Three-prong τ decays with charged kaons

R. Barate, D. Buskulic, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, J. P. Lees, A. Lucotte, M. N. Minard, J. Y. Nief, B. Pietrzyk, M. P. Casado, M. Chmeissani, P. Comas, J. M. Crespo, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, Ll Garrido, A. Juste, M. MartinezG. Merino, R. Miquel, Ll M. Mir, C. Padilla, I. C. Park, A. Pascua, J. A. Perlas, I. Riu, F. Sanchez, F. Teubert, A. Colaleo, D. Creanza, M. de Palma, G. Gelao, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, M. Maggi, N. Marinelli, S. Nuzzo, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, A. Tricomi, G. Zito, X. Huang, J. Lin, Q. Ouyang, T. Wang, Y. Xie, R. Xu, S. Xue, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, D. Abbanco, R. Alemany, U. Becker, A. O. Bazarko, P. Bright-Thomas, M. Cattaneo, F. Cerutti, G. Dissertori, H. Drevermann, R. W. Forty, M. Frank, R. Hagelberg, J. B. Hansen, J. Harvey, P. Janot, B. Jost, E. Kneringer, J. Knobloch, I. Lehraus, G. Lutters, P. Mato, A. Minten, L. Moneta, A. Pacheco, J. F. Pusztaszeri, F. Ranjard, G. Rizzo, L. Rolandi, D. Rousseau, D. Schlatter, M. Schmitt, O. Schneider, W. Tejessy, I. R. Tomalin, H. Wachsmuth, A. Wagner, Z. Ajaltouni, A. Barrès, C. Boyer, A. Falvard, C. Ferdi, P. Gay, C. Guicheney

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Final states with charged kaons in three-prong τ decays are studied by exploiting the particle identification from the dE/dx measurement. The results are based on a sample of about 1.6 x 105 detected τ pairs collected with the ALEPH detector between 1991 and 1995 around the Z peak. The following branching ratios have been measured: B(τ- → K-K+π-ντ) = (1.63 ± 0.21 ± 0.17) x 10-3, B(τ- → K-π+π-ντ)=(2.14 ± 0.37 ± 0.29) x 10-3, B (τ- → K-K+π-π0ντ) = (0.75 ± 0.29 ± 0.15) x 10-3, and B(τ- → K-π+π-π0ν τ) = (0.61 ± 0.39 ± 0.18) x 10-3. The first two measurements are more precise than the current world averages, while the last two channels are investigated for the first time. The 95% C.L. upper limit on the branching ratio for the decay τ- → K-K+K-ντ is 0.19 x 10-3. A study of intermediate states occurring in the K-K+π-ντ and K-π+π-ντ decays is also presented.
Idioma originalAnglès
Pàgines (de-a)65-79
RevistaEuropean Physical Journal C
Volum1
Número1-2
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 1 de gen. 1998

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