Theoretical Aspects of $\tau \to Kh(h){\nu }_{\tau }$ Decays and Experimental Comparisons

Abstract

Predictions for decay rates and distributions for $\tau$ decays into final states with kaons are discussed and compared with recent measurements. Special emphasis is put on new constraints for the vector current contribution in the $KK\pi$ decay modes. For the $K\pi \pi$ modes, disagreements with the experimental results can be traced back to the $K_1$ widths.

Comments: 11 pages, 8 Figures, Latex, uses twoside, fleqn, espcrc2 style files. Talk presented by Erwin Mirkes at the Fourth International Workshp on Tau Lepton Physics (TAU 96), 16--19 September 1996, Estes Park, Colorado, USA