Lifetime of the Tau Lepton

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12 July 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 49 (2), 106-109
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.49.106

Abstract

From three-prong decays of

τ

leptons produced in the MAC detector at PEP, the life-time of the

τ

is determined to be (4.9±2.0)×

10^{- 13}

sec.

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This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Measurement of the $τ$ Lifetime
Physical Review Letters, 1982
Measurement of the Threshold Behavior of $τ^{+} τ^{-}$ Production in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Annihilation
Physical Review Letters, 1978
Evidence for Jet Structure in Hadron Production by $e^{+} e^{-}$ Annihilation
Physical Review Letters, 1975

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