Published November 1998
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Journal article
First Search for CP Violation in Tau Lepton Decay
Creators
- Anderson, S.1
- Kubota, Y.1
- Lee, S.J.1
- ONeill, J.J.1
- Poling, R.1
- Riehle, T.1
- Smith, A.1
- Alam, M.S.2
- Athar, S.B.2
- Ling, Z.2
- Mahmood, A.H.2
- Timm, S.2
- Wappler, F.2
- Anastassov, A.3
- Duboscq, J.E.3
- Fujino, D.3
- Gan, K.K.3
- Hart, T.3
- Honscheid, K.3
- Kagan, H.3
- Kass, R.3
- Lee, J.3
- Schwarthoff, H.3
- Spencer, M.B.3
- Sung, M.3
- Undrus, A.3
- Wolf, A.3
- Zoeller, M.M.3
- Richichi, S.J.4
- Severini, H.4
- Skubic, P.4
- Bishai, M.5
- Fast, J.5
- Hinson, J.W.5
- Menson, N.5
- Miller, D.H.5
- Shibata, E.I.5
- Shipsey, I.P.5
- Yurko, M.5
- Glenn, S.6
- Kwon, Y.6
- Lyon, A.L.6
- Roberts, S.6
- Thorndike, E.H.6
- Jessop, C.P.7
- Lingel, K.7
- Marsiske, H.7
- Perl, M.L.7
- Savinov, V.7
- Ugolini, D.7
- Zhou, X.7
- Coan, T.E.8
- Fadeyev, V.8
- Korolkov, I.8
- Maravin, Y.8
- Narsky, I.8
- Shelkov, V.8
- Staeck, J.8
- Stroynowski, R.8
- Volobouev, I.8
- Ye, J.8
- Artuso, M.9
- Azfar, F.9
- Efimov, A.9
- Goldberg, M.9
- He, D.9
- Kopp, S.9
- Moneti, G.C.9
- Mountain, R.9
- Schuh, S.9
- Skwarnicki, T.9
- Stone, S.9
- Viehhauser, G.9
- Wang, J.C.9
- Xing, X.9
- Bartelt, J.10
- Csorna, S.E.10
- Jain, V.10
- McLean, K.W.10
- Marka, S.10
- Godang, R.11
- Kinoshita, K.11
- Lai, I.C.11
- Pomianowski, P.11
- Schrenk, S.11
- Bonvicini, G.12
- Cinabro, D.12
- Greene, R.12
- Perera, L.P.12
- Zhou, G.J.12
- 1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)
- 2. State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12222 (United States)
- 3. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
- 4. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States)
- 5. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)
- 6. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)
- 7. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)
- 8. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275 (United States)
- 9. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 (United States)
- 10. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 (United States)
- 11. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 (United States)
- 12. Wayne State Univ., (United States)
Description
We have performed the first search for CP violation in tau lepton decay. CP violation in lepton decay does not occur in the minimal standard model but can occur in extensions such as the multi-Higgs doublet model. It appears as a characteristic difference between the τ- and τ+ decay angular distributions for the semileptonic decay modes such as τ-→K0π-ν . We define an observable asymmetry to exploit this and find no evidence for any CP violation. copyright 1998 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 18
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3823-3827
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 30010504
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CP INVARIANCE; HIGGS BOSONS; KAONS; KAONS NEUTRAL; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE DECAY; PIONS; PIONS MINUS; PIONS NEUTRAL; PIONS PLUS; SEMILEPTONIC DECAY; STANDARD MODEL; TAU NEUTRINOS; TAU PARTICLES
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; KAONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESONS; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE MODELS; PIONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY