First Observation of the Decay tau^- -> phi K^- nu_tau
arXiv:hep-ex/0609018 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.10.027
Abstract
We present the first observation of tau lepton decays to hadronic final states with a phi-meson. This analysis is based on 401 fb^-1 of data accumulated at the Belle experiment. The branching fraction obtained is B(tau- -> phi K- nu) = (4.05 +- 0.25 +- 0.26) x 10^-5.
11 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
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