arXiv · 1402.5213
Measurements of Branching Fractions of $τ$ Lepton Decays with one or more $K^{0}_{S}$
Abstract
We report measurements of branching fractions of $τ$ lepton decays to final states with a $K^{0}_{S}$ meson using a 669 fb$^{-1}$ data sample accumulated with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider. The inclusive branching fraction is measured to be $\mathcal{B}(τ^{-} \to K^{0}_{S}\ X^{-} ν_τ)=(9.15 \pm 0.01 \pm 0.15) \times 10^{-3}$, where $X^{-}$ can be anything; the exclusive branching fractions are $\mathcal{B}(τ^{-} \to π^{-} K^{0}_{S} ν_τ) = (4.16 \pm 0.01 \pm 0.08) \times 10^{-3}$, $\mathcal{B}(τ^{-} \to K^{-} K^{0}_{S} ν_τ) = (7.40 \pm 0.07 \pm 0.27) \times 10^{-4}$, $\mathcal{B}(τ^{-} \to π^{-} K^{0}_{S} π^{0} ν_τ) = (1.93 \pm 0.02 \pm 0.07) \times 10^{-3}$, $\mathcal{B}(τ^{-} \to K^{-} K^{0}_{S} π^{0} ν_τ) = (7.48 \pm 0.10 \pm 0.37)\times 10^{-4}$, $\mathcal{B}(τ^{-} \to π^{-} K^{0}_{S} K^{0}_{S} ν_τ) = (2.33 \pm 0.03 \pm 0.09) \times 10^{-4}$, $\mathcal{B}(τ^{-} \to π^{-} K^{0}_{S} K^{0}_{S} π^{0} ν_τ) = (2.00 \pm 0.22 \pm 0.20) \times 10^{-5}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. For each mode, the accuracy is improved over that of pre-$B$-factory measurements by a factor ranging from five to ten. In $τ^{-} \to π^{-} K^0_S K^0_S π^{0} ν_τ$ decays, clear signals for the intermediate states $τ^{-} \to π^- f_{1}(1285)ν_τ$ and $τ^{-} \to K^{*-}K^{0}_{S} π^{0} ν_τ$ are observed.
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Belle Collaboration, S. Ryu, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, D. M. Asner, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, A. M. Bakich, A. Bala, B. Bhuyan, A. Bobrov, A. Bondar, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, D. Červenkov, V. Chekelian, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, R. Chistov, K. Cho, V. Chobanova, S. -K. Choi, Y. Choi, J. Dalseno, Z. Doležal, D. Dutta, S. Eidelman, D. Epifanov, H. Farhat, J. E. Fast, T. Ferber, V. Gaur, N. Gabyshev, S. Ganguly, A. Garmash, R. Gillard, Y. M. Goh, B. Golob, J. Haba, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, Y. Hoshi, W. -S. Hou, T. Iijima, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, T. Iwashita, T. Julius, E. Kato, C. Kiesling, B. H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, J. B. Kim, J. H. Kim, K. T. Kim, M. J. Kim, S. K. Kim, Y. J. Kim, B. R. Ko, P. Kodyš, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, Y. -J. Kwon, S. -H. Lee, J. Li, J. Libby, D. Liventsev, P. Lukin, J. MacNaughton, D. Matvienko, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, A. Moll, T. Mori, R. Mussa, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, M. Nayak, E. Nedelkovska, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. W. Park, H. Park, H. K. Park, T. K. Pedlar, M. Petrič, L. E. Piilonen, M. Ritter, M. Röhrken, A. Rostomyan. 2014-02-21. Measurements of Branching Fractions of $τ$ Lepton Decays with one or more $K^{0}_{S}$. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.89.072009
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