Measurements of Charged Current Lepton Universality and |V[subscript us]| Using Tau Lepton Decays to e-ν[over-bar]eνtau, mu-ν[over-bar]muν, pi-νtau, and K-νtau
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Dujmic, Denis; Henderson, Shawn Wesley; Sciolla, Gabriella; Yamamoto, R. K.; Zhao, M.; Fisher, Peter H; Cowan, Ray F; Spitznagel, Michael A; ... Show more Show less
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Measurements of Charged Current Lepton Universality and |Vus| Using Tau Lepton Decays to e-ν̅ eντ, μ-ν̅ μντ, π-ντ, and K-ντ
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Using 467 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector, we measure B(τ- -->mu-ν̅ muντ)/B(τ- -->e-ν̅ eντ)=(0.9796±0.0016±0.0036), B(τ- -->pi-ντ)/B(τ- -->e-ν̅ eντ)=(0.5945±0.0014±0.0061), and B(τ-→K-ντ)/B(τ- -->e-ν̅ eντ)=(0.03882±0.00032±0.00057), where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. From these precision τ measurements, we test the standard model assumption of mu-e and τ-mu charge current lepton universality and provide determinations of |Vus| experimentally independent of the decay of a kaon.
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2010-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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BABAR Collaboration et al. “Measurements of Charged Current Lepton Universality and |V_{us}| Using Tau Lepton Decays to e^{-} nu [over -bar]_{e} nu _{ tau }, mu^{-} nu [over -bar]_{mu} nu _{ tau }, pi^{-} nu _{ tau }, and K^{-} nu _{ tau }.” Physical Review Letters 105.5 (2010): 051602. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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0031-9007