Analysis of theρmass spectrum inτdecay

1 June 1988

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D

Vol. 37 (11) , 3334-3336
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.37.3334

Abstract

The ρ mass spectrum in τ decay is calculated from the pion form factor measured in

e^{+}

e^{-}

annihilation using the conserved-vector-current hypothesis. The calculation reproduces the mass spectrum observed in the τ data, including the high-mass region near ρ(1600).

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