Measurement of the decay τ- →ρ-ντ

H. Albrecht, H. Ehrlichmann, T. Hamacher, R. P. Hofmann, T. Kirchhoff, A. Nau, S. Nowak, H. Schröder, H. D. Schulz, M. Walter, R. Wurth, R. D. Appuhn, C. Hast, H. Kolanoski, A. Lange, A. Lindner, R. Mankel, M. Schieber, T. Siegmund, B. SpaanH. Thurn, D. Topfer, A. Walther, D. Wegener, M. Paulini, K. Reim, H. Wegener, R. Mundt, T. Oest, R. Reiner, W. Schmidt-Parzefall, W. Funk, J. Stiewe, S. Werner, K. Ehret, W. Hofmann, A. Hüpper, S. Khan, K. T. Knöpfle, J. Spengler, D. I. Britton, C. E.K. Charlesworth, K. W. Edwards, E. R.F. Hyatt, H. Kapitza, P. Krieger, D. B. McFarlane, P. M. Patel, J. D. Prentice, P. R.B. Saull, K. Tzamariudaki, R. G. Van de Water, T. S. Yoon, D. Reßing, M. Schmidtler, M. Schneider, K. R. Schubert, K. Strahl, R. Waldi, S. Weseler, G. Kernel, P. Križan, E. Križnič, T. Podobnik, T. Živko, H. I. Cronström, L. Jönsson, V. Balagura, I. Belyaev, M. Danilov, A. Droutskoy, A. Golutvin, I. Gorelov, G. Kostina, V. Lubimov, P. Murat, P. Pakhlov, F. Ratnikov, S. Semenov, V. Shibaev, V. Soloshenko, I. Tichomirov, Yu Zaitsev

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Abstract

An analysis of the decay τ-→π-π0vτ has been performed using the ARGUS detector at the DORIS II storage ring. The branching ratio has been determined to be Br(τ-→π-π0vτ=(22.6±0.4±0.9)%. The shape of the π-π0 invariant mass spectrum is found to be in good agreement with the predictions obtained using the conserved vector current (CVC) hypothesis, suggesting that the π-π0 system is produced in a JP=1- state. An analysis of the measured decay angular distribution of the pions with respect to the flight direction of the π-π0 system demonstrates the vector nature of the coupling at the τvτ vertex. With the assumption of zero vτ mass the vτ spin has been shown to be {Mathematical expression}.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)339-345
Number of pages7
JournalZeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
Volume56
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1992
Externally publishedYes

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