Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 830 - 834 (2000)

Observation of Radiative Leptonic Decay of the Tau Lepton

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T. Bergfeld et al. (CLEO Collaboration)
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Received 7 September 1999

Using 4.68 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have studied τ radiative decays τ-→ντμ-ν̅ μγ and τ-→ντe-ν̅ eγ. For a 10 MeV minimum photon energy in the τ rest frame, the branching fraction for radiative τ decay to a muon or electron is measured to be (3.61±0.16±0.35)×10-3 or (1.75±0.06±0.17)×10-2, respectively. The branching fractions are in agreement with standard model theoretical predictions.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.830
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.830
PACS: 13.35.Dx, 13.10.+q, 14.60.Fg

* Permanent address: University of Texas–Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539.
Permanent address: Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea.
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