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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Measurement of the lifetime of tau-lepton

U. MjoernmarkEdoardo CastelliF. PierreP. AllenG. W. Van ApeldoornR. J. ApsimonL. VenturaV. RuhlmannRoland HorisbergerL. BuggeD. Z. ToetG. Hamel De MonchenaultAndrey KorytovG. EkspongItzhak RoditiGueorgui ChelkovPierre JuillotM. De BeerM. BonesiniY. SacquinJosef StraussM.a. Lopez AgueraFrancesca Romana CavalloHans MullerB. KoeneJ.a.m.a. BuytaertW. VenusL. Di CiaccioJan KrolikowskiN. N. KhovanskiMitchell WayneM. S. BilenkyG. TristamL.j. CarrollW. BartlR. PainP. N. BogolubovM. J. BatesJ. A. Valls FerrerGiovanni DarboChristine KourkoumelisP. SiegristV. V. LapinN. CroslandS. SimonettiM. BegalliE. Dahl-jensenPaolo MorettiniJ. G. LokenC. De ClercqKlaus HamacherJ. P. LaugierNatale DemariaR. LucockM. RichardsonG. MeolaToralf Bernhard SkaaliM. BoratavD. GambaP. BeilliereM. BattagliaT. BologneseW. J. MurrayR. StrubJ-c. MarinSpyros TzamariasG. CosmeA. PerrottaG. BorisovGeorge KalkanisP. B. RentonG. VoulgarisM. PimentaB. A. KhomenkoM. BaubillierV. CanaleS. GumenyukR. A. BrennerStavros MaltezosM. BonapartO. BarringY. DufourP. D. DaunceySandor CzellarD. C. FriesPatrick JarryS. J. AlvsvaagC. Vander VeldeN. De GrootG. RinaudoG. SetteA. Elliot PeisertA. StocchiFrancesco NavarriaJ. ZúñigaP. AstierW. BoniventoP. WeilhammerA. M. ZaitsevAlexander VodopyanovF. BianchiG. VegniN. BrummerJ. BjarneJ. BjarneP. O. HulthT. TabarelliP. Van DamM. DavenportG. PolokA. RuizWinfried MitaroffE. LiebP. AntilogusC. LambropoulosUgo AmaldiW. De BoerE. ZevgolatakosG. MatthiaeMarta CalviP. DelpierreI. HerbstM. MatveevR. Mc NultyI. LippiW. KucewiczE. K. JohanssonJ. PyyhtiaGeoffrey SmithD. JohnsonLouis LyonsW. KlemptRenato TurchettaH. De BoeckS. TavernierG. WormserE. DaubieG. E. TheodosiouMogens DamD. FassouliotisAriella CattaiF. CouchotM. KopfM. TyndelS. C. BlythO. PingotG. WilkinsonM.d.m. De Fez LasoJuan FusterJacques LemonneJ. SanchezC. BosioE.n. TsyganovJ. H. WickensJose Luis ContrerasT. KreuzbergerJ. DerkaouiS. BraibantS. DagoretF. StichelbautD. ZavrtanikA. TilquinS. O. HolmgrenL. S. VertogradovJ. MaillardM. T. TrainorP. VazR. SosnowskiO. UllalandLeif J. JönssonG. MyattF. AdamiV. G. TimofeevA. G. FrodesenPawel JalochaBarry KingG. SmadjaL. MathisD. HussonUgo GaspariniA. PulliaJ.m. GagoD. BertrandJ. TimmermansI. A. TyapkinB.d. HyamsT. S. SpassoffTorsten Paul Ake ÅKessonDemetrios LoukasR. KeranenPhilippe CharpentierFrancisco MatorrasN. YamdagniU. TrevisanH. FurstenauR. FrühwirthL. O. EekR. C. ShellardJosef HrubecA. M. SegarA. G. OlshevskiB. BoštjančičV. PerevozchikovTheodora PapadopoulouB. KorzenJon Christopher WikneC. DefoixE. I. RosenbergA. CampionS. VolponiB. DalmagneF. Fulda-quenzerH. P. BornerStefan SchaelA. LipniackaPaul BaillonAlexander Lincoln ReadM. SzeptyckaTiziano CamporesiA.j. Camacho RozasAbdenour LounisM.-h. GrosLaurent ChevalierM. Fernandez AlonsoD. RadojicicV. ObraztsovJan RidkyP. FolegatiZ. HajdukK. KurvinenMaciej GórskiW. RuckstuhlBorge Svane NielsenJ. J. LozanoGuido BarbielliniR. Zukanovich FunchalB. FranekH. WahlenAriel GoobarE. GrazianiP. S. IversenF. FontanelliMaria Roberta MongeA. ZalewskaKrzysztof DorobaN. G. RedaelliR. MoellerA. HakanssonChiara MeroniJ. H. KoehneMarco BozzoT. HofmoklMarek SzczekowskiJ. M. BrunetH. FoethRoberto CirioI. RoncaglioloL. K. ResvanisJ. E. HooperJ. GuyP. LutzW. KrupinskiW. T. MeyerP. V. ChliapnikovTord EkelofH. StaeckD. BenedicP. AbreuP. BorgeaudJ. P. GerberTim AdyeE. RossoH. KleinP. BeltranPeter KluitF. NaraghiP. FrenkielK. H. BecksE. VallazzaMilos LokajicekJ. Cuevas MaestroA. ChanB. UeberschaerMassimo CacciaH. J. HilkeD. J. HolthuizenF. WaldnerS. HaiderAntonio FerrerTuure TuuvaF. SimonettoF. KapustaK. W. GlitzaClara TronconG. LederB. ÅSmanW.s.c. WilliamsJ.-e. AugustinF. LedroitE.n. GazosM. SchaefferB. LoerstadEilam GrossB. NijjharE. MenichettiStefano RagazziK. FurnivalC. WalckA. De AngelisP. CollinsD. DelikarisVladimir NikolaenkoC. CasoJ. DreesFernand GrardA. PasseriD. CrennellF. MandlT. TodorovH. BurmeisterN. Van EijndhovenJ. WernerL. TortoraF. J. HarrisC. De La VaissiereC. J. BeestonC. J. BeestonDaniel BlochF. CaoAhmimed OuraouWolfgang AdamM. L. TurluerB. W. HeckM. MazzucatoP. SzymanskiRobert S. BrownV.m. GolovatyukCarlos LacastaK. D. BrandN. I. ZiminKrzysztof A. RybickiH. B. CrawleyD. IsenhowerA. PinsentD. WormaldK. WoschnaggA. De MinJoao VarelaV. FalaleevM. DracosJ. J. Gomez Y CadenasV. ChorowiczD. ReidYu. BelokopytovS. SquarciaMatteo PegoraroE. C. KatsoufisG. GopalE. G. AnassontzisR. HolmesH. SaarikkoM. VoutilainenG. GrosdidierW. DulinskiK. A. J. ForbesS. D. HodgsonS. UeberschaerG. GaleazziJ. P. EngelP. BambadeK. MoenigM. V. Castillo GimenezE. J. SanchezM. CrozonT. BuranGianni ZumerleP. RoudeauAlessandra RomeroJ. KestemanA. MaltezosG. DamgaardF. VerbeureC. BricmanM. A E SchynsMartino MargoniP. F. HonoreE. FokitisG. D. AlekseevOlga BotnerM. MichelottoV. GraccoPavlos IoannouKrzysztof KorcylA. N. SissakianR. LlosaClaudia J. StubenrauchCarmen GarcíaB. Jean-marieMario SanninoEleuterio SpiritiP. PoropatAndromachi TsirouM. A. HouldenM. Mc CubbinK. HultqvistGeorgios StavropoulosP. DavidAndre AugustinusW. K. Van DoninckF. RichardW.-d. ApelC. MatteuzziM. HahnD. VilanovaS. AlmehedF. HahnS. MartiU. Kruener-marquisPaolo RoncheseN. J. KjaerPaula EerolaLucio CerritoM. A. WinterG. E. KalmusH. PalkaG. SkjevlingJ. W. LamsaF. BaraoT. HenkesB. De LottoG. CrosettiEvgueni VlasovE. HigonR. SeufertH. HerrF. ScuriA. M. WetherellL. G. TkatchevJmv GarciaL. LanceriA. FirestoneM. VollmerU. RossiPaolo GiacomelliR. SekulinS. DelormeM. ZitoJ. J. HernandezT. MoaG. MaehlumB. GrosseteteAllan HallgrenGiovanni ValentiAntonio BaroncelliGuenakh MitselmakherFares DjamaJosé SaltL. VibertM. JonkerWilliam TrischukA. MarkouCristian StanescuP. BranchiniH. SchneiderR. LauhakangasTiziano RovelliMikael BerggrenG. KantardjianM. SessaM. LosV. LepeltierM. DonszelmannH. ForsbachC. RonnqvistPaolo ChecchiaG. ZhangA. P. OstankovPh. GavilletR. GokieliDietrich LikoP. PriviteraV. KostukhinR. ZitounM. TuralaLuc PapeP. HerquetR. ContriPiotr ZalewskiU. Nau-korzenManolis DrisE. LillethunV.a. UvarovDaniel TreilleJ. N. JacksonP. KokkiniasJ. LindgrenNikita SmirnovF. CarenaPierre BilloirM. PernickaI. HietanenJose M. BenllochA. GrantVaclav VrbaHans DijkstraG. LenzenJ. E. CampagneM. KoratzinosP. NegriJ.h. BibbyGöran JarlskogA. Letessier-selvonJ. DolbeauP.s.l. BoothP. N. RatoffA. Lopez-fernandezJ. MarcoM. P. ClaraMaria Elena PolS. KatsanevasD. Y. BardinT. A. FilippasM. ReglerP. YepesH. MuellerC. O. HigginsB. BouquetR. OravaA. Klovning

subject

COLLISIONSNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsLUND MONTE-CARLOPAIR PRODUCTIONElectron–positron annihilationFOS: Physical sciencesElementary particleddc:500.201 natural sciences7. Clean energyResonance (particle physics)JET FRAGMENTATIONDECAYSHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentNuclear physicsParticle decayHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)0103 physical sciences[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]SILICON MICROVERTEX DETECTORPRECISE MEASUREMENTLimit (mathematics)QCD ANALYSIS010306 general physicsL3 EXPERIMENTCoupling constantPhysicsMuonAnnihilationTEST BEAME+E-PHYSICS010308 nuclear & particles physicsALPHA(S)High Energy Physics::PhenomenologyDetectorPair productionSPECTRAL FUNCTIONSComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSINGHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentParticle Physics - ExperimentLepton

description

The tau lepton lifetime is measured with the L3 detector at LEP using the complete data taken at centre-of-mass energies around the Z pole resulting in tau_tau = 293.2 +/- 2.0 (stat) +/- 1.5 (syst) fs. The comparison of this result with the muon lifetime supports lepton universality of the weak charged current at the level of six per mille. Assuming lepton universality, the value of the strong coupling constant, alpha_s is found to be alpha_s(m_tau^2) = 0.319 +/- 0.015(exp.) +/- 0.014 (theory). The tau lepton lifetime is measured with the L3 detector at LEP using the complete data taken at centre-of-mass energies around the Z pole resulting in τ τ =293.2 ± 2.0 (stat) ± 1.5 (syst) fs . The comparison of this result with the muon lifetime supports lepton universality of the weak charged current at the level of six per mille. Assuming lepton universality, the value of the strong coupling constant, α s is found to be α s ( m τ 2 ) = 0.319 ± 0.015 (exp) ± 0.014 (theory). The tau lepton lifetime is measured with the L3 detector at LEP using the complete data taken at centre-of-mass energies around the Z pole resulting in tau_tau = 293.2 +/- 2.0 (stat) +/- 1.5 (syst) fs. The comparison of this result with the muon lifetime supports lepton universality of the weak charged current at the level of six per mille. Assuming lepton universality, the value of the strong coupling constant, alpha_s is found to be alpha_s(m_tau^2) = 0.319 +/- 0.015(exp.) +/- 0.014 (theory).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.02.007