Search for lepton flavor violating τ- decays into ℓ-KS0 and ℓ-KS0KS0

Y. Miyazaki, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, K. Arinstein, V. Aulchenko, A. M. Bakich, V. Balagura, E. Barberio, A. Bay, K. Belous, M. Bischofberger, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, M. C. Chang, P. Chang, A. Chen, K. F. Chen, P. Chen, B. G. CheonI. S. Cho, Y. Choi, M. Danilov, M. Dash, Z. Doležal, A. Drutskoy, W. Dungel, S. Eidelman, N. Gabyshev, P. Goldenzweig, B. Golob, H. Ha, J. Haba, K. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, Y. Horii, Y. Hoshi, W. S. Hou, Y. B. Hsiung, H. J. Hyun, T. Iijima, K. Inami, M. Iwabuchi, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, T. Julius, D. H. Kah, J. H. Kang, P. Kapusta, N. Katayama, T. Kawasaki, C. Kiesling, H. J. Kim, H. O. Kim, J. H. Kim, Y. J. Kim, B. R. Ko, P. Krokovny, R. Kumar, A. Kuzmin, Y. J. Kwon, S. H. Kyeong, M. J. Lee, S. H. Lee, J. Li, C. Liu, D. Liventsev, R. Louvot, A. Matyja, S. McOnie, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, T. Mori, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, G. Pakhlova, H. K. Park, M. Petrič, L. E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, M. Röhrken, S. Ryu, H. Sahoo, Y. Sakai, O. Schneider, K. Senyo, M. E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, C. P. Shen, J. G. Shiu, B. Shwartz, J. B. Singh, P. Smerkol, A. Sokolov, S. Stanič, M. Starič, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Suzuki, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, K. Trabelsi, T. Tsuboyama, S. Uehara, S. Uno, Y. Usov, G. Varner, K. Vervink, C. H. Wang, J. Wang, P. Wang, X. L. Wang, M. Watanabe, Y. Watanabe, E. Won, B. D. Yabsley, H. Yamamoto, Y. Yamashita, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, A. Zupanc, O. Zyukova

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Abstract

We have searched for the lepton-flavor-violating decays τ- decays into ℓ-KS0 and ℓ-KS0KS0 (ℓ=e or μ), using a data sample of 671 fb-1 collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. No evidence for a signal was found in any of the decay modes, and we set the following upper limits for the branching fractions: B(τ-→e-KS0)<2.6 ×10-8, B(τ-→μ-KS0)<2 .3×10-8, B(τ-→e-KS0KS 0)<7.1×10-8 and B(τ-→μ-KS0 KS0)<8.0×10-8 at the 90% confidence level.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4-9
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume692
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010

Keywords

  • B-factory
  • Lepton flavor violation
  • Tau

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