A PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF THE TAU-LEPTON LIFETIME

Authors
ABREU P ADAM W ADYE T AGASI E AJINENKO I ALEKSAN R ALEKSEEV GD ALLPORT PP ALMEHED S ALVSVAAG SJ AMALDI U AMATO S ANDREAZZA A ANDRIEUX ML ANTILOGUS P APEL WD ARNOUD Y ASMAN B AUGUSTIN JE AUGUSTINUS A BAILLON P BAMBADE P BARAO F BARATE R BARDIN DY BARKER GJ BARONCELLI A BARRING O BARRIO JA BARTL W BATES MJ BATTAGLIA M BAUBILLIER M BAUDOT J BECKS KH BEGALLI M BEILLIERE P BELOKOPYTOV Y BENVENUTI AC BERGGREN M BERTRAND D BIANCHI F BIGI M BILENKY MS BILLOIR P BLOCH D BLUME M BLYTH S BOCCI V BOLOGNESE T BONESINI M BONIVENTO W BOOTH PSL BORISOV G BOSIO C BOSWORTH S BOTNER O BOUQUET B BOURDARIOS C BOWCOCK TJV BOZZO M BRANCHINI P BRAND KD BRENKE T BRENNER RA BRICMAN C BRILLAULT L BROWN RCA BRUCKMAN P BRUNET JM BUGGE L BURAN T BURGSMUELLER T BUSCHMANN P BUYS A CACCIA M CALVI M ROZAS AJC CAMPORESI T CANALE V CANEPA M CANKOCAK K CAO F CARENA F CARRILHO P CARROLL L CASO C GIMENEZ MVC CATTAI A CAVALLO FR CERRITO L CHABAUD V CHARPENTIER P CHAUSSARD L CHAUVEAU J CHECCHIA P CHELKOV GA CHIERICI R CHLIAPNIKOV P CHOCHULA P CHOROWICZ V CINDRO V COLLINS P CONTRERAS JL CONTRI R CORTINA E COSME G COSSUTTI F CRAWLEY HB CRENNELL D CROSETTI G MAESTRO JC CZELLAR S DAHLJENSEN E DAHM J DALMAGNE B DAM M DAMGAARD G DAUNCEY PD DAVENPORT M DASILVA W DEFOIX C DEGHORAIN A DELLARICCA G DELPIERRE P DEMARIA N DEANGELIS A DEBOECK H DEBEER W DEBRABANDERE S DECLERCQ C DELAVAISSIERE C DELOTTO B DEMIN A DEPAULA L DESAINTJEAN C DIJKSTRA H DICIACCIO L DJAMA F DOLBEAU J DONSZELMANN M DOROBA K DRACOS M DREES J DREES KA DRIS M DUFOUR Y DUPONT F EDSALL D EHRET R EIGEN G EKELOF T EKSPONG G ELSING M ENGEL JP ERSHAIDAT N ERZEN B SANTO ME FALK E FASSOULIOTIS D FEINDT M FERRER A FILIPPAS TA FIRESTONE A FISCHER PA FOETH H FOKITIS E FONTANELLI F FORMENTI F FRANEK B FRENKIEL P FRIES DC FRODESEN AG FRUHWIRTH R FULDAQUENZER F FUSTER J GALLONI A GAMBA D GANDELMAN M GARCIA C GARCIA J GASPAR C GASPARINI U GAVILLET P GAZIS EN GELE D GERBER JP GERDYUKOV L GIBBS M GOKIELI R GOLOB B GOPAL G GORN L GORSKI M GOUZ Y GRACCO V GRAZIANI E GROSDIDIER G GRZELAK K GUMENYUK S GUNNARSSON P GUNTHER M GUY J HAHN F HAHN S HALLGREN A HAMACHER K HAO W HARRIS FJ HEDBERG V HENRIQUES R HERNANDEZ JJ HERQUET P HERR H HESSING TL HIGON E HILKE HJ HILL TS HOLMGREN SO HOLT PJ HOLTHUIZEN D HOORELBEKE S HOULDEN M HRUBEC J HUET K HULTQVIST K JACKSON JN JACOBSSON R JALOCHA P JANIK R JARLSKOG G JARRY P JEANMARIE B JOHANSSON EK JONSSON L JONSSON P JORAM C JUILLOT P KAISER M KAPUSTA F KARAFASOULIS K KARLSSON M KARVELAS E KATSANEVAS S KATSOUFIS EC KERANEN R KHOKHLOV Y KHOMENKO BA KHOVANSKI NN KING B KJAER NJ KLEIN H KLOVNING A KLUIT P KOENE B KOKKINIAS P KORATZINOS M KORCYL K KOSTIOUKHINE V KOURKOUMELIS C KOUZNETSOV O KRAMER PH KRAMMER M KREUTER C KROLIKOWSKI J KRONKVIST I KRUMSTEIN Z KRUPINSKI W KUBINEC P KUCEWICZ W KURVINEN K LACASTA C LAKTINEH I LAMBLOT S LAMSA JW LANCERI L LANE DW LANGEFELD P LAST I LAUGIER JP LAUHAKANGAS R LEDER G LEDROIT F LEFEBURE V LESIAK T LIKO D LINDNER R LIPNIACKA A LIPPI I LOERSTAD B LOKAJICEK M LOKEN JG 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TRISCHUK W TRISTRAM G TROMBINI A TRONCON C TSIROU A TURLUER ML TYAPKIN IA TYNDEL M TZAMARIAS S UEBERSCHAER B ULLALAND O UVAROV V VALENTI G VALLAZZA E VANDERVELDE C VANAPELDOORN GW VANDAM P VANDONINCK WK VANELDIK J
Citation
P. Abreu et al., A PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF THE TAU-LEPTON LIFETIME, Physics letters. Section B, 365(1-4), 1996, pp. 448-460
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
365
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
448 - 460
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)365:1-4<448:APMOTT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The tau lepton lifetime has been measured using three different method s with the DELPHI detector. Two measurements of one-prong decays are c ombined, accounting for correlations, giving a result of tau(tau) = 29 1.8 +/- 3.3 (stat.) +/- 2.0(sys.) fs while the decay length distributi on of three-prong decays gives the result tau(tau) = 286.7 +/- 4.9 (st at.) +/- 3.3 (sys.) fs. Combining the results presented here with prev ious DELPHI measurements, we get tau(tau) = 291.4 +/- 3.0 fs and find that the ratio of the coupling constant for tau decay relative to that for muon decay is 0.990 +/- 0.009, compatible with lepton universalit y.