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Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime. / ALEPH Collaboration.
In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 279, No. 3-4, 1992, p. 411-421.

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ALEPH Collaboration 1992, 'Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime', Physics Letters B, vol. 279, no. 3-4, pp. 411-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)90413-X

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ALEPH Collaboration (1992). Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime. Physics Letters B, 279(3-4), 411-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)90413-X

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ALEPH Collaboration. Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime. Physics Letters B. 1992;279(3-4):411-421. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(92)90413-X

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ALEPH Collaboration. / Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime. In: Physics Letters B. 1992 ; Vol. 279, No. 3-4. pp. 411-421.

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title = "Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime",
abstract = "The mean lifetime of the τ lepton is measured from a sample of Z→τ+τ− decays observed with the ALEPH detector at LEP in 1989 and 1990. A new technique is applied to the events containing two one-prong decays: the lifetime is measured from the observed correlation between the impact parameters and azimuthal angles of the two charged tracks. The lifetime is also determined from measured vertex displacements for three-prong decays and track impact parameters for one-prong decays. The combined results is ττ=291 ± 13 (stat) ±6 (syst.) fs.",
author = "D. Decamp and Alexander Finch and {ALEPH Collaboration}",
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volume = "279",
pages = "411--421",
journal = "Physics Letters B",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV",
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AU - Finch, Alexander

AU - ALEPH Collaboration

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N2 - The mean lifetime of the τ lepton is measured from a sample of Z→τ+τ− decays observed with the ALEPH detector at LEP in 1989 and 1990. A new technique is applied to the events containing two one-prong decays: the lifetime is measured from the observed correlation between the impact parameters and azimuthal angles of the two charged tracks. The lifetime is also determined from measured vertex displacements for three-prong decays and track impact parameters for one-prong decays. The combined results is ττ=291 ± 13 (stat) ±6 (syst.) fs.

AB - The mean lifetime of the τ lepton is measured from a sample of Z→τ+τ− decays observed with the ALEPH detector at LEP in 1989 and 1990. A new technique is applied to the events containing two one-prong decays: the lifetime is measured from the observed correlation between the impact parameters and azimuthal angles of the two charged tracks. The lifetime is also determined from measured vertex displacements for three-prong decays and track impact parameters for one-prong decays. The combined results is ττ=291 ± 13 (stat) ±6 (syst.) fs.

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DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(92)90413-X

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SP - 411

EP - 421

JO - Physics Letters B

JF - Physics Letters B

SN - 0370-2693

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