CP Violation in Hadronic tau Decays
Abstract
We re-examine CP violation in the Delta S = 0 decays tau -> N pi nu_tau (N=2,3,4). We assume that the new physics (NP) is a charged Higgs. We show that there is no NP contribution to tau -> pi pi nu_tau, which means that no CP violation is expected in this decay. On the other hand, NP can contribute to tau -> N pi nu_tau (N=3,4). These are dominated by the intermediate resonant decays tau -> omega pi nu_tau, tau -> rho pi nu_tau and tau -> a_1 pi nu_tau. We show that the only sizeable CP-violating effects which are possible are in tau -> a_1 pi nu_tau -> 4 pi nu_tau (polarization-dependent rate asymmetry) and tau -> omega pi nu_tau (triple-product asymmetry).
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0610162,
title = {CP Violation in Hadronic tau Decays},
author = {Alakabha Datta and Ken Kiers and David London and Patrick J. O'Donnell and Alejandro Szynkman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0610162},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
21 pages, 2 figures (enclosed). Numerical analysis added; references renumbered; figure changed. Analysis and conclusions unchanged