MEASUREMENT OF THE KAON CONTENT OF 3-PRONG TAU-DECAYS

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作者
BAUER, DA
BELCINSKI, R
BERG, RC
BINGHAM, HH
BLOOM, ED
BUCHANAN, CD
CALDWELL, DO
CHUN, SB
CLARK, AR
DAHL, OI
EASTMAN, JJ
EBERHARD, PH
EISNER, AM
FAIRFIELD, KH
GODFREY, G
GREENBAUM, GS
HAUPTMAN, JM
HOFMANN, W
HOLTZAPPLE, RL
KHACHERYAN, S
KNOPFLE, KT
KOFLER, RR
LAMBERT, DJ
LOKEN, SC
LU, A
LYNCH, GR
LYS, JE
MADARAS, RJ
MARSISKE, H
MASEK, GE
MILLER, ES
NICOL, NA
NYGREN, DR
OYANG, YT
PAAR, HP
PALOUNEK, APT
PELLETT, DE
RONAN, MT
ROSS, RR
SHAPIRO, G
STEPHENS, RW
STEVENSON, ML
STRAUSS, MG
SULLIVAN, MK
VERNON, W
WANG, EM
WANG, YX
WENZEL, WA
YAMAMOTO, H
YELLIN, SJ
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DAVIS,CA 95616
[2] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[3] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[4] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
[5] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[6] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,AMES,IA 50011
[7] UNIV CALIF INTERCAMPUS INST RES PARTICLE ACCELERATORS,STANFORD,CA 94305
[8] STANFORD UNIV,STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CTR,STANFORD,CA 94309
[9] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,AMHERST,MA 01003
[10] MAX PLANCK INST NUCL PHYS,W-6900 HEIDELBERG 1,GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1994年 / 50卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.50.R13
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present branching fraction measurements of three-prong decays of the tau- lepton based on data from the TPC/Two-Gamma detector at SLAC PEP. The decays are classified according to the identities of the charged tracks to give simultaneous measurements of B[tau- --> nu(tau)K-pi+pi-]=0.58(-0.13)+0.15% and B[tau- --> nu(tau)K-K+pi-]=0.15+0.15(-0.07)+0.09)%, and upper limits of B[tau- --> nu(tau)pi-K+pi-]<0.25% B[tau- --> nu(tau)K-pi+K-]<0.09%, and B[tau- --> nu(tau)K-K+K-]<0.21%, where additional neutrals may be present in each case. The branching fractions are normalized to the world average three-prong topological branching fraction and there is an estimated 20% systematic error in addition to the listed statistical errors. We find the mass distributions in the K-pi+pi- decay are consistent with K1 dominance, and obtain branching fractions of B[tau- --> nu(tau)K1-(1270)]=0.41(-0.35)+0.41% and B[tau- --> nu(tau)K1-(1400)]=0.76(-0.33)+0.40%
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页数:5
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