Search for the Rare Leptonic Decay B- -> tau- nubar

dc.creatorAubert, B.
dc.creatorCollaboration, BABAR
dc.date2004-07-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:57:53Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:57:53Z
dc.descriptionWe present a search for the decay $B^{-} \to τ^{-} \barν_τ$ in a sample of $88.9 \times 10^{6}$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs recorded with the BaBar detector at the SLAC $B$-Factory. One of the two $B$ mesons from the $Υ(4S)$ is reconstructed in a hadronic or a semileptonic final state and the decay products of the other $B$ in the event are analyzed for consistency with a $B^{-} \to τ^{-} \barν_τ$ decay. We find no evidence of a signal and set an upper limit on the branching fraction of $\mathcal{B}(B^{-} \to τ^{-} \barν_τ) < 4.2 \times 10^{-4}$ at the 90% confidence level.
dc.description7 pages, 2 figures, Submitted to Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0407038
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0407038
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.95:041804,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.041804
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/206039
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleSearch for the Rare Leptonic Decay B- -> tau- nubar
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