Branching fractions of τ Leptons to three charged Hadrons

R. A. Briere; G. P. Chen; T. Ferguson; G. Tatishvili; H. Vogel; N. E. Adam; J. P. Alexander; K. Berkelman; V. Boisvert; D. G. Cassel; P. S. Drell; J. E. Duboscq; K. M. Ecklund; R. Ehrlich; R. S. Galik; L. Gibbons; B. Gittelman; S. W. Gray; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; L. Hsu; C. D. Jones; J. Kandaswamy; D. L. Kreinick; A. Magerkurth; H. Mahlke-Krüger; T. O. Mever; N. B. Mistry; J. R. Patterson; D. Peterson; J. Pivarski; S. J. Richichi; D. Riley; A. J. Sadoff; H. Schwarthoff; M. R. Shepherd; J. G. Thayer; D. Urner; T. Wilksen; A. Warburton; M. Weinberger; S. B. Athar; P. Avery; L. Breva-Newell; V. Potlia; H. Stoeck; J. Yelton; K. Benslama; B. I. Eisenstein; G. D. Gollin; I. Karliner; N. Lowrey; C. Plager; C. Sedlack; M. Selen; J. J. Thaler; J. Williams; K. W. Edwards; D. Besson; X. Zhao; S. Anderson; V. V. Frolov; D. T. Gong; Y. Kubota; S. Z. Li; R. Poling; A. Smith; C. J. Stepaniak; J. Urheim; Z. Metreveli; K. K. Seth; A. Tomaradze; P. Zweber; S. Ahmed; M. S. Alam; J. Ernst; L. Jian; M. Saleem; F. Wappler; K. Arms; E. Eckhart; K. K. Gan; C. Gwon; K. Honscheid; D. Hufnagel; H. Kagan; R. Kass; T. K. Pedlar; E. Von Toerne; M. M. Zoeller; H. Severini; P. Skubic; S. A. Dytman; J. A. Mueller; S. Nam; V. Savinov; J. W. Hinson; J. Lee

Branching fractions of τ Leptons to three charged Hadrons

R. A. Briere^*, G. P. Chen, T. Ferguson, G. Tatishvili, H. Vogel, N. E. Adam, J. P. Alexander, K. Berkelman, V. Boisvert, D. G. Cassel, P. S. Drell, J. E. Duboscq, K. M. Ecklund, R. Ehrlich, R. S. Galik, L. Gibbons, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. HeltsleyL. Hsu, C. D. Jones, J. Kandaswamy, D. L. Kreinick, A. Magerkurth, H. Mahlke-Krüger, T. O. Mever, N. B. Mistry, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, J. Pivarski, S. J. Richichi, D. Riley, A. J. Sadoff, H. Schwarthoff, M. R. Shepherd, J. G. Thayer, D. Urner, T. Wilksen, A. Warburton, M. Weinberger, S. B. Athar, P. Avery, L. Breva-Newell, V. Potlia, H. Stoeck, J. Yelton, K. Benslama, B. I. Eisenstein, G. D. Gollin, I. Karliner, N. Lowrey, C. Plager, C. Sedlack, M. Selen, J. J. Thaler, J. Williams, K. W. Edwards, D. Besson, X. Zhao, S. Anderson, V. V. Frolov, D. T. Gong, Y. Kubota, S. Z. Li, R. Poling, A. Smith, C. J. Stepaniak, J. Urheim, Z. Metreveli, K. K. Seth, A. Tomaradze, P. Zweber, S. Ahmed, M. S. Alam, J. Ernst, L. Jian, M. Saleem, F. Wappler, K. Arms, E. Eckhart, K. K. Gan, C. Gwon, K. Honscheid, D. Hufnagel, H. Kagan, R. Kass, T. K. Pedlar, E. Von Toerne, M. M. Zoeller, H. Severini, P. Skubic, S. A. Dytman, J. A. Mueller, S. Nam, V. Savinov, J. W. Hinson, J. Lee

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An overview is given of the improved measurements of branching fractions for τ^- → π^-π⁺π^-v_τ, K^-π⁺π^-v_τ decays, and an improved upper limit for the phase space suppressed and Cabibbo-suppressed decay τ^- → K^-K⁺K^-v_τ. The decay mode τ^- → K^-π⁺π^-v_τ has a significant contribution to the overall strange spectral function which can provide a direct determination of the strange quark mass and, potentially, precision extraction of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa element V_us. The decay τ^- → K^-K⁺π^-v_τ can proceed via both the vector and axial-vector currents.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	181802
Pages (from-to)	181802/1-181802/5
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	90
Issue number	18
State	Published - May 9 2003

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Briere, R. A., Chen, G. P., Ferguson, T., Tatishvili, G., Vogel, H., Adam, N. E., Alexander, J. P., Berkelman, K., Boisvert, V., Cassel, D. G., Drell, P. S., Duboscq, J. E., Ecklund, K. M., Ehrlich, R., Galik, R. S., Gibbons, L., Gittelman, B., Gray, S. W., Hartill, D. L., ... Lee, J. (2003). Branching fractions of τ Leptons to three charged Hadrons. Physical review letters, 90(18), 181802/1-181802/5. Article 181802.

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