Published: 2008
Total Pages: 293
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Using data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II electron-positron storage ring operating at a centre-of-mass energy near 10.58 GeV, the branching fractions B([tau]- 2![pi]-[pi]-[pi]+[nu][tau]) =(8.83±0.01±0.13)%, B([tau]- 2!K-[pi]-[pi]+[nu][tau]) =(0.273± 0.002 ± 0.009)%, B([tau]- 2!K-[pi]-K+[nu][tau]) =(0.1346 ± 0.0010 ± 0.0036)%, and B([tau]- 2!K-K-K+[nu][tau]) =(1.58 ± 0.13 ± 0.12) × 10-5 are measured where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. The invariant mass distribution for the [tau]- 2![pi]-[pi]-[pi]+[nu][tau], [tau]- 2!K-[pi]-[pi]+[nu][tau], [tau]- 2!K-[pi]-K+[nu][tau] and [tau]- 2!K-K-K+[nu][tau] decays are unfolded to correct for detector effects. A measurement of B([tau]- 2![phi][pi]-[nu][tau]) =(3.42±0.55±0.25)×10-5, a measurement of B([tau]- 2![phi]K-[nu][tau]) =(3.39±0.20±0.28)× 10-5 and an upper limit on B([tau]- 2!K-K-K+[nu][tau] [ex.[phi]]) d"2.5 × 10-6@90%CL are determined from a binned maximum likelihood fit of the [tau]- 2!K-[pi]-K+[nu][tau] and [tau]- 2!K-K-K+[nu][tau] K+K- invariant mass distributions. The branching ratio B([tau]-2!-[nu][tau])/ B([tau]-2!pi]-[nu][tau]) is measured to be (6.531±0.056±0.093)×10-2 from which.