Published January 26, 1981 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of the branching fraction for the Cabibbo-suppressed decay tau-→K*-(892)ν/sub tau/

  • 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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This Letter presents a measurement of the branching fraction for the Cabibbo-suppressed decay tau-→K*-(892)ν/sub tau/ using data obtained with the Mark-II detector at SPEAR. Eleven events containing a K*+-(892) in coincidence with a muon or an electron of opposite charge were found in data which span the center-of-mass energy region 4.2<E/sub c.m./<6.7 GeV. It was determined that B(tau-→K*-(892)ν/sub tau/)1.7=(plus-or-minus0.7)%. The absence of events at the K*+-(1430) yields a 2sigma upper limit B(tau-→K*-(1430)ν/sub tau/)<0.9%

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
215-218
ISSN
0031-9007