Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR
We present measurements of the branching fractions of three-prong and five-prong τ decay modes using a sample of 430 million τ lepton pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 468 fb[superscript -1], collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e[superscript +]e[super...
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| author | Dujmic, Denis Sciolla, Gabriella Cowan, Ray F |
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| description | We present measurements of the branching fractions of three-prong and five-prong τ decay modes using a sample of 430 million τ lepton pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 468 fb[superscript -1], collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e[superscript +]e[superscript -] storage rings at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The τ[superscript -]→(3π)[superscript -]ην[subscript τ], τ[superscript -]→(3π)[superscript -]ων[subscript τ], and τ[superscript -]→π[superscript -]f[subscript 1](1285)ν[subscript τ] branching fractions are presented, as well as a new limit on the branching fraction of the second-class current decay τ[superscript -]→π-η′(958)ντ. We search for the decay mode τ[superscript -]→K-ητ[superscript ′](958)ντ and for five-prong decay modes with kaons, and place the first upper limits on their branching fractions. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/768322023-02-26T04:08:54Z Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR Dujmic, Denis Sciolla, Gabriella Cowan, Ray F Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science Cowan, Ray Franklin Dujmic, Denis Sciolla, Gabriella We present measurements of the branching fractions of three-prong and five-prong τ decay modes using a sample of 430 million τ lepton pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 468 fb[superscript -1], collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e[superscript +]e[superscript -] storage rings at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The τ[superscript -]→(3π)[superscript -]ην[subscript τ], τ[superscript -]→(3π)[superscript -]ων[subscript τ], and τ[superscript -]→π[superscript -]f[subscript 1](1285)ν[subscript τ] branching fractions are presented, as well as a new limit on the branching fraction of the second-class current decay τ[superscript -]→π-η′(958)ντ. We search for the decay mode τ[superscript -]→K-ητ[superscript ′](958)ντ and for five-prong decay modes with kaons, and place the first upper limits on their branching fractions. 2013-02-13T21:51:04Z 2013-02-13T21:51:04Z 2012-11 2012-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1550-7998 1089-4918 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76832 Lees, J. P. et al. “Study of High-multiplicity Three-prong and Five-prong τ Decays at BABAR.” Physical Review D 86.9 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.092010 Physical Review D Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Dujmic, Denis Sciolla, Gabriella Cowan, Ray F Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR |
| title | Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR |
| title_full | Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR |
| title_fullStr | Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR |
| title_short | Study of high-multiplicity three-prong and five-prong τ decays at BABAR |
| title_sort | study of high multiplicity three prong and five prong τ decays at babar |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76832 |
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