Updated measurement of the τ lifetime

R. Akers; G. Alexander; J. Allison; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; A. Astbury; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; A. H. Ball; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; R. Bartoldus; J. R. Batley; G. Beaudoin; A. Beck; G. A. Beck; J. Becker; C. Beeston; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; G. Bella; P. Bentkowski; S. Bentvelsen; P. Berlich; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; I. J. Bloodworth; P. Bock; H. M. Bosch; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; P. Bright-Thomas; R. M. Brown; A. Buijs; H. J. Burckhart; C. Burgard; P. Capiluppi; R. K. Carnegie; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; C. Charlesworth; D. G. Charlton; S. L. Chu; P. E.L. Clarke; J. C. Clayton; S. G. Clowes; I. Cohen; J. E. Conboy; M. Coupland; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; C. Dallapiccolla; G. M. Dallavalle; C. Darling; S. De Jong; H. Deng; M. Dittmar; M. S. Dixit; E. do Couto e Silva; J. E. Duboscq; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; U. C. Dunwoody; P. A. Elcombe; P. G. Estabrooks; E. Etzion; H. G. Evans; F. Fabbri; B. Fabbro; M. Fanti; M. Fierro; M. Fincke-Keeler; H. M. Fischer; P. Fischer; R. Folman; D. G. Fong; M. Foucher; H. Fukui; A. Fürtjes; P. Gagnon; A. Gaidot; J. W. Gary; J. Gascon; N. I. Geddes; C. Geich-Gimbel; S. W. Gensler; F. X. Gentit; T. Geralis; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; R. Giacomelli; V. Gibson; W. R. Gibson; J. D. Gillies; J. Goldberg; D. M. Gingrich; M. J. Goodrick; W. Gorn; C. Grandi; P. Grannis; E. Gross; J. Hagemann; G. G. Hanson; M. Hansroul; C. K. Hargrove; J. Hart; P. A. Hart; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; E. Heflin; R. J. Hemingway; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; S. J. Hillier; T. Hilse; D. A. Hinshaw; P. R. Hobson; D. Hochman; A. Höcker; R. J. Homer; A. K. Honma; R. E. Hughes-Jones; R. Humbert; P. Igo-Kemenes; H. Ihssen; D. C. Imrie; A. Jawahery; P. W. Jeffreys; H. Jeremie; M. Jimack; M. Jones; R. W.L. Jones; P. Jovanovic; C. Jui; D. Karlen; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; B. King; J. King; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; D. S. Koetke; T. P. Kokott; S. Komamiya; R. Kowalewski; R. Howard; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; P. Kyberd; G. D. Lafferty; H. Lafoux; R. Lahmann; J. Lauber; J. G. Layter; P. Leblanc; P. Le Du; A. M. Lee; E. Lefebvre; M. H. Lehto; D. Lellouch; C. Leroy; J. Letts; L. Levinson; Z. Li; F. Liu; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; G. D. Long; B. Lorazo; M. J. Losty; X. C. Lou; J. Ludwig; A. Luig; M. Mannelli; S. Marcellini; C. Markus; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; U. Maur; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; A. I. McNab; J. R. McNutt; F. Meijers; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; R. P. Middleton; G. Mikenberg; J. Mildenberger; D. J. Miller; R. Mir; W. Mohr; C. Moisan; A. Montanari; T. Mori; M. Morii; U. Müller; B. Nellen; B. Nijjhar; S. W. O'Neale; F. G. Oakham; F. Odorici; H. O. Ogren; C. J. Oram; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; J. P. Pansart; G. N. Patrick; M. J. Pearce; P. Pfister; P. D. Phillips; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. Pitman; D. E. Plane; P. Poffenberger; B. Poli; A. Posthaus; T. W. Pritchard; H. Przysiezniak; M. W. Redmond; D. L. Rees; D. Rigby; M. Rison; S. A. Robins; D. Robinson; J. M. Roney; E. Ros; S. Rossberg; A. M. Rossi; M. Rosvick; P. Routenburg; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; O. Runolfsson; D. R. Rust; M. Sasaki; C. Sbarra; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; F. Scharf; P. Scharff-Hansen; P. Schenk; B. Schmitt; H. von der Schmitt; M. Schröder; H. C. Schultz-Coulon; P. Schütz; M. Schulz; C. Schwick; J. Schwiening; W. G. Scott; M. Settles; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous; P. Sherwood; G. P. Siroli; A. Skillman; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; T. J. Smith; G. A. Snow; R. Sobie; R. W. Springer; M. Sproston; A. Stahl; C. Stegmann; K. Stephens; J. Steuerer; B. Stockhausen; R. Ströhmer; D. Strom; P. Szymanski; H. Takeda; T. Takeshita; S. Tarem; M. Tecchio; P. Teixeira-Dias; N. Tesch; M. A. Thomson; S. Towers; T. Tsukamoto; M. F. Turner-Watson; D. Van den plas; R. Van Kooten; G. Vasseur; M. Vincter; A. Wagner; D. L. Wagner; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; J. J. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. Weber; P. S. Wells; N. Wermes; B. Wilkens; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; V. H. Winterer; T. Wlodek; G. Wolf; S. Wotton; T. R. Wyatt; A. Yeaman; G. Yekutieli; M. Yurko; W. Zeuner; G. T. Zorn

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(94)90805-2

Updated measurement of the τ lifetime

R. Akers, G. Alexander, J. Allison, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, A. Astbury, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A. H. Ball, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J. R. Batley, G. Beaudoin, A. Beck, G. A. Beck, J. Becker, C. Beeston, T. BehnkeK. W. Bell, G. Bella, P. Bentkowski, S. Bentvelsen, P. Berlich, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, I. J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, H. M. Bosch, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, R. M. Brown, A. Buijs, H. J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, P. Capiluppi, R. K. Carnegie, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, C. Charlesworth, D. G. Charlton, S. L. Chu, P. E.L. Clarke, J. C. Clayton, S. G. Clowes, I. Cohen, J. E. Conboy, M. Coupland, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, C. Dallapiccolla, G. M. Dallavalle, C. Darling, S. De Jong, H. Deng, M. Dittmar, M. S. Dixit, E. do Couto e Silva, J. E. Duboscq, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, U. C. Dunwoody, P. A. Elcombe, P. G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H. G. Evans, F. Fabbri, B. Fabbro, M. Fanti, M. Fierro, M. Fincke-Keeler, H. M. Fischer, P. Fischer, R. Folman, D. G. Fong, M. Foucher, H. Fukui, A. Fürtjes, P. Gagnon, A. Gaidot, J. W. Gary, J. Gascon, N. I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, S. W. Gensler, F. X. Gentit, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W. R. Gibson, J. D. Gillies, J. Goldberg, D. M. Gingrich, M. J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, P. Grannis, E. Gross, J. Hagemann, G. G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, C. K. Hargrove, J. Hart, P. A. Hart, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, E. Heflin, R. J. Hemingway, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, S. J. Hillier, T. Hilse, D. A. Hinshaw, P. R. Hobson, D. Hochman, A. Höcker, R. J. Homer, A. K. Honma, R. E. Hughes-Jones, R. Humbert, P. Igo-Kemenes, H. Ihssen, D. C. Imrie, A. Jawahery, P. W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, M. Jones, R. W.L. Jones, P. Jovanovic, C. Jui, D. Karlen, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, B. King, J. King, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D. S. Koetke, T. P. Kokott, S. Komamiya, R. Kowalewski, R. Howard, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G. D. Lafferty, H. Lafoux, R. Lahmann, J. Lauber, J. G. Layter, P. Leblanc, P. Le Du, A. M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, M. H. Lehto, D. Lellouch, C. Leroy, J. Letts, L. Levinson, Z. Li, F. Liu, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, G. D. Long, B. Lorazo, M. J. Losty, X. C. Lou, J. Ludwig, A. Luig, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markus, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, U. Maur, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, A. I. McNab, J. R. McNutt, F. Meijers, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, R. P. Middleton, G. Mikenberg, J. Mildenberger, D. J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, C. Moisan, A. Montanari, T. Mori, M. Morii, U. Müller, B. Nellen, B. Nijjhar, S. W. O'Neale, F. G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H. O. Ogren, C. J. Oram, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. P. Pansart, G. N. Patrick, M. J. Pearce, P. Pfister, P. D. Phillips, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. Pitman, D. E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Posthaus, T. W. Pritchard, H. Przysiezniak, M. W. Redmond, D. L. Rees, D. Rigby, M. Rison, S. A. Robins, D. Robinson, J. M. Roney, E. Ros, S. Rossberg, A. M. Rossi, M. Rosvick, P. Routenburg, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D. R. Rust, M. Sasaki, C. Sbarra, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, P. Schenk, B. Schmitt, H. von der Schmitt, M. Schröder, H. C. Schultz-Coulon, P. Schütz, M. Schulz, C. Schwick, J. Schwiening, W. G. Scott, M. Settles, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G. P. Siroli, A. Skillman, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, T. J. Smith, G. A. Snow, R. Sobie, R. W. Springer, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, C. Stegmann, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, B. Stockhausen, R. Ströhmer, D. Strom, P. Szymanski, H. Takeda, T. Takeshita, S. Tarem, M. Tecchio, P. Teixeira-Dias, N. Tesch, M. A. Thomson, S. Towers, T. Tsukamoto, M. F. Turner-Watson, D. Van den plas, R. Van Kooten, G. Vasseur, M. Vincter, A. Wagner, D. L. Wagner, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, J. J. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. Weber, P. S. Wells, N. Wermes, B. Wilkens, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, V. H. Winterer, T. Wlodek, G. Wolf, S. Wotton, T. R. Wyatt, A. Yeaman, G. Yekutieli, M. Yurko, W. Zeuner, G. T. Zorn

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We present an update of our measurement of the τ lepton lifetime, using data taken during 1992 and 1993 with the OPAL detector at LEP. The lifetime is determined from analyses of the impact parameters of tracks from τ decays to a single charged particle, and the reconstructed decay lenghts from the τ decays to three charged particles. With the added statistics (which increase the τ pair event sample size by more than a factor of four over our 1990 and 1991 data sample), the updated lifetime measurement is: τ_τ = 288.8 ± 2.2 (stat) ± 1.4 (sys) fs. When combined with world-average measurements of the tau leptonic branching fractions (assuming e-μ universality), the ratio of charged-current couplings is: ( g_τ g_μ) = 1.005 ± 0.007, in agreement with the hypothesis of τ-μ charged-current universality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	497-506
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	338
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)90805-2
Publication status	Published - Nov 3 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Akers, R., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Astbury, A., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Ball, A. H., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Bartoldus, R., Batley, J. R., Beaudoin, G., Beck, A., Beck, G. A., Becker, J., Beeston, C., ... Zorn, G. T. (1994). Updated measurement of the τ lifetime. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 338(4), 497-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)90805-2

Akers, R, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Anderson, KJ, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Astbury, A, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Ball, AH, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Bartoldus, R, Batley, JR, Beaudoin, G, Beck, A, Beck, GA, Becker, J, Beeston, C, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bella, G, Bentkowski, P, Bentvelsen, S, Berlich, P, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Bloodworth, IJ, Bock, P, Bosch, HM, Boutemeur, M, Braibant, S, Bright-Thomas, P, Brown, RM, Buijs, A, Burckhart, HJ, Burgard, C, Capiluppi, P, Carnegie, RK, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlesworth, C, Charlton, DG, Chu, SL, Clarke, PEL, Clayton, JC, Clowes, SG, Cohen, I, Conboy, JE, Coupland, M, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, Dallapiccolla, C, Dallavalle, GM, Darling, C, De Jong, S, Deng, H, Dittmar, M, Dixit, MS, do Couto e Silva, E, Duboscq, JE, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Dunwoody, UC, Elcombe, PA, Estabrooks, PG, Etzion, E, Evans, HG, Fabbri, F, Fabbro, B, Fanti, M, Fierro, M, Fincke-Keeler, M, Fischer, HM, Fischer, P, Folman, R, Fong, DG, Foucher, M, Fukui, H, Fürtjes, A, Gagnon, P, Gaidot, A, Gary, JW, Gascon, J, Geddes, NI, Geich-Gimbel, C, Gensler, SW, Gentit, FX, Geralis, T, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Giacomelli, R, Gibson, V, Gibson, WR, Gillies, JD, Goldberg, J, Gingrich, DM, Goodrick, MJ, Gorn, W, Grandi, C, Grannis, P, Gross, E, Hagemann, J, Hanson, GG, Hansroul, M, Hargrove, CK, Hart, J, Hart, PA, Hauschild, M, Hawkes, CM, Heflin, E, Hemingway, RJ, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hill, JC, Hillier, SJ, Hilse, T, Hinshaw, DA, Hobson, PR, Hochman, D, Höcker, A, Homer, RJ, Honma, AK, Hughes-Jones, RE, Humbert, R, Igo-Kemenes, P, Ihssen, H, Imrie, DC, Jawahery, A, Jeffreys, PW, Jeremie, H, Jimack, M, Jones, M, Jones, RWL, Jovanovic, P, Jui, C, Karlen, D, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, King, B, King, J, Kluth, S, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Koetke, DS, Kokott, TP, Komamiya, S, Kowalewski, R, Howard, R, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Kyberd, P, Lafferty, GD, Lafoux, H, Lahmann, R, Lauber, J, Layter, JG, Leblanc, P, Le Du, P, Lee, AM, Lefebvre, E, Lehto, MH, Lellouch, D, Leroy, C, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Li, Z, Liu, F, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Long, GD, Lorazo, B, Losty, MJ, Lou, XC, Ludwig, J, Luig, A, Mannelli, M, Marcellini, S, Markus, C, Martin, AJ, Martin, JP, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, Maur, U, McKenna, J, McMahon, TJ, McNab, AI, McNutt, JR, Meijers, F, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Michelini, A, Middleton, RP, Mikenberg, G, Mildenberger, J, Miller, DJ, Mir, R, Mohr, W, Moisan, C, Montanari, A, Mori, T, Morii, M, Müller, U, Nellen, B, Nijjhar, B, O'Neale, SW, Oakham, FG, Odorici, F, Ogren, HO, Oram, CJ, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pansart, JP, Patrick, GN, Pearce, MJ, Pfister, P, Phillips, PD, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Pitman, D, Plane, DE, Poffenberger, P, Poli, B, Posthaus, A, Pritchard, TW, Przysiezniak, H, Redmond, MW, Rees, DL, Rigby, D, Rison, M, Robins, SA, Robinson, D, Roney, JM, Ros, E, Rossberg, S, Rossi, AM, Rosvick, M, Routenburg, P, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Runolfsson, O, Rust, DR, Sasaki, M, Sbarra, C, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharf, F, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schenk, P, Schmitt, B, von der Schmitt, H, Schröder, M, Schultz-Coulon, HC, Schütz, P, Schulz, M, Schwick, C, Schwiening, J, Scott, WG, Settles, M, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH, Sherwood, P, Siroli, GP, Skillman, A, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Smith, TJ, Snow, GA, Sobie, R, Springer, RW, Sproston, M, Stahl, A, Stegmann, C, Stephens, K, Steuerer, J, Stockhausen, B, Ströhmer, R, Strom, D, Szymanski, P, Takeda, H, Takeshita, T, Tarem, S, Tecchio, M, Teixeira-Dias, P, Tesch, N, Thomson, MA, Towers, S, Tsukamoto, T, Turner-Watson, MF, Van den plas, D, Van Kooten, R, Vasseur, G, Vincter, M, Wagner, A, Wagner, DL, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Ward, JJ, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Weber, P, Wells, PS, Wermes, N, Wilkens, B, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Winterer, VH, Wlodek, T, Wolf, G, Wotton, S, Wyatt, TR, Yeaman, A, Yekutieli, G, Yurko, M, Zeuner, W & Zorn, GT 1994, 'Updated measurement of the τ lifetime', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 338, no. 4, pp. 497-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)90805-2

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Herten and Heuer, {R. D.} and Hill, {J. C.} and Hillier, {S. J.} and T. Hilse and Hinshaw, {D. A.} and Hobson, {P. R.} and D. Hochman and A. H{\"o}cker and Homer, {R. J.} and Honma, {A. K.} and Hughes-Jones, {R. E.} and R. Humbert and P. Igo-Kemenes and H. Ihssen and Imrie, {D. C.} and A. Jawahery and Jeffreys, {P. W.} and H. Jeremie and M. Jimack and M. Jones and Jones, {R. W.L.} and P. Jovanovic and C. Jui and D. Karlen and K. Kawagoe and T. Kawamoto and Keeler, {R. K.} and Kellogg, {R. G.} and Kennedy, {B. W.} and B. King and J. King and S. Kluth and T. Kobayashi and M. Kobel and Koetke, {D. S.} and Kokott, {T. P.} and S. Komamiya and R. Kowalewski and R. Howard and P. Krieger and {von Krogh}, J. and P. Kyberd and Lafferty, {G. D.} and H. Lafoux and R. Lahmann and J. Lauber and Layter, {J. G.} and P. Leblanc and {Le Du}, P. and Lee, {A. M.} and E. Lefebvre and Lehto, {M. H.} and D. Lellouch and C. Leroy and J. Letts and L. Levinson and Z. Li and F. Liu and Lloyd, {S. L.} and Loebinger, {F. K.} and Long, {G. D.} and B. Lorazo and Losty, {M. J.} and Lou, {X. C.} and J. Ludwig and A. Luig and M. Mannelli and S. Marcellini and C. Markus and Martin, {A. J.} and Martin, {J. P.} and T. Mashimo and P. M{\"a}ttig and U. Maur and J. McKenna and McMahon, {T. J.} and McNab, {A. I.} and McNutt, {J. R.} and F. Meijers and Merritt, {F. S.} and H. Mes and A. Michelini and Middleton, {R. P.} and G. Mikenberg and J. Mildenberger and Miller, {D. J.} and R. Mir and W. Mohr and C. Moisan and A. Montanari and T. Mori and M. Morii and U. M{\"u}ller and B. Nellen and B. Nijjhar and O'Neale, {S. W.} and Oakham, {F. G.} and F. Odorici and Ogren, {H. O.} and Oram, {C. J.} and Oreglia, {M. J.} and S. Orito and Pansart, {J. P.} and Patrick, {G. N.} and Pearce, {M. J.} and P. Pfister and Phillips, {P. D.} and Pilcher, {J. E.} and J. Pinfold and D. Pitman and Plane, {D. E.} and P. Poffenberger and B. Poli and A. Posthaus and Pritchard, {T. W.} and H. Przysiezniak and Redmond, {M. W.} and Rees, {D. L.} and D. Rigby and M. Rison and Robins, {S. A.} and D. Robinson and Roney, {J. M.} and E. Ros and S. Rossberg and Rossi, {A. M.} and M. Rosvick and P. Routenburg and Y. Rozen and K. Runge and O. Runolfsson and Rust, {D. R.} and M. Sasaki and C. Sbarra and Schaile, {A. D.} and O. Schaile and F. Scharf and P. Scharff-Hansen and P. Schenk and B. Schmitt and {von der Schmitt}, H. and M. Schr{\"o}der and Schultz-Coulon, {H. C.} and P. Sch{\"u}tz and M. Schulz and C. Schwick and J. Schwiening and Scott, {W. G.} and M. Settles and Shears, {T. G.} and Shen, {B. C.} and Shepherd-Themistocleous, {C. H.} and P. Sherwood and Siroli, {G. P.} and A. Skillman and A. Skuja and Smith, {A. M.} and Smith, {T. J.} and Snow, {G. A.} and R. Sobie and Springer, {R. W.} and M. Sproston and A. Stahl and C. Stegmann and K. Stephens and J. Steuerer and B. Stockhausen and R. Str{\"o}hmer and D. Strom and P. Szymanski and H. Takeda and T. Takeshita and S. Tarem and M. Tecchio and P. Teixeira-Dias and N. Tesch and Thomson, {M. A.} and S. Towers and T. Tsukamoto and Turner-Watson, {M. F.} and {Van den plas}, D. and {Van Kooten}, R. and G. Vasseur and M. Vincter and A. Wagner and Wagner, {D. L.} and Ward, {C. P.} and Ward, {D. R.} and Ward, {J. J.} and Watkins, {P. M.} and Watson, {A. T.} and Watson, {N. K.} and P. Weber and Wells, {P. S.} and N. Wermes and B. Wilkens and Wilson, {G. W.} and Wilson, {J. A.} and Winterer, {V. H.} and T. Wlodek and G. Wolf and S. Wotton and Wyatt, {T. R.} and A. Yeaman and G. Yekutieli and M. Yurko and W. Zeuner and Zorn, {G. T.}",

note = "Funding Information: It is a pleasure to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator, the precise information on the absolute energy, and their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA, National Science Foundation, USA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, Fussefeld Foundation, Israel Ministry of Science, Israel Science Foundation, administered by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Minerva Gesellschaft, Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science Research Program, German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF), Direction des Sciences de la Mati~re du Commissariat l'Energie Atomique, France, Bundesministerium ftir Forschung und Technologie, Germany, National Research Council of Canada, A.P. Sloan Foundation and Junta Nacional de Investiga~o Cientffica e Tecnol6gica, Portugal.",

year = "1994",

month = nov,

day = "3",

doi = "10.1016/0370-2693(94)90805-2",

language = "English",

volume = "338",

pages = "497--506",

journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",

issn = "0370-2693",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Updated measurement of the τ lifetime

AU - Akers, R.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Astbury, A.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Ball, A. H.

AU - Barberio, E.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Bartoldus, R.

AU - Batley, J. R.

AU - Beaudoin, G.

AU - Beck, A.

AU - Beck, G. A.

AU - Becker, J.

AU - Beeston, C.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bentkowski, P.

AU - Bentvelsen, S.

AU - Berlich, P.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Bloodworth, I. J.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Bosch, H. M.

AU - Boutemeur, M.

AU - Braibant, S.

AU - Bright-Thomas, P.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Buijs, A.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Burgard, C.

AU - Capiluppi, P.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlesworth, C.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Chu, S. L.

AU - Clarke, P. E.L.

AU - Clayton, J. C.

AU - Clowes, S. G.

AU - Cohen, I.

AU - Conboy, J. E.

AU - Coupland, M.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - Dallapiccolla, C.

AU - Dallavalle, G. M.

AU - Darling, C.

AU - De Jong, S.

AU - Deng, H.

AU - Dittmar, M.

AU - Dixit, M. S.

AU - do Couto e Silva, E.

AU - Duboscq, J. E.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Dunwoody, U. C.

AU - Elcombe, P. A.

AU - Estabrooks, P. G.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Evans, H. G.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Fabbro, B.

AU - Fanti, M.

AU - Fierro, M.

AU - Fincke-Keeler, M.

AU - Fischer, H. M.

AU - Fischer, P.

AU - Folman, R.

AU - Fong, D. G.

AU - Foucher, M.

AU - Fukui, H.

AU - Fürtjes, A.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gaidot, A.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gascon, J.

AU - Geddes, N. I.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

AU - Gensler, S. W.

AU - Gentit, F. X.

AU - Geralis, T.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giacomelli, P.

AU - Giacomelli, R.

AU - Gibson, V.

AU - Gibson, W. R.

AU - Gillies, J. D.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Gingrich, D. M.

AU - Goodrick, M. J.

AU - Gorn, W.

AU - Grandi, C.

AU - Grannis, P.

AU - Gross, E.

AU - Hagemann, J.

AU - Hanson, G. G.

AU - Hansroul, M.

AU - Hargrove, C. K.

AU - Hart, J.

AU - Hart, P. A.

AU - Hauschild, M.

AU - Hawkes, C. M.

AU - Heflin, E.

AU - Hemingway, R. J.

AU - Herten, G.

AU - Heuer, R. D.

AU - Hill, J. C.

AU - Hillier, S. J.

AU - Hilse, T.

AU - Hinshaw, D. A.

AU - Hobson, P. R.

AU - Hochman, D.

AU - Höcker, A.

AU - Homer, R. J.

AU - Honma, A. K.

AU - Hughes-Jones, R. E.

AU - Humbert, R.

AU - Igo-Kemenes, P.

AU - Ihssen, H.

AU - Imrie, D. C.

AU - Jawahery, A.

AU - Jeffreys, P. W.

AU - Jeremie, H.

AU - Jimack, M.

AU - Jones, M.

AU - Jones, R. W.L.

AU - Jovanovic, P.

AU - Jui, C.

AU - Karlen, D.

AU - Kawagoe, K.

AU - Kawamoto, T.

AU - Keeler, R. K.

AU - Kellogg, R. G.

AU - Kennedy, B. W.

AU - King, B.

AU - King, J.

AU - Kluth, S.

AU - Kobayashi, T.

AU - Kobel, M.

AU - Koetke, D. S.

AU - Kokott, T. P.

AU - Komamiya, S.

AU - Kowalewski, R.

AU - Howard, R.

AU - Krieger, P.

AU - von Krogh, J.

AU - Kyberd, P.

AU - Lafferty, G. D.

AU - Lafoux, H.

AU - Lahmann, R.

AU - Lauber, J.

AU - Layter, J. G.

AU - Leblanc, P.

AU - Le Du, P.

AU - Lee, A. M.

AU - Lefebvre, E.

AU - Lehto, M. H.

AU - Lellouch, D.

AU - Leroy, C.

AU - Letts, J.

AU - Levinson, L.

AU - Li, Z.

AU - Liu, F.

AU - Lloyd, S. L.

AU - Loebinger, F. K.

AU - Long, G. D.

AU - Lorazo, B.

AU - Losty, M. J.

AU - Lou, X. C.

AU - Ludwig, J.

AU - Luig, A.

AU - Mannelli, M.

AU - Marcellini, S.

AU - Markus, C.

AU - Martin, A. J.

AU - Martin, J. P.

AU - Mashimo, T.

AU - Mättig, P.

AU - Maur, U.

AU - McKenna, J.

AU - McMahon, T. J.

AU - McNab, A. I.

AU - McNutt, J. R.

AU - Meijers, F.

AU - Merritt, F. S.

AU - Mes, H.

AU - Michelini, A.

AU - Middleton, R. P.

AU - Mikenberg, G.

AU - Mildenberger, J.

AU - Miller, D. J.

AU - Mir, R.

AU - Mohr, W.

AU - Moisan, C.

AU - Montanari, A.

AU - Mori, T.

AU - Morii, M.

AU - Müller, U.

AU - Nellen, B.

AU - Nijjhar, B.

AU - O'Neale, S. W.

AU - Oakham, F. G.

AU - Odorici, F.

AU - Ogren, H. O.

AU - Oram, C. J.

AU - Oreglia, M. J.

AU - Orito, S.

AU - Pansart, J. P.

AU - Patrick, G. N.

AU - Pearce, M. J.

AU - Pfister, P.

AU - Phillips, P. D.

AU - Pilcher, J. E.

AU - Pinfold, J.

AU - Pitman, D.

AU - Plane, D. E.

AU - Poffenberger, P.

AU - Poli, B.

AU - Posthaus, A.

AU - Pritchard, T. W.

AU - Przysiezniak, H.

AU - Redmond, M. W.

AU - Rees, D. L.

AU - Rigby, D.

AU - Rison, M.

AU - Robins, S. A.

AU - Robinson, D.

AU - Roney, J. M.

AU - Ros, E.

AU - Rossberg, S.

AU - Rossi, A. M.

AU - Rosvick, M.

AU - Routenburg, P.

AU - Rozen, Y.

AU - Runge, K.

AU - Runolfsson, O.

AU - Rust, D. R.

AU - Sasaki, M.

AU - Sbarra, C.

AU - Schaile, A. D.

AU - Schaile, O.

AU - Scharf, F.

AU - Scharff-Hansen, P.

AU - Schenk, P.

AU - Schmitt, B.

AU - von der Schmitt, H.

AU - Schröder, M.

AU - Schultz-Coulon, H. C.

AU - Schütz, P.

AU - Schulz, M.

AU - Schwick, C.

AU - Schwiening, J.

AU - Scott, W. G.

AU - Settles, M.

AU - Shears, T. G.

AU - Shen, B. C.

AU - Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. H.

AU - Sherwood, P.

AU - Siroli, G. P.

AU - Skillman, A.

AU - Skuja, A.

AU - Smith, A. M.

AU - Smith, T. J.

AU - Snow, G. A.

AU - Sobie, R.

AU - Springer, R. W.

AU - Sproston, M.

AU - Stahl, A.

AU - Stegmann, C.

AU - Stephens, K.

AU - Steuerer, J.

AU - Stockhausen, B.

AU - Ströhmer, R.

AU - Strom, D.

AU - Szymanski, P.

AU - Takeda, H.

AU - Takeshita, T.

AU - Tarem, S.

AU - Tecchio, M.

AU - Teixeira-Dias, P.

AU - Tesch, N.

AU - Thomson, M. A.

AU - Towers, S.

AU - Tsukamoto, T.

AU - Turner-Watson, M. F.

AU - Van den plas, D.

AU - Van Kooten, R.

AU - Vasseur, G.

AU - Vincter, M.

AU - Wagner, A.

AU - Wagner, D. L.

AU - Ward, C. P.

AU - Ward, D. R.

AU - Ward, J. J.

AU - Watkins, P. M.

AU - Watson, A. T.

AU - Watson, N. K.

AU - Weber, P.

AU - Wells, P. S.

AU - Wermes, N.

AU - Wilkens, B.

AU - Wilson, G. W.

AU - Wilson, J. A.

AU - Winterer, V. H.

AU - Wlodek, T.

AU - Wolf, G.

AU - Wotton, S.

AU - Wyatt, T. R.

AU - Yeaman, A.

AU - Yekutieli, G.

AU - Yurko, M.

AU - Zeuner, W.

AU - Zorn, G. T.

N1 - Funding Information: It is a pleasure to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator, the precise information on the absolute energy, and their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA, National Science Foundation, USA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, Fussefeld Foundation, Israel Ministry of Science, Israel Science Foundation, administered by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Minerva Gesellschaft, Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science Research Program, German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF), Direction des Sciences de la Mati~re du Commissariat l'Energie Atomique, France, Bundesministerium ftir Forschung und Technologie, Germany, National Research Council of Canada, A.P. Sloan Foundation and Junta Nacional de Investiga~o Cientffica e Tecnol6gica, Portugal.

PY - 1994/11/3

Y1 - 1994/11/3

N2 - We present an update of our measurement of the τ lepton lifetime, using data taken during 1992 and 1993 with the OPAL detector at LEP. The lifetime is determined from analyses of the impact parameters of tracks from τ decays to a single charged particle, and the reconstructed decay lenghts from the τ decays to three charged particles. With the added statistics (which increase the τ pair event sample size by more than a factor of four over our 1990 and 1991 data sample), the updated lifetime measurement is: ττ = 288.8 ± 2.2 (stat) ± 1.4 (sys) fs. When combined with world-average measurements of the tau leptonic branching fractions (assuming e-μ universality), the ratio of charged-current couplings is: ( gτ gμ) = 1.005 ± 0.007, in agreement with the hypothesis of τ-μ charged-current universality.

AB - We present an update of our measurement of the τ lepton lifetime, using data taken during 1992 and 1993 with the OPAL detector at LEP. The lifetime is determined from analyses of the impact parameters of tracks from τ decays to a single charged particle, and the reconstructed decay lenghts from the τ decays to three charged particles. With the added statistics (which increase the τ pair event sample size by more than a factor of four over our 1990 and 1991 data sample), the updated lifetime measurement is: ττ = 288.8 ± 2.2 (stat) ± 1.4 (sys) fs. When combined with world-average measurements of the tau leptonic branching fractions (assuming e-μ universality), the ratio of charged-current couplings is: ( gτ gμ) = 1.005 ± 0.007, in agreement with the hypothesis of τ-μ charged-current universality.

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SN - 0370-2693

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EP - 506

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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