Tau lepton

Layer 1 — Physicsin the standard-model subtree

Third-generation charged lepton: spin-½, charge −e, mass 1777 MeV/c². Heaviest charged lepton, lifetime 2.9×10⁻¹³ s. Massive enough to decay hadronically (to quark pairs plus ν_τ) ~65% of the time.

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