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Tau decay and the structure of the a1

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-12-18 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We analyse the decay τπππν\tau\to\pi\pi\pi\nu based on the recently developed techniques to generate axial-vector resonances dynamically. Under the assumption that the a1 is a coupled-channel meson-molecule, the spectral function is described surprisingly well by adjusting only one free parameter. Including, in addition, an elementary a1 corrupts the results.

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@article{arxiv.0708.2223,
  title  = {Tau decay and the structure of the a1},
  author = {Markus Wagner and Stefan Leupold},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2223},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Replaced figures, due to an error in the calculation, which we corrected. (Conclusions did not change.) Dropped last part discussing higher order effect in favour of further elucidation

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