DECAYS OF TAU-LEPTONS TO FINAL-STATES CONTAINING K-S(0) MESONS

Authors
COAN TE DOMINICK J FADEYEV V KOROLKOV L LAMBRECHT M SANGHERA S SHELKOV V STROYNOWSKI R VOLOBOUEV I WEI G ARTUSO M EFIMOV A GAO M GOLDBERG M HE D HORWITZ N KOPP S MONETI GC MOUNTAIN R MUKHIN Y PLAYFER S SKWARNICKI T STONE S XING X BARTELT J CSORNA SE JAIN V MARKA S FREYBERGER A GIBAUT D KINOSHITA K POMIANOWSKI P SCHRENK S CINABRO D BARISH B CHADHA M CHAN S EIGEN G MILLER JS OGRADY C SCHMIDTLER M URHEIM J WEINSTEIN AJ WURTHWEIN F ASNER DM ATHANAS M BLISS DW BROWER WS MASEK G PAAR HP GRONBERG J KORTE CM KUTSCHKE R MENARY S MORRISON RJ NAKANISHI S NELSON HN NELSON TK QIAO C RICHMAN JD ROBERTS D RYD A TAJIMA H WITHERELL MS BALEST R CHO K FORD WT LOHNER M PARK H RANKIN P ROY J SMITH JG ALEXANDER JP BEBEK C BERGER BE BERKELMAN K BLOOM K CASSEL DG CHO HA COFFMAN DM CROWCROFT DS DICKSON M DRELL PS DUMAS DJ EHRLICH R ELIA R GAIDAREV P GALIK RS GITTELMAN B GRAY SW HARTILL DL HELTSLEY BK JONES CD JONES SL KANDASWAMY J KATAYAMA N KIM PC KREINICK DL LEE T LIU Y LUDWIG GS MASUI J MEVISSEN J MISTRY NB NG CR NORDBERG E PATTERSON JR PETERSON D RILEY D SOFFER A WARD C AVERY P PRESCOTT C YANG S YELTON J BRANDENBURG G BRIERE RA LIU T SAULNIER M WILSON R YAMAMOTO H BROWDER TE LI F RODRIGUEZ JL BERGFELD T EISENSTEIN BI ERNST J GLADDING GE GOLLIN GD PALMER M SELEN M THALER JJ EDWARDS KW MCLEAN KW OGG M BELLERIVE A BRITTON DI JANICEK R MACFARLANE DB PATEL PM SPAAN B SADOFF AJ AMMAR R BARINGER P BEAN A BESSON D COPPAGE D COPTY N DAVIS R HANCOCK N KOTOV S KRAVCHENKO I KWAK N KUBOTA Y LATTERY M NELSON JK PATTON S POLING R RIEHLE T SAVINOV V ALAM MS KIM IJ LING Z MAHMOOD AH ONEILL JJ SEVERINI H SUN CR TIMM S WAPPLER F DUBOSCQ JE FULTON R FUJINO D GAN KK HONSCHEID K KAGAN H KASS R LEE J SUNG M UNDRUS A WHITE C WANKE R WOLF A ZOELLER MM FU X NEMATI B RICHICHI SJ ROSS WR SKUBIC P WOOD M BISHAI M FAST J GERNDT E HINSON JW MIAO T MILLER DH MODESITT M SHIBATA EI SHIPSEY IPJ WANG PN GIBBONS L JOHNSON SD KWON Y ROBERTS S THORNDIKE EH JESSOP CP LINGEL K MARSISKE H PERL ML SCHAFFNER SF WANG R
Citation
Te. Coan et al., DECAYS OF TAU-LEPTONS TO FINAL-STATES CONTAINING K-S(0) MESONS, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 53(11), 1996, pp. 6037-6053
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
53
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
6037 - 6053
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1996)53:11<6037:DOTTFC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Using data collected with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have studied the decays of tau leptons produced thro ugh e(+)e(-) annihilation into final states containing K-S(0) mesons, observed through their decays to pi(+)pi(-). We present branching frac tions for decays to five final states: tau(-)-->K(0)h(-)nu(tau), tau(- )-->K(0)h(-)pi(0) nu(tau), tau(-)K(0)K(-)nu(tau), tau(-)-->K(0)K(-)pi( 0) nu(tau), and tau(-)-->K(S)(0)K(S)(0)h(-)nu(tau), where K(0)h(-) den otes the sum of the processes involving (K) over bar(0) pi(-) and (KK- )-K-0 particle combinations. Substructure and mass spectra in these fi nal states are also addressed.