Improved tau polarisation measurement

被引:18
作者
Buskulic, D
Casper, D
DeBonis, I
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Lees, JP
Minard, MN
Odier, P
Pietrzyk, B
Ariztizabal, F
Chmeissani, M
Crespo, JM
Efthymiopoulos, I
Fernandez, E
FernandezBosman, M
Gaitan, V
Garrido, L
Martinez, M
Orteu, S
Pacheco, A
Padilla, C
Palla, F
Pascual, A
Perlas, JA
Sanchez, F
Teubert, F
Creanza, D
dePalma, M
Farilla, A
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Marinelli, N
Natali, S
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Romano, F
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
Ouyang, Q
Wang, T
Xie, Y
Xu, R
Xue, S
机构
[1] INST NATL PHYS NUCL & PHYS PARTICULES, CNRS, F-74019 ANNECY LE VIEUX, FRANCE
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[3] ACAD SINICA, INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[4] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[5] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND, IN2P3, PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB, F-63177 CLERMONT FERRAND, FRANCE
[6] NIELS BOHR INST, DK-2100 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
[7] DEMOCRITOS NUCL RES CTR, ATHENS, GREECE
[8] ECOLE POLYTECH, IN2P3, PHYS NUCL & HAUTES ENERGIES LAB, F-91128 PALAISEAU, FRANCE
[9] UNIV EDINBURGH, DEPT PHYS, EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
[10] UNIV FLORENCE, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[11] FLORIDA STATE UNIV, SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306 USA
[12] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[13] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, LANARK, SCOTLAND
[14] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[15] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED, DEPT PHYS, LONDON SW7 2BZ, ENGLAND
[16] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST EXPTL PHYS, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
[17] UNIV LANCASTER, DEPT PHYS, LANCASTER LA1 4YB, ENGLAND
[18] UNIV MAINZ, INST PHYS, D-55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
[19] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS, WERNER HEISENBERG INST, D-80805 MUNICH, GERMANY
[20] UNIV PARIS 11, IN2P3, ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB, CNRS, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[21] UNIV PISA, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[22] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[23] UNIV LONDON, ROYAL HOLLOWAY & BEDFORD NEW COLL, DEPT PHYS, EGHAM TW20 0EX, SURREY, ENGLAND
[24] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DEPT PARTICLE PHYS, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[25] CENS, CEA, DAPNIA, SERV PHYS PARTICULES, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[26] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, INST PARTICLE PHYS, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[27] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT PHYS, SHEFFIELD S3 7RH, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[28] UNIV SIEGEN, FACHBEREICH PHYS, D-57068 SIEGEN, GERMANY
[29] UNIV TRIESTE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[30] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[31] UNIV WASHINGTON, EXPTL ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYS, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[32] FAC SCI LUMINY, IN2P3, CTR PHYS PARTICULES, CNRS, F-13288 MARSEILLE, FRANCE
[33] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT PHYS, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[34] UNIV TURIN, IST FIS GEN, I-10124 TURIN, ITALY
[35] CNR, IST COSMOGEOFIS, I-10133 TURIN, ITALY
[36] UNIV BARCELONA, E-08208 BARCELONA, SPAIN
[37] KANGNUNG NATL UNIV, KANGNUNG, SOUTH KOREA
[38] UNIV SASSARI, IST MATEMAT & FIS, I-07100 SASSARI, ITALY
[39] UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA, INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES, E-08193 BARCELONA, SPAIN
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS | 1996年 / 69卷 / 02期
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10.1007/s002880050019
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
Using 22 pb(-1) of data collected at LEP in 1992 on the peak of the Z resonance, the ALEPH collaboration has measured the polarisation of the tau leptons decaying into e nu nu, mu nu nu,pi nu and a(1) nu from their individual decay product distributions. The measurement of the tau polarisation as a function of the production polar angle yields the two parameters A(tau) and A(e), where, in terms of the axial and vector couplings g(Al) and g(nu l), A(l) = 2 g(nu l) g(Al)/(g(nu l)(2) + g(Al)(2)). This analysis follows to a large extent the methods devised for the 1990 and 1991 data but with improvements which bring a better understanding of the systematic uncertainties. Combining the 1992 measurements with our previously published results yields A(tau) = 0.136 +/- 0.012 +/- 0.009 and A(e) = 0.129 +/- 0.016 +/- 0.005. Assuming e-tau universality, the measurements imply an effective weak mixing angle of sin(2) theta(W)(eff) = 0.2332 +/- 0.0014.
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