{ "id": "hep-ex/0506066", "version": "v1", "published": "2005-06-27T05:32:32.000Z", "updated": "2005-06-27T05:32:32.000Z", "title": "Search for Lepton-Flavor and Lepton-Number Violation in the Decay tau->lhh", "authors": [ "BaBar Collaboration", "B. Aubert" ], "comment": "7 pages, 2 figures, submitted to PRL", "journal": "Phys.Rev.Lett.95:191801,2005", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.191801", "categories": [ "hep-ex" ], "abstract": "A search for lepton-flavor and lepton-number violation in the decay of the tau lepton into one charged lepton and two charged hadrons is performed using 221.4 $\\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of data collected at an $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage ring. In all 14 decay modes considered, the observed data are compatible with background expectations, and upper limits are set in the range ${\\cal B}(\\tau\\to\\ell hh')<(0.7-4.8)\\times 10^{-7}$ at 90% confidence level.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2005-06-27T05:32:32.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11.30.Fs", "11.30.Hv", "13.35.Dx", "14.60.Fg" ], "keywords": [ "lepton-number violation", "lepton-flavor", "confidence level", "tau lepton", "upper limits" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett." }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 7, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 686012 } } }