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This paper describes a measurement of the Michel parameters, \eta, \rho, \xi, \xi\delta, and the average \nu_{\tau} helicity, h_{\nu_{\tau}}, in tau lepton decays together with the first measurement of the tensor coupling in the weak…

The longitudinal polarization fraction of the $D^{*}$ meson is measured in $B^0\to D^{*-}\tau^{+}\nu_{\tau}$ decays, where the $\tau$ lepton decays to three charged pions and a neutrino, using proton-proton collision data collected by the…

A novel method for the direct measurement of the elusive magnetic and electric dipole moments of the tau lepton is presented. The experimental approach relies on the production of tau+ leptons from Ds+ -> tau+ nu_tau decays, originated in…

We present a search for lepton-flavor-violating tau decays into three leptons (electrons or muons) using 782 fb^-1 of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. No evidence for these decays is…

The experimental values of the lepton-flavour-universality tests ${\cal R}(D)$ and ${\cal R}(D^*)$ show a tension of about $3.1\sigma$ with their Standard Model prediction. Motivated by this tension, we perform a fit of the $b\to c\tau\nu$…

In this study, we investigate the potential of the process $pp\rightarrow p\gamma^{*} p\rightarrow p \tau \bar{\nu}_{\tau}q^{\prime} X$ at the LHC to examine the anomalous electromagnetic moments of the tau lepton. We obtain $95\%$…

The precise determination of the $B_c \to \tau\nu_\tau$ branching ratio provides an advantageous opportunity for understanding the electroweak structure of the Standard Model, measuring the CKM matrix element $|V_{cb}|$ and probing new…

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…

We have searched for a T/CP violation signature arising from an electric dipole form factor (d_tau) of the tau lepton in the e+e- -> tau+tau- reaction. Using an optimal observable method for 29.5 fb^{-1} of data collected with the Belle…

Measurements of the tau lepton polarization and forward-backward polarization asymmetry near the Z resonance using the OPAL detector are described. The measurements are based on analyses of tau -> e nu_e nu_tau, tau -> mu nu_mu nu_tau, tau…

We report measurements of branching fractions of $\tau$ lepton decays to final states with a $K^{0}_{S}$ meson using a 669 fb$^{-1}$ data sample accumulated with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider. The…

Since its discovery, the top quark has never been produced and studied in an environment as clean as that predicted for $e^+e^-$ collisions at future colliders. Details of the top quark's properties, completely unattainable in hadronic…

We discuss the sensitivity of the $\gamma \gamma \to \tau^+ \tau^-$ process in ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions on the anomalous magnetic ($a_{\tau}$) and electric ($d_{\tau}$) moments of $\tau$ lepton at LHC energies. We derive the…

A beam dump experiment can be seamlessly added to the {proposed} International Linear Collider (ILC) program because the high energy electron beam should be dumped after the collision point. The ILC beam dump experiment will provide an…

We estimate that the LHC could set bounds BR(Z -> mu^\pm e^\mp) < 4.1 * 10^{-7} and BR(Z -> tau^\pm mu^\mp)< 3.5 * 10^{-6} (at 95% C.L.) with 20 inverse fb of data at 8 TeV. A similar sensitivity can be anticipated for Z -> tau^\pm e^\mp,…

We have searched a sample of 9.6 million BBbar events for the lepton-flavor-violating leptonic B decays, B^0 -> \mu^\pm \tau^\mp and B^0 -> e^\pm \tau^\mp. The \tau-lepton was detected through the decay modes \tau -> \ell\nu\bar\nu, where…

The lepton number violation decay $\omega \to \pi^+ \pi^+ e^-e^- +c.c.$ is searched for via $J/\psi \to \omega\eta$ using a data sample of $(1.0087 \pm 0.0044) \times 10^{10}$ $J/\psi$ events collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII…

One of the key assumptions of the Standard Model of fundamental particles is that the interactions of the charged leptons, namely electrons, muons, and taus, differ only because of their different masses. While precision tests have not…

Precise measurements of the electromagnetic dipole moments of charged leptons are powerful probes of physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. It is essential to study avenues for optimizing the measurement strategies for the…

In the presence of an electric dipole coupling of t-tbar to a photon, and an analogous "weak" dipole coupling to the Z, CP violation in the process e+e- --> t tbar results in modified polarization of the top and anti-top. This polarization…