${{\mathit \tau}}$-DECAY PARAMETERS

$\rho ({{\mathit e}}$) PARAMETER

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($\mathit V−\mathit A$) theory predicts $\rho $ = $0.75$.
VALUE EVTS DOCUMENT ID TECN  COMMENT
$\bf{ 0.747 \pm0.010}$ OUR FIT
$\bf{ 0.744 \pm0.010}$ OUR AVERAGE
$0.747$ $\pm0.019$ $\pm0.014$ 44k
HEISTER
2001E
ALEP 1991--1995 LEP runs
$0.744$ $\pm0.036$ $\pm0.037$ 17k
ABREU
2000L
DLPH 1992--1995 runs
$0.779$ $\pm0.047$ $\pm0.029$ 25k
ACKERSTAFF
1999D
OPAL 1990--1995 LEP runs
$0.68$ $\pm0.04$ $\pm0.07$ 1
ALBRECHT
1998
ARG ${\it{}E}^{\it{}ee}_{\rm{}cm}$= $9.5 - 10.6$ GeV
$0.71$ $\pm0.14$ $\pm0.05$
ABE
1997O
SLD 1993--1995 SLC runs
$0.747$ $\pm0.012$ $\pm0.004$ 34k
ALEXANDER
1997F
CLEO ${\it{}E}^{\it{}ee}_{\rm{}cm}$= $10.6$ GeV
$0.735$ $\pm0.036$ $\pm0.020$ 4.7k 2
ALBRECHT
1995
ARG ${\it{}E}^{\it{}ee}_{\rm{}cm}$= $9.5 - 10.6$ GeV
$0.79$ $\pm0.08$ $\pm0.06$ 3230 3
ALBRECHT
1993G
ARG ${\it{}E}^{\it{}ee}_{\rm{}cm}$= $9.4 - 10.6$ GeV
$0.64$ $\pm0.06$ $\pm0.07$ 2753
JANSSEN
1989
CBAL ${\it{}E}^{\it{}ee}_{\rm{}cm}$= $9.4-10.6$ GeV
$0.62$ $\pm0.17$ $\pm0.14$ 1823
FORD
1987B
MAC ${\it{}E}^{\it{}ee}_{\rm{}cm}$= 29 GeV
$0.60$ $\pm0.13$ 699
BEHRENDS
1985
CLEO ${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$ near ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$0.72$ $\pm0.10$ $\pm0.11$ 594
BACINO
1979B
DLCO ${\it{}E}^{\it{}ee}_{\rm{}cm}$= 3.5$-$7.4 GeV
• • We do not use the following data for averages, fits, limits, etc. • •
$0.732$ $\pm0.014$ $\pm0.009$ 19k
AMMAR
1997B
CLEO Repl. by ALEXANDER 1997F
$0.793$ $\pm0.050$ $\pm0.025$
BUSKULIC
1995D
ALEP Repl. by HEISTER 2001E
$0.747$ $\pm0.045$ $\pm0.028$ 5106
ALBRECHT
1990E
ARG Repl. by ALBRECHT 1995
1  ALBRECHT 1998 use tau pair events of the type ${{\mathit \tau}^{-}}$ ${{\mathit \tau}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow({{\mathit \ell}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{{{\mathit \ell}}}}}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{\tau}}}})({{\mathit \pi}^{+}}{{\mathit \pi}^{0}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{\tau}}}}$), and their charged conjugates.
2  ALBRECHT 1995 use tau pair events of the type ${{\mathit \tau}^{-}}$ ${{\mathit \tau}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ (${{\mathit \ell}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{{{\mathit \ell}}}}}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{\tau}}}}$ ) (${{\mathit h}^{+}}{{\mathit h}^{-}}{{\mathit h}^{+}}$ (${{\mathit \pi}^{0}}$ ) ${{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{\tau}}}}$ ) and their charged conjugates.
3  ALBRECHT 1993G use tau pair events of the type ${{\mathit \tau}^{-}}$ ${{\mathit \tau}^{+}}$ $\rightarrow$ (${{\mathit \mu}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{\mu}}}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{\tau}}}}$ ) (${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{e}}}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{\tau}}}}$ ) and their charged conjugates.
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