Tau mass measurement at BES-III

Abstract

A scan of the threshold region of the process e+ e−→ τ+τ− with integrated luminosity about 140 pb−1 was performed with the BES-III detector at the BEPC-II collider in order to measure the τ-lepton mass. The beam energy was determined by the Compton backscattering method. To verify the measurement accuracy scans of the J/ψ and ψ′ resonances were performed.