A precise measurement of the tau lepton lifetime

ALEPH Collaboration (1992) A precise measurement of the tau lepton lifetime. Physics Letters B, 297 (3-4). pp. 432-448. ISSN 0370-2693

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Three different techniques are used to measure the mean decay length of the τ lepton with a high precision vertex detector in a sample of 11 800 τ pairs coming from Z decays, collected in1991 by ALEPH at LEP. Events in which both τ's decay into one charged track are analyzed using two largely independent methods. Displaced vertices in three-prong decays yield another independent measurement. The derived lifetime is 295.5 ± 5.9 ± 3.1 fs, using mτ = 1777.1 ± 0.5 MeV/c2. Including previous (1989–1990) ALEPH measurements, the combined τ lifetime is 294.7 ± 5.4 ± 3.0 fs.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physics Letters B
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3106
Subjects:
?? NUCLEAR AND HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS ??
ID Code:
64117
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
07 May 2013 14:01
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
16 Sep 2023 00:54