Published: 2003
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Using data collected with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have studied the decays of tau leptons produced through e[sup+]e[sup -] annihilation into final states containing K[sub S][sup 0] mesons, observed through their decays to[pi][sup+][pi][sup -]. We present branching fractions for decays to five final states:[tau][sup -][yields] K[sup 0]h[sup -][nu][sub[tau]], [tau][sup -][yields] K[sup 0]h[sup -][pi][sup 0][nu][sub[tau]], [tau][sup -][yields] K[sup 0]K[sup -][nu][sub[tau]], [tau][sup -][yields] K[sup 0]K[sup -][pi][sup 0][nu][sub[tau]], and[tau][sup -][yields] K[sub S][sup 0]K[sub S][sup 0]h[sup -][nu][sub[tau]], where K[sup 0]h[sup -] denotes the sum of the processes involving[bar K][sup 0][pi][sup -] and K[sup 0]K[sup -] particle combinations. Substructure and mass spectra in these final states are also addressed.