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Measurements of Tau-Lepton production and decay

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

Abstract

We have studied 419 τ pair events produced in the reactione + e −→τ+ τ− at a c.m. energy of 34.6 GeV. We measure the cross section and angular distribution, as well as the decay branching ratios. The production characteristics are consistent with the Standard Electroweak Model predictions of γ andZ 0 interference. The branching ratios are generally consistent with the τ decaying according to standard weak interaction principles, but we observe somewhat more decays resulting in single charged hadrons plus neutrals than are predicted by present theory.

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  1. W. Lackas

    Present address: Felten & Guillaume, Cologne, FRG

  2. W. Wagner

    Present address: University of California at Davis, Davis, Ca., USA

  3. Ch. Gerke

    Present address: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

  4. M. Zachara

    Present address: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Cracow, Poland

  5. S. L. Cartwright

    Present address: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, UK

  6. B. T. King

    Present address: Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

  7. J. C. Thomson

    Present address: Glasgow College of Technology, Glasgow, UK

  8. O. Achterberg

    Present address: Texaco Europe Computer Information Systems, Hamburg, FRG

  9. H. Kapitza

    Present address: Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  10. M. Krüger

    Present address: Universität Karlsruhe, FRG

  11. S. J. Maxfield

    Present address: Univ. of Massachussetts, Amherst, Mass., USA

  12. R. O. Polvado

    Present address: Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., USA

  13. F. Almeida

    Present address: Inst. de Fisica, Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

  14. K. Derikum

    Present address: BESSY, Berlin, FRG

  15. H. Junge

    Present address: Krupp Atlas Elektronik, Bremen, FRG

  16. K. Kraski

    Present address: firm Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, FRG

Authors and Affiliations

  1. I. Physikalisches Institut der RWTH Aachen, D-5100, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ch. Berger, H. Genzel, W. Lackas, J. Pielorz, F. Raupach & W. Wagner

  2. University of Bergen, N-5014, Bergen, Norway

    A. Klovning & E. Lillestöl

  3. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-2000, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    J. Bürger, L. Criegee, A. Deuter, F. Ferrarotto, G. Franke, M. Gaspero, Ch. Gerke, G. Knies, B. Lewendel, J. Meyer, U. Michelsen, K. H. Pape, B. Stella, U. Timm, G. G. Winter, M. Zachara & W. Zimmermann

  4. University of Glasgow, G128 OX, Glasgow, UK

    P. J. Bussey, S. L. Cartwright, J. B. Dainton, B. T. King, C. Raine, J. M. Scarr, I. O. Skillicorn, K. M. Smith & J. C. Thomson

  5. II. Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universität, D-2000, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    O. Achterberg, V. Blobel, D. Burkart, K. Diehlmann, M. Feindt, H. Kapitza, B. Koppitz, M. Krüger, M. Poppe, H. Spitzer & R. van Staa

  6. University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, MD, USA

    C. Y. Chang, R. G. Glasser, R. G. Kellogg, S. J. Maxfield, R. O. Polvado, B. Sechi-Zorn, J. A. Skard, A. Skuja, A. J. Tylka, G. E. Welch & G. T. Zorn

  7. Universität-Gesamthochschule Siegen, D-5900, Siegen, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Almeida, A. Bäcker, F. Barreiro, S. Brandt, K. Derikum, C. Grupen, H. J. Meyer, H. Müller, B. Neumann, M. Rost, K. Stupperich & G. Zech

  8. University of Tel-Aviv, Israel

    G. Alexander, G. Bella, Y. Gnat & J. Grunhaus

  9. Universität-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, D-5600, Wuppertal, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Junge, K. Kraski, C. Maxeiner, H. Maxeiner, H. Meyer & D. Schmidt

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Rome University, partially supported by I.N.F.N., Sezione di Roma, Italy

Supported by the U.K. Science and Engineering Research Council

Partially supported by the Department of Energy, USA

Partially supported by the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities-Basic Research Foundation

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PLUTO Collaboration., Berger, C., Genzel, H. et al. Measurements of Tau-Lepton production and decay. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 28, 1–8 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01550242

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