Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1994
Abstract
The branching fractions for the five-charged-particle decays of the τ lepton have been measured in e+e- annihilations using the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. Assuming all charged particles to be pions, the results are B(3π-2π+0 neutrals ντ)=(0.097±0. 005±0.011)%, B(3π-2π+ντ)=(0.077±0.005 ±0.009)%, B(3π-2π+π0ντ)=(0.019±0.004±0.004) %, and B(3π-2π+2π0ντ)<0.011% at the 90% C.L. B(3π-2π-π0ντ) is measured for the first time by exclusive π0 reconstruction. The results are compared with the predictions from the partially conserved-axial-current and conserved-vector-current hypotheses assuming isospin invariance. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
Recommended Citation
Gibaut, D.; Kinoshita, K.; Barish, B.; Chadha, M.; Chan, S.; Cowen, D. F.; Eigen, G.; Miller, J. S.; O'Grady, C.; Urheim, J.; Weinstein, A. J.; Acosta, D.; Athanas, M.; Masek, G.; Paar, H. P.; Gronberg, J.; Kutschke, R.; Menary, S.; Morrison, R. J.; Nakanishi, S.; Nelson, H. N.; Nelson, T. K.; Qiao, C.; Richman, J. D.; Ryd, A.; Tajima, H.; Sperka, D.; Witherell, M. S.; Procario, M.; Balest, R.; and Cho, K., "Study of the five-charged-pion decay of the τ lepton" (1994). Physics Faculty Publications. 44.
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