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000002426 037__ $$aBELLE2-TALK-CONF-2021-040
000002426 041__ $$aeng
000002426 088__ $$aBELLE2-TALK-DRAFT-2021-064
000002426 100__ $$aThomas Kraetzschmar
000002426 245__ $$aTau physics prospects at Belle II
000002426 260__ $$aCharm 2020$$c2021-06-01
000002426 300__ $$amult. p
000002426 520__ $$aThe Belle II experiment is a substantial upgrade of the Belle detector and will operate at the SuperKEKB energy-asymmetric e+e− collider. The design luminosity of the machine is 8 × 1035 cm−2s−1 and the Belle II experiment aims to record 50 ab−1 of data, a factor of 50 more than its predecessor. From February to July 2018, the machine has completed a commissioning run and main operation of SuperKEKB has started in March2019. Belle II has a broad τ physics program, in particular in searches for lepton flavour and lepton number violations (LFV and LNV), benefiting from the large cross section of the pair wise τ lepton production in e+e− collisions. We expect that after 5 years of data taking, Belle II will be able to reduce the upper limits on LF and LN violating τ decays by an order of magnitude. Any experimental observation of LFV or LNV in τ decays constitutes an unambiguous sign of physics beyond the Standard Model, offering the opportunity to probe the underlying New Physics. We also present a first measurement of the tau mass and the prospects for the tau lifetime measurement. In this talk we will review the τ lepton physics program of Belle II.
000002426 8560_ $$fdjaffe@bnl.gov
000002426 8564_ $$uhttps://docs.belle2.org/record/2426/files/BELLE2-TALK-CONF-2021-040.pdf