Tau Decays into Three Charged Leptons and Two Neutrinos

CLEO Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2637

Tau Decays into Three Charged Leptons and Two Neutrinos

CLEO Collaboration

Physics

University at Albany

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Ohio State University
University of Oklahoma
Purdue University
University of Rochester
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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We search for the radiative leptonic tau decays τ→ee⁺e⁻ν_τν_e and τ→μe⁺e⁻ν_τν_μ using 3.60fb⁻¹ of data collected by the CLEO-II experiment at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. We present a first observation of the τ→ee⁺e⁻ν_τν_e process. For this channel we measure the branching fraction B(τ→ee⁺e⁻ν_τν_e) = (2.7^+1.5+0.4+0.1_{−1.1−0.4−0.3})×10⁻⁵. An upper limit is established for the second channel: B(τ→μe⁺e⁻ν_τν_μ) < 3.2 × 10⁻⁵ at 90% C.L. Both results are consistent with the rates expected from standard model predictions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2637-2641
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	76
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2637
State	Published - 1996

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