MEASUREMENT OF CABIBBO-SUPPRESSED DECAYS OF THE TAU-LEPTON

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BATTLE, M
ERNST, J
KWON, Y
ROBERTS, S
THORNDIKE, EH
WANG, CH
DOMINICK, J
LAMBRECHT, M
SANGHERA, S
SHELKOV, V
SKWARNICKI, T
STROYNOWSKI, R
VOLOBOUEV, I
WEI, G
ZADOROZHNY, P
ARTUSO, M
GOLDBERG, M
HE, D
HORWITZ, N
KENNETT, R
MOUNTAIN, R
MONETI, GC
MUHEIM, F
MUKHIN, Y
PLAYFER, S
ROZEN, Y
STONE, S
THULASIDAS, M
VASSEUR, G
ZHU, G
BARTELT, J
CSORNA, SE
EGYED, Z
JAIN, V
KINOSHITA, K
EDWARDS, KW
OGG, M
BRITTON, DI
HYATT, ERF
MACFARLANE, DB
PATEL, PM
AKERIB, DS
BARISH, B
CHADHA, M
CHAN, S
COWEN, DF
EIGEN, G
MILLER, JS
OGRADY, C
URHEIM, J
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[1] SO METHODIST UNIV,DALLAS,TX 75275
[2] SYRACUSE UNIV,SYRACUSE,NY 13244
[3] VANDERBILT UNIV,NASHVILLE,TN 37235
[4] VIRGINIA POLYTECH INST & STATE UNIV,BLACKSBURG,VA 24061
[5] CARLETON UNIV,OTTAWA K1S 5B6,ONTARIO,CANADA
[6] INST PARTICLE PHYS,MONTREAL,PQ,CANADA
[7] MCGILL UNIV,MONTREAL H3A 2T8,QUEBEC,CANADA
[8] CALTECH,PASADENA,CA 91125
[9] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[10] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
[11] CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
[12] UNIV COLORADO,BOULDER,CO 80309
[13] CORNELL UNIV,ITHACA,NY 14853
[14] UNIV FLORIDA,GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
[15] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[16] UNIV ILLINOIS,URBANA,IL 61801
[17] ITHACA COLL,ITHACA,NY 14850
[18] UNIV KANSAS,LAWRENCE,KS 66045
[19] UNIV MINNESOTA,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
[20] SUNY ALBANY,ALBANY,NY 12222
[21] OHIO STATE UNIV,COLUMBUS,OH 43210
[22] UNIV OKLAHOMA,NORMAN,OK 73019
[23] PURDUE UNIV,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[24] INP,NOVOSIBIRSK,RUSSIA
[25] UNIV HAWAII MANOA,HONOLULU,HI 96822
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1079
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Branching ratios for the dominant Cabibbo-suppressed decays of the tau lepton have been measured by CLEO II in e+e- annihilation at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (square-root s approximately 10.6 GeV) using kaons with momenta below 0.7 GeV/c. The inclusive branching ratio into one charged kaon is (1.60 +/- 0.12 +/- 0.19)%. For the exclusive decays, B(tau- --> K- nu(tau)) = (0.66 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.09)%, B(tau- --> K-pi0nu(tau) = (0.51 +/- 0.10 +/- 0.07)%, and, based on three events, B(tau- --> K-2pi0nu(tau) < 0.3% at the 90% confidence level. These represent significant improvements over previous results. B(tau- --> K- pi0nu(tau)) is measured for the first time with exclusive pi0 reconstruction.
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页码:1079 / 1083
页数:5
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