Charged Hadrons and One Neutral Pion written by Kregg E. Arms and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: We report a study of [tau] lepton decays to three charged hadrons and a [pi]0. We use (7.56 +/- 0.15) fb −1 of data collected with the CLEO III detector at the Y (4S) resonance, which corresponds to a total of (6.90 +/- 0.14) x 106 [tau]-pairs. Using both a Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector and measurement of specific ionization energy loss (dE/dx) for particle identification, we report the first observation of the decay [tau]− [right arrow] K−[omega][tau neutrino]. We report the first statistically significant measurements of the branching fractions for [tau]− [right arrow] K−[pi][pi]−[pi]0[tau neutrino] (excluding K0), [tau]− [right arrow] K−K[pi]−[pi]0[tau neutrino] and the first published upper limit for [tau]− [right arrow] K−K+K−[pi]0[tau neutrino]. We also measure branching fractions for the decays, [tau]− [right arrow] h−[omega][tau neutrino], [tau]− [right arrow] [pi]−[omega][tau neutrino], [tau]− [right arrow] h−h+h−[pi]0[tau neutrino], and [tau]− [right arrow] [pi]−[pi]+[pi]−[pi]0[tau neutrino].
Download or read book Rare and Forbidden Decays of the Tau Lepton written by Igor Volobouev and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Search for Rare Multi pion Decays of the Tau Lepton Using the BABAR Detector written by Ruben Ter-Antonyan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A search for the decay of the tau lepton to rare multi-pion final states is performed using the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy ee− collider. The analysis uses 232 fb−1 of data at center-of-mass energies on or near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. In the search for the tau− -> 5pi−2pi2pi0nu[tau] decay, we observe 10 events with an expected background of 6.5+2̇0−1.4 events. In the absence of a signal, we calculate the decay branching ratio upper limit B(tau− -> 5pi−2pi+2pi0nu[tau]) 3.4x10−6 at 90% confidence level. This is more than a factor of 30 improvement over the previously established limit. In addition, we search for the exclusive decay mode tau− - 2omega.pi−nu[tau] with the further decay of omega -> pi−pi+pi0. We observe 1 event, expecting 0.4+1̇0−0.4 background events, and calculate the upper limit B(tau− -> 2omega.pi−nu[tau])
Download or read book New Data on Semihadronic Decays of the tau Lepton written by CELLO Collaboration and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Pion Decays of the Tau Lepton at SPEAR and PEP written by William Edward Dieterle and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Search for Rare Multi Pion Decays of the Tau Lepton Using the BABAR Detector written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A search for the decay of the [tau] lepton to rare multi-pion final states is performed using the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The analysis uses 232 fb-1 of data at center-of-mass energies on or near the [Upsilon](4S) resonance. In the search for the [tau]- 2!3[pi]-2[pi]+2[pi]°[nu]{sub [tau]} decay, we observe 10 events with an expected background of 6.5{sup +2.0}{sub -1.4} events. In the absence of a signal, we calculate the decay branching ratio upper limit [beta]([tau]- 2!3[pi]-2[pi]+2[pi]°[nu]{sub [tau]})
Download or read book Decays of the Heavy Lepton Tau 1785 written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structure of the weak hadronic current coupled to the tau is investigated via some of the hadronic decays of the tau. The vector current coupling is determined by measuring the tau .-->. rho .nu./sub tau/ branching ratio. The axial-vector coupling is determined by measuring the tau .-->. .pi. .nu./sub tau/ branching ratio. The Cabibbo structure of the hadronic current is established by observing the decay tau .-->. K*(890).nu./sub tau/ and measuring its branching ratio. The branching ratios for the decays tau .-->. e anti .nu./sub e/.nu./sub tau/ and tau .-->. .mu. anti .nu./sub .mu./.nu./sub tau/ are measured as a normalization for the hadronic decays and as a check on the validity of the measurements. The leptonic branching ratios agree well with previous experiments. From a kinematic fit to the pion energy spectrum in the decay tau .-->. .pi. .nu./sub tau/, an upper limit (95% confidence level) of 245 MeV is placed on the tau neutrino mass. From a simultaneous fit of the center of mass energy dependence of the tau production cross section and the pion energy spectrum in the decay tau .-->. .pi. .nu./sub tau/, the tau mass is determined to be 1.787 +- 010 GeV/c. All properties of the tau measured here are consistent with it being a sequential lepton coupled to the ordinary weak hadronic current.
Download or read book Surprising Theoretical Results on the Decay Rate of the Tau Lepton written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leptonic decay modes of the tau lepton written by Hubertus G. Janssen and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of Decays of the Tau Lepton with Charged Kaons written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
