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Title: A Search for Neutrinoless Tau Decays to Three Leptons

Thesis/Dissertation ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/938633· OSTI ID:938633
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  1. Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States)

Using approximately 350 million τ+τ- pair events recorded with the BaBar detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center between 1999 and 2006, a search has been made for neutrinoless, lepton-flavor violating tau decays to three lighter leptons. All six decay modes consistent with conservation of electric charge and energy have been considered. With signal selection efficiencies of 5-12%, we obtain 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fraction β}(τ → ℓℓℓ) in the range (4-8) x 10-8.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
938633
Report Number(s):
SLAC-R-907; TRN: US0806169
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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