Phys. Rev. D 45, 3976 - 3985 (1992)

Electronic branching ratio of the τ lepton

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R. Ammar et al. (CLEO Collaboration)
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Received 2 December 1991

Using data accumulated by the CLEO I detector operating at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have measured the ratio R=Γ(τ→eν̅ eντ) / Γ1 where Γ1 is the τ decay rate to final states with one charged particle. We find R=0.2231±0.0044±0.0073 where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. Together with the measured topological one-charged-particle branching fraction, this yields the branching fraction of the τ lepton to electrons, Be=0.192±0.004±0.006.


©1992 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.3976
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.45.3976
PACS: 13.35.+s, 14.60.Jj

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