Measurement of D-s(-)->tau(-)(nu)over-bar(tau) and a new limit for B-->tau(-)(nu)over-bar(tau center dot)

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作者
Acciarri, M
Adriani, O
AguilarBenitez, M
Ahlen, S
Alpat, B
Alcaraz, J
Alemanni, G
Allaby, J
Aloisio, A
Alverson, G
Alviggi, MG
Ambrosi, G
Anderhub, H
Andreev, VP
Angelescu, T
Anselmo, F
Antreasyan, D
Arefiev, A
Azemoon, T
Aziz, T
Bagnaia, P
Baksay, L
Ball, RC
Banerjee, S
Banicz, K
Barillere, R
Barone, L
Bartalini, P
Baschirotto, A
Basile, M
Battiston, R
Bay, A
Becattini, F
Becker, U
Behner, F
Berdugo, J
Berges, P
Bertucci, B
Betev, VL
Bhattacharya, S
Biasini, M
Biland, A
Bilei, GM
Blaising, JJ
Blyth, SC
Bobbink, GJ
Bock, R
Bohm, A
Borgia, B
Boucham, A
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[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 1, D-52056 AACHEN, GERMANY
[2] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 2, D-52056 AACHEN, GERMANY
[3] UNIV AMSTERDAM, NL-1009 DB AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[4] NIKHEF H, NATL INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, NL-1009 DB AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[5] UNIV MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
[6] LAB ANNECY LE VIEUX PHYS PARTICULES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-74941 ANNECY LE VIEUX, FRANCE
[7] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
[8] UNIV BASEL, INST PHYS, CH-4056 BASEL, SWITZERLAND
[9] INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING 100039, PEOPLES R CHINA
[10] HUMBOLDT UNIV BERLIN, D-10099 BERLIN, GERMANY
[11] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[12] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES, BOMBAY 400005, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
[13] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[14] NORTHEASTERN UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
[15] UNIV BUCHAREST, R-76900 BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
[16] INST ATOM PHYS, R-76900 BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
[17] HUNGARIAN ACAD SCI, CENT RES INST PHYS, H-1525 BUDAPEST 114, HUNGARY
[18] HARVARD UNIV, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[19] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[20] UNIV FLORENCE, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[21] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[22] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[23] WORLD LAB, FBLJA PROJECT, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[24] UNIV GENEVA, CH-1211 GENEVA 4, SWITZERLAND
[25] UNIV SCI & TECHNOL CHINA, USTC, HEFEI 230029, ANHUI, PEOPLES R CHINA
[26] SEFT, RES INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, SF-00014 HELSINKI, FINLAND
[27] UNIV LAUSANNE, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
[28] UNIV LECCE, I-73100 LECCE, ITALY
[29] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-73100 LECCE, ITALY
[30] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87544 USA
[31] UNIV LYON 1, CNRS, IN2P3, INST PHYS NUCL, F-69622 VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE
[32] CIEMAT, E-28040 MADRID, SPAIN
[33] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[34] ITEP, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
[35] UNIV NAPLES, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[36] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[37] UNIV CYPRUS, DEPT NAT SCI, NICOSIA, CYPRUS
[38] CATHOLIC UNIV NIJMEGEN, NL-6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[39] NATL INST NUCL PHYS & HIGH ENERGY PHYS, NL-6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[40] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB, OAK RIDGE, TN 37831 USA
[41] CALTECH, PASADENA, CA 91125 USA
[42] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[43] UNIV PERUGIA, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[44] CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 USA
[45] PRINCETON UNIV, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
[46] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[47] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[48] INST PHYS NUCL, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
[49] UNIV SALERNO, I-84100 SALERNO, ITALY
[50] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-84100 SALERNO, ITALY
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10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00138-X
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Using a data sample of 1475000 Z --> q (q) over bar(gamma) events collected during 1993 with the L3 detector at LEP, we have studied the purely leptonic decays of heavy flavour mesons, D-s(-) --> tau(-)(v) over bar(tau) and B- --> tau(-)(v) over bar(tau). A signal is observed in the invariant mass distribution M(gamma D-s(-)) corresponding to the decay sequence D-s(*-) --> gamma D-s(-), D-s(-) --> tau(-)(v) over bar(tau), tau(-)(v) over bar(tau), tau(-) --> l(-)(v) over bar(l)v(tau). The branching fraction for D-s(-) tau(-) (v) over bar(tau) decays is measured to be B(D-s(-) --> tau(-)(v) over bar(tau)) = 0.074 +/- 0.028(stat) +/- 0.016(syst) +/- 0.018(norm). No signal of B- --> tau-(v) over bar(tau) decays is observed in the data, corresponding to an upper limit on the branching fraction B(B- --> tau(-)(v) over bar(tau)) < 5.7 x 10(-4) at 90% CL. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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