A precise measurement of the tau polarization and its forward-backward asymmetry at LEP

Zeitschrift fur Physik C-Particles and Fields

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-375

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E Silva, E ^k   Doucet, M ^q   Duchovni, E ^y   Duckeck, G ^g   Duerdoth, I P ^o   Edwards, J E G ^o   Estabrooks, P G ^f   Evans, H G ^h   Evans, M ^l   Fabbri, F ^b   Fath, P ^j   Fiedler, F ^k   Fierro, M ^b   Fischer, H M ^c   Folman, R ^y   Fong, D G ^p   Foucher, M ^p   Fukui, H ^w,ak   Furtjes A ^g   Gagnon, P ^f   Gaidot, A ^t   Gary, J W ^d   Gascon, J ^q   Gascon Shotkin, S M ^p   Geddes, N I ^s   Geich Gimbel, C ^c   Gentit, F X ^t   Geralis, T ^s   Giacomelli, G ^b   Giacomelli, P ^d   Giacomelli, R ^b   Gibson, V ^e   Gibson, W R ^l   Gingrich, D M ^ac,ag   Goldberg, J ^u   Goodrick, M J ^e   Gorn, W ^d   Grandi, C ^b   Gross, E ^y   Gruwe M ^g   Hajdu, C ^ae   Hanson, G G ^k   Hansroul, M ^g   Hapke, M ^l   Hargrove, C K ^f   Hart, P A ^h   Hartmann, C ^c   Hauschild, M ^g   Hawkes, C M ^e   Hawkings, R ^g   Hemingway, R J ^f   Herten, G ⁱ   Heuer, R D ^g   Hildreth, M D ^g   Hill, J C ^e   Hillier, S J ^a   Hilse, T ⁱ   Hoare, J ^e   Hobson, P R ^x   Homer, R J ^a   Honma, A K ^aa,ag   Horvath D ^ae,af   Howard, R ^ab   Hughes Jones, R E ^o   Hutchcroft, D E ^e   Igo Kemenes, P ^j   Imrie, D C ^x   Ingram, M R ^o   Jawahery, A ^p   Jeffreys, P W ^s   Jeremie, H ^q   Jimack, M ^a   Joly, A ^q   Jones, C R ^e   Jones, G ^o   Jones, M ^f   Jones, R W L ^g   Jost, U ^j   Jovanovic, P ^a   Junk, T R ^g   Karlen, D ^f   Kawagoe, K ^w,ak   Kawamoto, T ^w,ak   Keeler, R K ^aa   Kellogg, R G ^p   Kennedy, B W ^s   King, B J ^g   Kirk, J ^ab   Kluth, S ^g   Kobayashi, T ^w,ak   Kobel, M ⁱ   Koetke, D S ^f   Kokott, T P ^c   Komamiya, S ^w,ak   Kowalewski, R ^g   Kress, T ^j   Krieger, P ^f   Von Krogh, J ^j   Kyberd, P ^l   Lafferty, G D ^o   Lafoux, H ^t   Lahmann, R ^p   Lai, W P ^r   Lanske, D ^m   Lauber, J ⁿ   Lautenschlager, S R ^ad   Layter, J G ^d   Lazic, D ^u   Lee, A M ^ad   Lefebvre, E ^q   Lellouch, D ^y   Letts, J ^b   Levinson, L ^y   Lewis, C ⁿ   Lloyd, S L ^l   Loebinger, F K ^o   Long, G D ^p   Losty, M J ^f   Ludwig, J ⁱ   Luig, A ⁱ   Malik, A ^t   Mannelli, M ^g   Marcellini, S ^b   Markus, C ^c   Martin, A J ^l   Martin, J P ^q   Martinez, G ^p   Mashimo, T ^w,ak   Matthews, W ^x   Mattig P ^c   McDonald, W J ^ac   McKenna, J ^ab   Mckigney, E A ⁿ   McMahon, T J ^a   McNab, A I ^l   McPherson, R A ^g   Meijers, F ^g   Menke, S ^c   Merritt, F S ^h   Mes, H ^f   Meyer, J ^z   Michelini, A ^b   Mikenberg, G ^y   Miller, D J ⁿ   Mir, R ^y   Mohr, W ⁱ   Montanari, A ^b   Mori, T ^w,ak   Morii, M ^w,ak   Muller U ^c   Neal, H A ^g   Nellen, B ^c   Nijjhar, B ^o   Nisius, R ^g   O'Neale, S W ^a   Oakham, F G ^f   Odorici, F ^b   Ogren, H O ^k   Omori, T ^w,ak   Oreglia, M J ^h   Orito, S ^w,ak   Palinkas J ^af,ai   Pansart, J P ^t   Pasztor G ^ae   Pater, J R ^o   Patrick, G N ^s   Pearce, M J ^a   Petzold, S ^z   Pfeifenschneider, P ^m   Pilcher, J E ^h   Pinfold, J ^ac   Plane, D E ^g   Poffenberger, P ^aa   Poli, B ^b   Posthaus, A ^c   Przysiezniak, H ^ac   Rees, D L ^a   Rigby, D ^a   Robins, S A ^l   Rodning, N 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^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p Bldg 142   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^s RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^t DIF   (France)

^u TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^v TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^x BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^y WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^z UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^ad DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics   (Hungary)

^af INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^ag TRIUMF   (Canada)

^ah Royal Society University

^ai UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ak KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0009274666     PISSN: 01709739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002880050257     Document Type: Article

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