An Upper limit on the anomalous magnetic moment of the tau lepton

Using radiative Z^0 -> \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma events collected with the OPAL detector at LEP at \sqrt{s}= M_Z during 1990-95, a direct study of the electromagnetic current at the \tau\gamma vertex has been performed in terms of the anomalous magnetic form factor F_2 of the \tau lepton. The analysis is based on a data sample of 1429 e^+ e^- -> \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma events which are examined for a deviation from the expectation with F_2 = 0. From the non-observation of anomalous \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma production a limit of -0.068 < F_2 < 0.065 is obtained. This can also be interpreted as a limit on the electric dipole form factor F_3 as -3.8 x 10^-16 e-cm < eF_3 < 3.6 x 10^-16 e-cm. The above ranges are valid at the 95% confidence level.

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20 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, 4 eps figures included, submitted to Phys. Lett. B Report-no: CERN-EP/98-03

electron positron: colliding beams
electron positron: annihilation
Z0: electroproduction
Z0: radiative decay
tau: pair production
current: electromagnetic
tau: magnetic moment
upper limit
form factor: magnetic
form factor: electric

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