A MEASUREMENT OF THE LIFETIME OF THE TAU-LEPTON

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Abreu, P
Adam, W
Adami, F
Adye, T
Akesson, T
Alekseev, GD
Allen, P
Almehed, S
Alvsvaag, SJ
Amaldi, U
Anassontzis, E
Antilogus, P
Apel, WD
Apsimon, RJ
Asman, B
Astier, P
Augustin, JE
Augustinus, A
Baillon, P
Bambade, P
Barao, F
Barbiellini, G
Bardin, DY
Baroncelli, A
Barring, O
Bartl, W
Battaglia, M
Bates, MJ
Baubillier, M
Becks, KH
Beeston, CJ
Begalli, M
Beilliere, P
Belokopytov, Y
Beltran, P
Benedic, D
Benlloch, JM
Berggren, M
Bertrand, D
Bianchi, F
Bibby, JH
Bilenky, MS
Billoir, P
Bjarne, J
Bloch, D
Blyth, S
Bogolubov, PN
Bolognese, T
Bonapart, M
Bonesini, M
机构
[1] LIP, P-1000 LISBON, PORTUGAL
[2] Osterreich Akad Wissensch, Inst Hochenergiephys, A-1050 Vienna, AUSTRIA
[3] CEN Saclay, DPhPE, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, FRANCE
[4] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Chilton OX11 0QX, Didcot, ENGLAND
[5] Univ Lund, Dept Phys, S-22363 Lund, SWEDEN
[6] Joint Inst Nucl Res, SU-101100 Moscow, RUSSIA
[7] Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, E-46100 Burjassot Valencia, SPAIN
[8] Univ Bergen, Dept Phys, N-5007 Bergen, NORWAY
[9] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, SWITZERLAND
[10] Univ Athens, Phys Lab, GR-10680 Athens, GREECE
[11] Univ Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, FRANCE
[12] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Expt Kernphys, W-7500 Karlsruhe 1, Frg, GERMANY
[13] Univ Stockholm, Inst Phys, S-11346 Stockholm, SWEDEN
[14] Univ Paris 6, LPNHE, F-75230 Paris 05, FRANCE
[15] Univ Paris 7, LPNHE, F-75230 Paris 05, FRANCE
[16] Univ Paris 11, Lab Accelerateur Lineaire, F-91405 Orsay, FRANCE
[17] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, ITALY
[18] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-34127 Trieste, ITALY
[19] Univ Udine, Ist Fis, I-33100 Udine, ITALY
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Ist Super Sanita, I-00161 Rome, ITALY
[21] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, ITALY
[22] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-20133 Milan, ITALY
[23] Univ Oxford, Nucl Phys Lab, Oxford OX1 3RH, ENGLAND
[24] Univ Wuppertal, Fachbereich Phys, W-5600 Wuppertal 1, Frg, GERMANY
[25] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, ITALY
[26] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-16146 Genoa, ITALY
[27] Coll France, Lab Phys Corpusculaire, F-75231 Paris 5, FRANCE
[28] Inst High Energy Phys, SU-142284 Protvino, Moscow Region, RUSSIA
[29] NCSR Demokritos, Inst Nucl Phys, GR-15310 Athens, GREECE
[30] CRN Grp DELPHI & LEPSI, Div Hautes Energies, F-67037 Strasbourg, FRANCE
[31] Univ Instelling Antwerpen, Phys Dept, B-2610 Wilrijk, BELGIUM
[32] ULB VUB, IIHE, B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM
[33] Univ Etat Mons, Fac Sci, Serv Phys Particules Elementaires, B-7000 Mons, BELGIUM
[34] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Sperimentale, I-10125 Turin, ITALY
[35] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-10125 Turin, ITALY
[36] NIKHEF H, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
[37] Univ Liverpool, Dept Phys, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, ENGLAND
[38] Univ Uppsala, Dept Radiat Sci, S-75121 Uppsala, SWEDEN
[39] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis, I-35131 Padua, ITALY
[40] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-35131 Padua, ITALY
[41] Univ Helsinki, Res Inst High Energy Phys, SF-00170 Helsinki 17, FINLAND
[42] Univ Oslo, Phys Dept, N-1000 Oslo 3, NORWAY
[43] Univ Santander, Fac Ciencias, E-39005 Santander, SPAIN
[44] Univ Roma 2, Dipartimento Fis, I-00173 Rome, ITALY
[45] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-00173 Rome, ITALY
[46] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, I-40126 Bologna, ITALY
[47] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-40126 Bologna, ITALY
[48] Iowa State Univ, Ames Lab, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[49] Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[50] Univ Complutense, Dept Fis Atom Mol & Nucl, E-28040 Madrid, SPAIN
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10.1016/0370-2693(91)90957-R
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摘要
The lifetime of the tau lepton has been measured by two independent methods using a silicon microvertex detector installed in the DELPHI detector. The signed impact parameter distribution of the one prong decays yielded a lifetime of tau-tau = 321 +/- 36 (stat.) +/- 16 (syst.) fs, while the decay length distribution of three prong decays gave the result tau-tau = 310 +/- 31 (stat. ) +/- 9 (syst.) fs. The final value of the combined result was tau-tau = 314 +/- 25 fs. The ratio of the Fermi coupling constant from tau decay relative to that from muon decay was found to be 0.95 +/- 0.04, compatible with the hypothesis of lepton universality.
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