Measurement of the branching fractions tau ---> rho - nu tau and tau --->K

Author(s): Yelton, JM; Dorfan, JM; Abrams, GS; Amidel, D; Baden, AR; Barklow, T; Boyarski, AM; Boyer, J; Breidenbach, M; Burchat, P; Burke, DL; Butler, F; Feldman, GJ; Gladney, LD; Gidal, G; Gold, MS; Goldhaber, G; Golding, L; Haggerty, J; Hanson, G; Hayes, K; Herrup, D; Hollebeek, RJ; Innes, WR; Jaros, JA; Juricic, I; Kadyk, JA; Karlen, D; Lankford, AJ; Larsen, RR; Leclaire, BW; Levi, ME; Lockyer, NS; Luth, V; Matteuzzi, C; Nelson, ME; Ong, RA; Perl, ML; Richter, B; Riles, K; Ross, MC; Rowson, PC; Schadd, T; Schellman, H; Schmidke, WB; Sheldon, PD; Trilling, GH; de la Vaissiere C; Wood, DR; Zaiser, C | Abstract: We have measured the branching fraction of -'-1/2 to be (22.3±0.6±1.4)% and the branching fraction of -'K*-1/2 to be (1.3±0.3±0.3)%. These values are consistent with the expectations for conventional decays of the . © 1986 The American Physical Society.