Tension between $e^+e^-\to\eta\pi^-\pi^+$ and $\tau^-\to\eta\pi^-\pi^0\nu_\tau$ data and non-standard interactions

Abstract

We show the discrepancy between the isospin-rotated $e^+e^-\to\eta\pi^-\pi^+$ cross-section -- measured by various collaborations -- and the Belle $\tau^-\to\eta\pi^-\pi^0\nu_\tau$ spectrum, which cannot be explained by heavy new physics non-standard interactions. We give for the first time the framework needed to study these beyond the standard model contributions in three-meson tau decays.