Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1992-12-09
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
5 pages, no figures, standard LATEX, Talk at SPIN92 conference Nagoya, Japan 9-14.Nov 1992
Scientific paper
We discuss the concept of handedness applied to $\tau$ production in $e^+e^-$ annihilations with $\tau$ decaying into $a_1\nu_\tau \to 3\pi\nu_\tau$. The $a_1\to 3\pi$ decay is particularly interesting since it (together with $h_1\to 3\pi$) is the lightest hadronic decay in which the helicity of the initial state can be determined from the distribution of the final particle momenta. Thus it is the first example of a helicity self-analysing strong decay, as $\Lambda\to N\pi$ is for weak decays. Apart from providing a new method for determining the $\tau$ polarization from the parity conserving part in the weak decay, this reaction provides a very instructive and useful demonstration of the handedness asymmetry as a measure of parton polarization. Thus we believe that experience gained from analyses of handedness in $\tau\to 3\pi\nu_\tau$ decay will be very useful when looking for the similar asymmetry of jet handedness which can measure quark or gluon polarization.
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