A Precise measurement of the tau lepton lifetime

Collaboration
Oct, 1992
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 297 (1992) 432-448
  • Published: 1992
Report number:
  • CERN-PPE-92-186
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Three different techniques are used to measure the mean decay length of the τ lepton with a high precision vertex detector in a sample of 11 800 τ pairs coming from Z decays, collected in1991 by ALEPH at LEP. Events in which both τ's decay into one charged track are analyzed using two largely independent methods. Displaced vertices in three-prong decays yield another independent measurement. The derived lifetime is 295.5 ± 5.9 ± 3.1 fs, using m τ = 1777.1 ± 0.5 MeV/ c 2 . Including previous (1989–1990) ALEPH measurements, the combined τ lifetime is 294.7 ± 5.4 ± 3.0 fs.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron positron
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • annihilation: electron positron
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: Z0
  • Z0: leptonic decay
  • leptonic decay: Z0
  • tau: pair production
  • pair production: tau
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