The Electronic branching ratio of the tau lepton

Using data accumulated by the CLEO I detector operating at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have measured the ratio R=Γ(τ→eν¯eντ)Γ1 where Γ1 is the τ decay rate to final states with one charged particle. We find R=0.2231±0.0044±0.0073 where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. Together with the measured topological one-charged-particle branching fraction, this yields the branching fraction of the τ lepton to electrons, Be=0.192±0.004±0.006.

electron positron: colliding beams
colliding beams: electron positron
electron positron: annihilation
annihilation: electron positron
tau: electroproduction
electroproduction: tau
tau: pair production
pair production: tau
tau: leptonic decay
leptonic decay: tau

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