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Title: The decay tau. -->. rho nu (and rho. -->. pi. eta nu. )

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OSTI ID:6214294

Motivated by the question of missing exclusive branching fractions in tau decays, mostly suspected to be in one prong decays with neutrals, we have studied the decay tau ..-->.. rho nu in tau pair production by e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation at ..sqrt..s = 3.77 GeV. The branching fraction is measured to be B(tau ..-->.. rho nu) = (23.0 +- 1.3 +- 1.7)% consistent with known measurements and not offering a solution to the branching ratio question. No eta signal in the ..gamma gamma.. mass spectrum pointing to a decay tau ..-->.. eta ..pi.. nu is obvious. An upper limit on this branching fraction is given.

Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
6214294
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-4313; CONF-870390-6; ON: DE87011592
Resource Relation:
Conference: 22. Recontres de Moriond: electroweak interactions and unified theories conference, Les Arcs, France, 8 Mar 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English