Hadronic decays of the tau lepton: Theoretical overview

Abstract

Exclusive hadronic decays of the tau lepton provide an excellent framework to study the hadronization of QCD currents in a non-perturbative energy region populated by many resonances. I give a short review both on the main theoretical tools employed to analyse experimental data and on how Theory compares with Experiment.

13 pages, 4 figures. Invited talk given at the International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics, TAU04 (14th-17th September 2004), Nara (Japan)

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