Hadronic tau decay

Different modes of tau decay to hadron, their intermediate resonances and the interaction with high-energy physics detectors (tracker, ECAL, HCAL), such as CMS. For the four-pion (“3-prong plus pi0”) decay mode, an intermediated resonance of ρ’ was assumed, see this CLEO paper. For more related figures, please see the “decay” tag or Particle Physics category.

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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (July 2017)
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