Department
Physics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2018
Embargo Period
7-3-2018
Abstract
We present a measurement of the Michel parameters of the τ lepton, η¯ and ξκ , in the radiative leptonic decay τ−→ℓ−ντν¯ℓγ using 711 f b−1 of collision data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e− collider. The Michel parameters are measured in an unbinned maximum likelihood fit to the kinematic distribution of e+e−→τ+τ−→(π+π0ν¯τ)(ℓ−ντν¯ℓγ) (ℓ=e or μ) . The measured values of the Michel parameters are η¯=−1.3±1.5±0.8 and ξκ=0.5±0.4±0.2 , where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. This is the first measurement of these parameters. These results are consistent with the Standard Model predictions within their uncertainties, and constrain the coupling constants of the generalized weak interaction.
Journal Title
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Journal ISSN
2050-3911
Volume
2018
Issue
2
Comments
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