Branching fractions of τ Leptons to three charged Hadrons

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Briere, R A ^a   Chen, G P ^a   Ferguson, T ^a   Tatishvili, G ^a   Vogel, H ^a   Adam, N E ^b   Alexander, J P ^b   Berkelman, K ^b   Boisvert, V ^b   Cassel, D G ^b   Drell, P S ^b   Duboscq, J E ^b   Ecklund, K M ^b   Ehrlich, R ^b   Galik, R S ^b   Gibbons, L ^b   Gittelman, B ^b   Gray, S W ^b   Hartill, D L ^b   Heltsley, B K ^b   Hsu, L ^b   Jones, C D ^b   Kandaswamy, J ^b   Kreinick, D L ^b   Magerkurth, A ^b   Mahlke Kruger H ^b   Mever, T O ^b   Mistry, N B ^b   Patterson, J R ^b   Peterson, D ^b   Pivarski, J ^b   Richichi, S J ^b   Riley, D ^b   Sadoff, A J ^b   Schwarthoff, H ^b   Shepherd, M R ^b   Thayer, J G ^b   Urner, D ^b   Wilksen, T ^b   Warburton, A ^b   Weinberger, M ^b   Athar, S B ^c   Avery, P ^c   Breva Newell, L ^c   Potlia, V ^c   Stoeck, H ^c   Yelton, J ^c   Benslama, K ^d   Eisenstein, B I ^d   Gollin, G D ^d   Karliner, I ^d   Lowrey, N ^d   Plager, C ^d   Sedlack, C ^d   Selen, M ^d   Thaler, J J ^d   Williams, J ^d   Edwards, K W ^e   Besson, D ^f   Zhao, X ^f   Anderson, S ^g   Frolov, V V ^g   Gong, D T ^g   Kubota, Y ^g   Li, S Z ^g   Poling, R ^g   Smith, A ^g   Stepaniak, C J ^g   Urheim, J ^g   Metreveli, Z ^h   Seth, K K ^h   Tomaradze, A ^h   Zweber, P ^h   Ahmed, S ⁱ   Alam, M S ⁱ   Ernst, J ⁱ   Jian, L ⁱ   Saleem, M ⁱ   Wappler, F ⁱ   Arms, K ^j   Eckhart, E ^j   Gan, K K ^j   Gwon, C ^j   Honscheid, K ^j   Hufnagel, D ^j   Kagan, H ^j   Kass, R ^j   Pedlar, T K ^j   Von Toerne, E ^j   Zoeller, M M ^j   Severini, H ^k   Skubic, P ^k   Dytman, S A ^l   Mueller, J A ^l   Nam, S ^l   Savinov, V ^l   Hinson, J W ^m   Lee, J ^m   more..

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^j OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^m PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CERENKOV COUNTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTONS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; POSITRONS; STORAGE RINGS;

CHARGED KAONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC CALORIMETERY; ELECTRON-POSITRON COLLISIONS; HADRONS; LEPTONS; RING IMAGING CHERENKOV PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 0038610821     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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