{ "id": "hep-ex/0608046", "version": "v2", "published": "2006-08-17T05:32:03.000Z", "updated": "2007-02-02T12:59:01.000Z", "title": "Measurement of the mass of the $τ$-lepton and an upper limit on the mass difference between $τ^+$ and $τ^-$", "authors": [ "The Belle Collaboration", "K. Belous", "M. Shapkin", "A. Sokolov" ], "comment": "9 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett", "journal": "Phys.Rev.Lett.99:011801,2007", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.011801", "categories": [ "hep-ex" ], "abstract": "The mass of the $\\tau$ lepton has been measured in the decay mode $\\tau \\to 3\\pi \\nu_\\tau$ using a pseudomass technique. The result obtained from $414 \\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of data collected with the Belle detector is $M_\\tau = (1776.61\\pm 0.13 {(stat.)} \\pm 0.35 {(sys.)})$ MeV/$c^2$. The upper limit on the relative mass difference between positive and negative $\\tau$ leptons is $|M_{\\tau^+}-M_{\\tau^-}|/M_{\\tau} < 2.8 \\times 10^{-4}$ at 90% confidence level.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2007-02-02T12:59:01.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11.30.Er", "13.25.Hw", "13.35.Dx", "14.40.Lb" ], "keywords": [ "upper limit", "measurement", "confidence level", "decay mode", "relative mass difference" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett." }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 9, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 723992 } } }