Abstract
This review recounts the history of the discovery of the tau heavy lepton. Evidence for the tau being a lepton is summarised and the known properties of the tau are discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Perl, M. L. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 1489 (1975).
Perl, M. L. in Proc. Inst. Particle Physics Int. School, McGill University, Montreal (June 1975).
Feldman, G. J. in Proc. Int. Conf. Neutrino Physics Neutrino Astrophysics, Purdue University, West Lafayette (1978).
Wiik, B. H. & Wolf, G. DESY 78/23 (DESY, 1978).
Perl, M. L. in Proc. 1977 Int. Symp. Photon Lepton Interactions at High Energy, DESY, Hamburg (1977).
Flügge, G. Proc. Fifth Int. Conf. exp. Meson Spectroscopy, Northeastern University, Boston (1977).
Jones, L. W. Revs mod. Phys. 49, 717 (1977).
Greenberg, O. W. A. Rev. nuclear Sci. (in the press).
Perl, M. L. SLAC-PUB-1062 (SLAC, 1972).
Llewellyn Smith, C. H. Proc. R. Soc. A355, 585 (1977).
Walsh, T. F. Proc. 1977 Int. Symp. Photon Lepton Interactions at High Energy, DESY, Hamburg (1977).
Thacker, H. B. & Sakurai, J. J. Phys. Lett. 36B, 103 (1971).
Tsai, Y. S. Phys. Rev. D 4, 2821 (1971).
Bernardini, M. et al. Nuovo Cim. 17, 383 (1973).
Orioto, S. et al. Phys. Lett. 48B, 165 (1974).
Perl, M. L. et al. Phys. Lett. 63B, 466 (1976).
Perl, M. L. Proc. Fifth Int. Conf. exp. Meson Spectroscopy, Northeastern University, Boston (1977).
Burmeister, J. et al. Phys. Lett. 68B, 301 (1977).
Cavalli-Sforza, M. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 558 (1970).
Snow, G. Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 766 (1976).
Feldman, G. J. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 117 (1977).
Burmeister, J. et al. Phys. Lett. 68B, 297 (1977).
Braunschweig, W. et al. Phys. Lett. 63B, 471 (1976).
Brandelik, R. et al. Phys. Lett. 73B, 109 (1978).
Kirkby, J. in Proc. int. Conf. Neutrino Phys. Neutrino Astrophys., Purdue University, West Lafayette (1978).
Bacino, W. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 41, 13 (1978).
Tsai, Y. S. Phys. Rev. (in the press); SLAC-PUB-2105 (1978).
Cnops, A. N. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 40, 144 (1978).
Murtagh, M. J. in Proc. 1977 int. Symp. Photon Lepton Interactions at High Energy, DESY, Hamburg (1977).
Heile, F. J. et al. Nucl. Phys. (in the press); SLAC-PUB-2059, SLAC (1977).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Perl, M. The tau heavy lepton—a recently discovered elementary particle. Nature 275, 273–278 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275273a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/275273a0
This article is cited by
-
Why Large Hadron Collider?
Pramana (2011)
-
High-energy cosmic-ray neutrinos and tau particles
Astrophysics and Space Science (1981)
-
Studies on the evolved carbon cores
Astrophysics and Space Science (1980)
-
Weak interactions
Nature (1979)
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.
