Measuring the Wess-Zumino Anomaly in Tau Decays

Abstract

We propose to measure the Wess-Zumino anomaly contribution by considering angular distributions in the decays $τ\toν_τηπ^{-}π^{0}$, $τ\toν_τK^- π^{-} K^+ $ and $τ\toν_τK^- π^- π^+$. Radial excitations of the $K^*$, which cannot be seen in $e^++e^-$, should be observed in the $ K^- π^+ π^-$ decay channel.