Published June 2, 2003 | Version v1
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Measurement of the Tau Lepton Lifetime

Description

The authors measure the τ lepton lifetime with τ+τ- pairs in which one or both of the τ's decays to three charged particles. The data were collected with the CLEO II detector operating at the electron-positron collider CESR at energies on and near the Υ(4S). They use displacements of the three-track vertices to determine the τ lifetime. The result is ττ = 289.0 ± 2.8 ± 4.0 fs

Availability note (English)

Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/813204-9jjwrb/native/

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
11 p.
Report number
SLAC-PUB--9918

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
34065818
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS; LIFETIME; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; TAU PARTICLES
Descriptors DEC
DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SPECTROMETERS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC--03-76SF00515
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Science (United States)