A study of tau decays involving eta and omega mesons.

The ALEPH collaboration
Z.Phys.C 74 (1997) 263-273, 1997.

Abstract (data abstract)
CERN-LEP. The 132 pb$^{-1}$ of data collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994 have been used to analyze $\eta$ and $\omega$ production in $\tau$ decays. The following branching fractions have been measured: $$\begin{eqnarray} B(\tau^-\to\nu_{\tau}\omega h^-) = (1.91 \pm 0.07 \pm 0.06) \times 10^{-2},\\ B(\tau^-\to\nu_{\tau}\omega h^-\pi^0) = (4.3 \pm 0.6 \pm 0.5) \times 10^{-3},\\ B(\tau^-\to\nu_{\tau}\eta K^-) = (2.9^{+1.3}_{-1.2} \pm 0.7) \times 10^{-4},\\ B(\tau^-\to\nu_{\tau}\eta h^-\pi^0) = (1.8 \pm 0.4 \pm 0.2) \times 10^{-3} \end{eqnarray}$$ and the 95% C.L. limit $B(\tau^-\to\nu_{\tau}\eta\pi^-) < 6.2 \times 10^{-4}$ has been obtained. The $\omega\pi^-$ and $\eta\pi^-\pi^0$ rates and dynamics are found in agreement with the predictions made from $e^+e^-$ annihilation data with the help of isospin invariance (CVC). These numbers have been read from the plots in the paper.

  • Table 1

    Data from F 4A

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    $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ mass distribution (two entries per event) in the $\pi^{\pm}\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ final state for the one-photon sample. The bin size has...

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    Data from F 4B

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    $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ mass distributions (two entries per event) in the $\pi^{\pm}\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ final state for the two-photon sample. The bin size has...

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    Data from F 5

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    Background-subtracted $\omega\pi$ mass spectrum for the data presented here, plotted as black dots. The error has been set to zero...

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    Data from F 5

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    Background-subtracted $\omega\pi$ mass spectrum for the data from the ND experiment [S.I. Dolinski et al., Phys. Rep. 202 (1991) 99],...

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    Data from F 5

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    Background-subtracted $\omega\pi$ mass spectrum for the data from the DM2 experiment [D. Bisello et al., Nucl. Phys. B 21 (Proc....

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    Data from F 8

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    $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ mass distributions in the $3h^-\pi^0\pi^0$ final state (four entries per event). The non-$\tau$ background has been subtracted The error...

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