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The {mu}{tau} and e{tau} decays of top quark pairs produced in p{ovr p} collisions at {radical}{ovr s} = 1.8 TeV.

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.
We present a search for dilepton events from t{ovr t} production with one electron or muon and one hadronically decaying {tau} lepton from the decay t{ovr t}{yields}(l{nu}{sub l})({tau}{nu}{sub {tau}})b{ovr b}, (l = e,{mu}), using the Collider Detector at Fermilab. In a 109 pb{sup -1} data sample of p{ovr p} collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.8 TeV we expect {approx}1 signal event and a total background of {approx}2 events; we observe 4 candidate events ( 2 e{tau} and 2 {mu}{tau}). Three of these events have jets identified as b candidates, compared to an estimated background of 0.28{+-}0.02 events.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
942326
Report Number(s):
ANL-HEP-PR-98-80
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett., Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett. Journal Issue: 19 ; Nov. 10, 1997 Vol. 79; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH