A search for the decay of the tau lepton to seven charged pions and one or zero pi(0) mesons was performed using the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. The analysis uses 232.2 fb(-1) of data at center-of-mass energies on or near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We observe 24 events with an expected background of 21.6 +/- 1.3 events. Without evidence for a signal, we calculate an upper limit of B(tau(-)-> 4 pi(-)3 pi(+)(pi(0))nu(tau))< 3.0 x 10(-7) at 90% confidence level. This is an improvement by nearly an order of magnitude over the previously established limit. In addition, we set upper limits for the exclusive decays tau(-)-> 4 pi(-)3 pi(+)nu(tau) and tau(-)-> 4 pi(-)3 pi(+)pi(0)nu(tau).

Search for the decay tau(-->)4 pi(-)3 pi(+)(pi(0))nu(tau) / Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Couderc, F., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.p., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Zghiche, A., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Pappagallo, M., Pompili, A., Chen, J.c., Qi, N.d., Rong, G., Wang, P., Zhu, Y.s., Eigen, G., Ofte, I., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 72:(2005). [10.1103/physrevd.72.012003]

Search for the decay tau(-->)4 pi(-)3 pi(+)(pi(0))nu(tau)

DEL RE, Daniele;RAHATLOU, SHAHRAM;BELLINI, Fabio;CAVOTO, Gianluca;FACCINI, Riccardo;FERRONI, Fernando;VOENA C;
2005

Abstract

A search for the decay of the tau lepton to seven charged pions and one or zero pi(0) mesons was performed using the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. The analysis uses 232.2 fb(-1) of data at center-of-mass energies on or near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We observe 24 events with an expected background of 21.6 +/- 1.3 events. Without evidence for a signal, we calculate an upper limit of B(tau(-)-> 4 pi(-)3 pi(+)(pi(0))nu(tau))< 3.0 x 10(-7) at 90% confidence level. This is an improvement by nearly an order of magnitude over the previously established limit. In addition, we set upper limits for the exclusive decays tau(-)-> 4 pi(-)3 pi(+)nu(tau) and tau(-)-> 4 pi(-)3 pi(+)pi(0)nu(tau).
2005
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Search for the decay tau(-->)4 pi(-)3 pi(+)(pi(0))nu(tau) / Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Couderc, F., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.p., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Zghiche, A., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Pappagallo, M., Pompili, A., Chen, J.c., Qi, N.d., Rong, G., Wang, P., Zhu, Y.s., Eigen, G., Ofte, I., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 72:(2005). [10.1103/physrevd.72.012003]
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