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Measurement of τ polarization in W→τν decays with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at s√=7 TeV

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Article number2062
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>07/2012
<mark>Journal</mark>European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Issue number7
Volume72
Number of pages21
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

In this paper, a measurement of τ polarization in W→τν decays is presented. It is measured from the energies of the decay products in hadronic τ decays with a single final state charged particle. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 24 pb−1, were collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in 2010. The measured value of the τ polarization is Pτ=−1.06±0.04 (stat)+0.05−0.07 (syst) , in agreement with the Standard Model prediction, and is consistent with a physically allowed 95 % CL interval [−1,−0.91]. Measurements of τ polarization have not previously been made at hadron colliders.

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