Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Decaysτ−→l−Ks0with theBABARExperiment

Author(s): Aubert, B; Bona, M; Karyotakis, Y; Lees, JP; Poireau, V; Prencipe, E; Prudent, X; Tisserand, V; Tico, JG; Grauges, E; Lopez, L; Palano, A; Pappagallo, M; Eigen, G; Stugu, B; Sun, L; Abrams, GS; Battaglia, M; Brown, DN; Cahn, RN; Jacobsen, RG; Kerth, LT; Kolomensky, YG; Lynch, G; Osipenkov, IL; Ronan, MT; Tackmann, K; Tanabe, T; Hawkes, CM; Soni, N; Watson, AT; Koch, H; Schroeder, T; Walker, D; Asgeirsson, DJ; Fulsom, BG; Hearty, C; Mattison, TS; McKenna, JA; Barrett, M; Khan, A; Blinov, VE; Bukin, AD; Buzykaev, AR; Druzhinin, VP; Golubev, VB; Onuchin, AP; Serednyakov, SI; Skovpen, YI; Solodov, EP; Todyshev, KY; Bondioli, M; Curry, S; Eschrich, I; Kirkby, D; Lankford, AJ; Lund, P; Mandelkern, M; Martin, EC; Stoker, DP; Abachi, S; Buchanan, C; Gary, JW; Liu, F; Long, O; Vitug, GM; Yasin, Z; Zhang, L; Sharma, V; Campagnari, C; Hong, TM; Kovalskyi, D; Mazur, MA; Richman, JD; Beck, TW; Eisner, AM; Flacco, CJ; Heusch, CA; Kroseberg, J; Lockman, WS; Martinez, AJ; Schalk, T; Schumm, BA; Seiden, A; Wilson, MG | Abstract: A search for the lepton flavor violating decays τ-→l-KS0 (l=e or μ) has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469fb-1, collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e+e- asymmetric energy collider. No statistically significant signal has been observed in either channel and the estimated upper limits on branching fractions are B(τ-→e-KS0)l3.3×10-8 and B(τ-→μ-KS0)l4. 0×10-8 at 90% confidence level. © 2009 The American Physical Society.