Search for CP violation in τ → ππ0ντ decay

We search for CP nonconservation in the decays of τ leptons produced via e+e- annihilation at √s ∼ 10.6 GeV. The method uses correlated decays of pairs of τ leptons, each decaying to the ππ0ντ final state. The search is done within the framework of a model with a scalar boson exchange. In an analysi...

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Autors principals: Avery, P, Prescott, C, Rubiera, A, Stoeck, H, Yelton, J, Brandenburg, G, Ershov, A, Kim, D, Wilson, R, Bergfeld, T, Eisenstein, B, Ernst, J, Gladding, G, Gollin, G, Hans, R, Johnson, E, Karliner, I, Marsh, M, Plager, C, Sedlack, C, Selen, M, Thaler, J, Williams, J, Edwards, K, Sadoff, A
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2001
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Sumari:We search for CP nonconservation in the decays of τ leptons produced via e+e- annihilation at √s ∼ 10.6 GeV. The method uses correlated decays of pairs of τ leptons, each decaying to the ππ0ντ final state. The search is done within the framework of a model with a scalar boson exchange. In an analysis of a data sample corresponding to 12.2×106 produced τ pairs collected with the CLEO detector, we find no evidence of violation of CP symmetry. We obtain a limit on the imaginary part of the coupling constant parametrizing the relative contribution of diagrams that would lead to CP violation to be -0.046