{ "id": "1212.1534", "version": "v2", "published": "2012-12-07T06:01:42.000Z", "updated": "2013-08-05T02:56:44.000Z", "title": "Axial-vector mesons from $τ\\to APν_τ$ decays", "authors": [ "G. Calderon", "J. H. Munoz", "C. E. Vera" ], "comment": "7 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, version published in PRD", "journal": "Phys.Rev. D87, 114011 (2013)", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevD.87.114011", "categories": [ "hep-ph" ], "abstract": "Axial-vector mesons $a_1(1260)$, $f_1(1285)$, $h_1(1170)$, $K_1(1270)$, and $K_1(1400)$ can be produced in semileptonic $\\tau\\to A P \\nu_{\\tau}$ decays, where $P$ stands for the pseudoscalar mesons $\\pi$ or $K$. We calculate the branching ratios based in a meson dominance model. The exclusive channels $\\tau^-\\to a_1(1260)^-\\pi^0\\nu$, $\\tau^-\\to a_1(1260)^0\\pi^-\\nu$, and $\\tau^-\\to h_1(1170)\\pi^-\\nu$ turn out to be of order ${\\cal O}(10^{-3})$, the channel $\\tau^-\\to f_1(1285)\\pi^-\\nu$ of order ${\\cal O}(10^{-4})$, and channels $\\tau^-\\to K_1(1270)^-\\pi^0\\nu$, $\\tau^-\\to K_1(1270)^0\\pi^-\\nu$, $\\tau^-\\to K_1(1400)^-\\pi^0\\nu$, and $\\tau^-\\to K_1(1400)^0\\pi^-\\nu$ of order ${\\cal O}(10^{-6})$. These results indicate that the branching ratios could be measured in experiments.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2013-08-05T02:56:44.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "13.35.Dx", "12.40.Vv" ], "keywords": [ "axial-vector mesons", "branching ratios", "meson dominance model", "pseudoscalar mesons", "exclusive channels" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Physical Review D", "year": 2013, "month": "Jun", "volume": 87, "number": 11, "pages": 114011 }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 7, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 1206338, "adsabs": "2013PhRvD..87k4011C" } } }