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Electron-muon and electron-hadron production in e/sup +/e/sup -/ collisions

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
We observe anomalous e..mu.. and e-hadron events in e/sup +/e/sup -/ collisions at SPEAR in an experiment that uses a lead-glass counter system to identify electrons. The anomalous events are observed in the two-charged-prong topology. Their properties are consistent with the production of a pair of heavy leptons in the reaction e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. tau/sup +/tau/sup -/ with subsequent decays of tau/sup + -/into leptons and hadrons. Under the assumption that they come only from this source, we measure the branching ratios B (tau ..-->.. e..nu../sub e/..nu../sub tau)/ = (22.4 +- 5.5) % and B (tau ..-->.. h + neutrals) = (45 +- 19) %.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
OSTI ID:
7277748
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 39:17; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English