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Test of lepton flavor universality using decays with hadronic 𝜏 channels
The branching fraction ℬ(𝐵0→𝐷*−𝜏+𝜈𝜏) is measured relative to that of the normalization mode 𝐵0 →𝐷*−𝜋+𝜋−𝜋+ using hadronic 𝜏+ →𝜋+𝜋−𝜋+(𝜋0)¯𝜈𝜏 decays in proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb−1. The measured ratio is ℬ(𝐵0→𝐷*−𝜏+𝜈𝜏)/ℬ(𝐵0→𝐷*−𝜋+𝜋−𝜋+) =1.70 ±0.10+0.11−0.10, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is related to systematic effects. Using established branching fractions for the 𝐵0 →𝐷*−𝜋+𝜋−𝜋+ and 𝐵0 →𝐷*−𝜇+𝜈𝜇 modes, the lepton universality test ℛ(𝐷*−) ≡ℬ(𝐵0→𝐷*−𝜏+𝜈𝜏)/ℬ(𝐵0→𝐷*−𝜇+𝜈𝜇) is calculated, ℛ(𝐷*−)=0.247±0.015±0.015±0.012, where the third uncertainty is due to the uncertainties on the external branching fractions. This result is consistent with the Standard Model prediction and with previous measurements.