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Measurement of the Tau Lepton Polarisation at LEP2

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A first measurement of the average polarisation P_tau of tau leptons produced in e+e- annihilation at energies significantly above the Z resonance is presented. The polarisation is determined from the kinematic spectra of tau hadronic decays. The measured value P_tau = -0.164 +/- 0.125 is consistent with the Standard Model prediction for the mean LEP energy of 197 GeV.

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@article{arxiv.0710.1368,
  title  = {Measurement of the Tau Lepton Polarisation at LEP2},
  author = {DELPHI Collaboration and J. Abdallah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1368},
  year   = {2008}
}

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17 pages, 5 figures, Accepted by Phys. Lett. B