Aubert, B;
Bona, M;
Boutigny, D;
Couderc, F;
Karyotakis, Y;
Lees, JP;
Poireau, V;
... Neal, H; + view all
(2008)
Exclusive branching-fraction measurements of semileptonic tau decays into three charged hadrons, into phi pi(-)nu(tau), and into phi K-nu(tau).
PHYS REV LETT
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, Article 011801. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.011801.
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Abstract
Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 342 fb(-1) collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II electron-positron storage ring operating at a center-of-mass energy near 10.58 GeV, we measure B(tau(-)->pi(-)pi(-)pi(+)nu(tau)(ex.K-S(0)))=(8.83 +/- 0.01 +/- 0.13)%, B(tau(-)-> K-pi(-)pi(+)nu(tau)(ex.K-S(0)))=(0.273 +/- 0.002 +/- 0.009)%, B(tau(-)-> K-pi K--(+)nu(tau))=(0.1346 +/- 0.0010 +/- 0.0036)%, and B(tau(-)-> K-K-K+nu(tau))=(1.58 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.12)x10(-5), where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. These include significant improvements over previous measurements and a first measurement of B(tau(-)-> K-K-K+nu(tau)) in which no resonance structure is assumed. We also report a first measurement of B(tau(-)->phi pi(-)nu(tau))=(3.42 +/- 0.55 +/- 0.25)x10(-5), a new measurement of B(tau(-)->phi K-nu(tau))=(3.39 +/- 0.20 +/- 0.28)x10(-5) and a first upper limit on B(tau(-)-> K-K-K+nu(tau)(ex.phi)).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Exclusive branching-fraction measurements of semileptonic tau decays into three charged hadrons, into phi pi(-)nu(tau), and into phi K-nu(tau) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.011801 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.011801 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 The American Physical Society |
| Keywords: | STRANGE-QUARK MASS, PHYSICS, SYMMETRY, SEARCH |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1303858 |
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