Three different techniques are used to measure the mean decay length of the τ lepton with a high precision vertex detector in a sample of 11 800 τ pairs coming from Z decays, collected in1991 by ALEPH at LEP. Events in which both τ's decay into one charged track are analyzed using two largely independent methods. Displaced vertices in three-prong decays yield another independent measurement. The derived lifetime is 295.5 ± 5.9 ± 3.1 fs, using mτ = 1777.1 ± 0.5 MeV/c2. Including previous (1989–1990) ALEPH measurements, the combined τ lifetime is 294.7 ± 5.4 ± 3.0 fs.

A precise measurement of the τ lepton lifetime / D. Buskulic, D. Decamp, C. Goy, J.-P. Lees, M.-N. Minard, B. Mours, R. Alemany, F. Ariztizabal, P. Comas, J.M. Crespo, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, V. Gaitan, Ll. Garrido, T. Mattison, A. Pacheco, C. Padilla, A. Pascual, D. Creanza, M. de Palma, et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - ELETTRONICO. - 297:(1992), pp. 432-448. [10.1016/0370-2693(92)91283-F]

A precise measurement of the τ lepton lifetime

FOCARDI, ETTORE;
1992

Abstract

Three different techniques are used to measure the mean decay length of the τ lepton with a high precision vertex detector in a sample of 11 800 τ pairs coming from Z decays, collected in1991 by ALEPH at LEP. Events in which both τ's decay into one charged track are analyzed using two largely independent methods. Displaced vertices in three-prong decays yield another independent measurement. The derived lifetime is 295.5 ± 5.9 ± 3.1 fs, using mτ = 1777.1 ± 0.5 MeV/c2. Including previous (1989–1990) ALEPH measurements, the combined τ lifetime is 294.7 ± 5.4 ± 3.0 fs.
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D. Buskulic;D. Decamp;C. Goy;J.-P. Lees;M.-N. Minard;B. Mours;R. Alemany;F. Ariztizabal;P. Comas;J.M. Crespo;M. Delfino;E. Fernandez;V. G...espandi
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