Published March 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Improved measurement of absolute branching fraction of Ds+→τ+ντ

Description

We have studied the leptonic decay Ds+→τ+ντ, via the decay channel τ+→e+νeντ, using a sample of tagged Ds+ decays collected near the Ds*±Ds± peak production energy in e+e- collisions with the CLEO-c detector. We obtain B(Ds+→τ+ντ)=(5.30±0.47±0.22)% and determine the decay constant fDs=(252.5±11.1±5.2) MeV, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052002-052002.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Notes
(c) 2009 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
CLEO Collaboration