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Measurement of the topological branching fractions of the τ lepton at LEP

ContributorsL3 Collaboration
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 519, no. 3-4, p. 189-198
Publication date2001
Abstract

Using data collected with the L3 detector at LEP from 1992 to 1995 on the Z peak, we determine the branching fractions of the τ lepton into one, three and five charged particles to be: B(τ->(1-prong))=85.274=1.105±0.073%, B(τ->(3-prong))=14.556=1.105±0.076%, B(τ->(5-prong))=0.170=0.022±0.026%. The first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. The accuracy of these measurements alone is similar to that of the current world average.

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L3 Collaboration. Measurement of the topological branching fractions of the <em>τ</em> lepton at LEP. In: Physics letters. B, 2001, vol. 519, n° 3-4, p. 189–198. doi: 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01099-1
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